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/2020/11/CN11012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I’ve read a shelf of books about populism over the years from my heroes with the Texas Alliance to the embarrassment of Tom Watson’s racism in Georgia. As an organizer, I thought there was plenty to learn, and I’ve appreciated the lessons buried in the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans Storms around Labor Day get my full attention. Betsy hit hard in the fall of 1965 right after school began and took more than a week to get everything back in gear. Katrina in 2005 hit at the end of August and decimated …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10192020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsChNew Orleans Finally, a cure for Covid-19 pandemic depression! I can’t believe that the president hasn’t been screaming the news at the top of his compromised lungs now. If you want to feel good, just give! It works for either a political candidate or a charity. …