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/CN07262020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsWichita Falls For years signs along the Texas highways, bumper stickers, and just about everything else proudly declared, “Don’t Mess with Texas.” It was classic Texas. Designed to stop litter with a chest-thumping scowl to go with the demand. There’s a new slogan that you can …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07232020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the subsequent mass protests, support for the Black Lives Matter movement and organizations rose dramatically across the US population. Some protests continue with widening demands for police reform. Other reform efforts have been thwarted, including the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN007212020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans What nightmare is this? In his dictatorial desperation, as polls indicate that the president’s ineptness in dealing with the economy, race, and the pandemic is capsizing his campaign, he is trying to drive a wedge between federal and local police powers, by demonizing the …