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/2020/10/CN10142020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans There’s a bitter irony to the current charade called a confirmation hearing for a new justice to join the United States Supreme Court. All of the players, including the nominee, pretend their concern is for the rule of law and the bedrock of the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans My ears perked up as I was listening to a radio broadcaster in Austin relate a story about a novel and dangerous police crowd control tactic used to break up a demonstration. In his telling, a mobile squad of police bicycle cops swooped down …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CN10122020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I’ll admit when I find myself agreeing, almost point by point, with Ross Douthat, the conservative columnist for the New York Times, I have to put my head in my hands for a temperature check to make sure I’m still of sound mind and …