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/2019/08/CN08272019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Normally, when I note that I’m sick of reading about the National Rifle Association, known to all as the NRA, that means that there’s been a mass shooting somewhere in the United States, and they have planted themselves in the road to block any …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CN08252019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Reading about Harvard economist Raj Chetty and his Opportunity Atlas, led me to check it out. The overarching lesson of the atlas is that your chances of doing better, in other words social and economic mobility, are tracked closely to you state, city, and …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CN08242019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans ACORN partnered with Ken Reardon and his team from various universities that he mobilized for the recovery after Katrina to create the Peoples’ Plan for the Ninth Ward. His students and volunteers surveyed every property and assessed the level of damage and whether or …