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/CN07022020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsLittle Rock The old saying that “arrogance comes before the fall,” doesn’t set the clock on when it happens, just the inevitability. Facebook, the social media giant and communication hub for the world, seems finally on the verge of reading the time correctly, after ignoring the issues …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsGreenville Reading in Harper’s about New Communities farming land trust in Georgia celebrating the 50th anniversary since its founding, my memory is playing tricks on me. I keep thinking that I met Charles Sherrod or at least was in a meeting at the same time with him, …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN07302020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans As a Nikole Hannah-Jones fan, I followed her arguments carefully and approvingly in a recent piece in the New York Times as she demolished one quick fix after another that would achieve increased racial equity as she built up to her conclusion that reparations …