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/CN06022020-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I won’t say this is so bizarre and unreal that “you can’t make this stuff up.” I can’t say it, because in fact it is all totally made up. President Trump has outdone himself once again, and as always has done so at the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans In our new vernacular there are going to be some expressions that we won’t soon forget like social distancing and novel coronavirus. One that I particularly like and would certainly nominate for more common usage is “work drag.” Don’t tell me that you don’t …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05312020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Riots are often studied, but little understood. They are unpredictable by definition. Why does a riot erupt in one place, but not another when the combustible conditions for a conflagration seem to exist in both? How does a peaceful protest one-minute cross the line into …