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/2020/08/CN08272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River I’m fifteen feet above dirt looking out the window at the water that has risen up from the bayou a few miles from the Pearl River dividing Louisiana and Mississippi. It has filled the bioswale, anchored by cypress trees off of the road, and covered …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08262020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans No question, weather warnings are critical. Despite the unpredictability of nature, preparation is important regardless of how eminent the danger might be. Despite the president’s reallocation of billions from FEMA funds as fires rage in California and the Gulf Coast areas face a rare, not …
New Orleans For a long time a country’s ability to consistently and accurately conduct a census has been a mark not only of modernity, but of civilization itself and a country’s standing in the world. For many years, Australia and the United States have been bellwethers in creating the standards for the enumeration of …