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/2020/06/CN06112020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans All around the world this is a familiar story, often marking the beginning of the end for dictators, autocrats, and even elected leaders that have outstayed their peoples’ welcome. There’s a direct correlation, approaching an iron law, in so many countries that when popular …
New Orleans What could possibly be good about a pandemic? OK, not much, but…there are some things that have turned out to be a complete win. The one that I hear over and over again is the huge benefits that supplemental unemployment has brought to people who were underemployed or unemployed. For many, it …
New Orleans Many cities and some states are wrestling with what to do with unaccountable and too often brutal and abusive police forces unable or unwilling to police themselves. The proposals are wide ranging from defunding and decentralizing public safety to barring certain tactics like chokeholds, neck restraints, and other physical maneuvers. There is …