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".
New Orleans I’m going so far out of my lane, I’m in Afghanistan. Not literally of course, since everyone with a US passport is in line for a helicopter out of Kabul or in line trying to get a visa to decamp. The top line is clear. The Taliban in a matter of …
March 7, 2021 Pearl River If you talk to many people in New Orleans who have been lifelong residents of the city, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — now more than fifteen years ago — is still an open sore and daily grievance. I was reminded of this stark reality while talking on Wade’s World to …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06112020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans All around the world this is a familiar story, often marking the beginning of the end for dictators, autocrats, and even elected leaders that have outstayed their peoples’ welcome. There’s a direct correlation, approaching an iron law, in so many countries that when popular …