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/2020/06/CN06192020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans President Trump in replying to withering criticism of his initial decision to hold a Covid-19 campaign rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth claimed he was doing African-Americans a favor, because “no one has every heard of it.” Besides showing his general indifference to anything outside …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06162020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The New York Times print edition featured a two-page spread overlaying the map of the United States in a special Black Lives Matter section. Across the map were the names of the 2000 cities and towns where there had been protests in a recent …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06142020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans Businesses are madly lobbying Congress for liability protection from lawsuits by their workers. They are clear that they want their staff to return to work, but they do not want to have to vouch for their health on the job. Business must be …