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/2020/07/CN07262020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsWichita Falls For years signs along the Texas highways, bumper stickers, and just about everything else proudly declared, “Don’t Mess with Texas.” It was classic Texas. Designed to stop litter with a chest-thumping scowl to go with the demand. There’s a new slogan that you can …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Dallas As Covid-19 sweeps through prisons creating hot spots all over the country because of the close and abysmal conditions, it’s a reminder of how many people are still incarcerated despite widespread claims by the administration and others that reforms have been made. Big name …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07242020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Talking to Ernie Dumas, Little Rock’s premier senior journalist, author, and raconteur in the outside patio of his place after a late spring rain and at proper social distance, he mentioned a call from Jane Mayer, the New Yorker, looking for information on a …