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/CN07112020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River The President says, open the schools. Actually, he doesn’t have any power over opening the schools, so it’s more bully-boy posturing and threatening backed up by Betsey DeVos prattling along the same lines, while neither of them are lifting a finger to help finance what …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07102020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The rule of law has been getting a rough ride during Trump time. Now with Supreme Court decisions dropping like flies all around us with one mixed message after another, many are not sure where we stand. Are they confirming the rule of law …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07092020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts New Orleans Third spaces received a fair amount of attention not so long ago. These were the places between work and play where community could be built. How will they survive the pandemic? Libraries are a good example. In recent years their mission has adapted …