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/2019/10/CN10212019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The answer to the perpetually plaguing question of why we have such intractable poverty in the United States, arguably the richest country in the world, is always perplexing. Every comparison of the US with other economically developed countries finds us at or near the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/CN10202019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The horrors visited on low-and-moderate income families are numerous and their damage inestimable and often devastating now and onward to future generations. Even knowing this, it is still shocking to find additional examples hidden right before our eyes. A case in point is estate recovery. …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10162019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans If you ever had to sell or buy a house or even just look around in a neighborhood to try and sort out sales’ pitches from real values, you’ve often dealt with real estate agents in their bizarre and curious world. They speak of their …