WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Dallas As Covid-19 sweeps through prisons creating hot spots all over the country because of the close and abysmal conditions, it’s a reminder of how many people are still incarcerated despite widespread claims by the administration and others that reforms have been made. Big name …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07082020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans We can count the days until we pray that’s it is over, but until then the drumbeat of woe is bound to continue. The gutted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proved that it really might need a name change as it announced the shelving of …
New Orleans What could possibly be good about a pandemic? OK, not much, but…there are some things that have turned out to be a complete win. The one that I hear over and over again is the huge benefits that supplemental unemployment has brought to people who were underemployed or unemployed. For many, it …