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/2019/11/CN11092019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsColumbus An analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis on a panel with us at the Benjamin Hooks Institute at the University of Memphis listened to our remarks about the devastating impact of hedge funds and land installment contract companies in Memphis, and asked me …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11042019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The old saw reminded us about numbers and other lies, essentially that numbers don’t lie, but liars use numbers. Sad, but true. I was reminded of this the other day when I read that the U. S. Department of Labor counts an individual as …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10292019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsMemphis The Benjamin Hooks Institute for Social Change was established in 1996 by the University of Memphis and the late Benjamin Hooks, former president of the NAACP, originally from the city. The Hooks Institute has a number of projects from documentaries to advancing the interests of …