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/2020/04/CN04012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans One of the stark realities undergirding a number of industries that has been vividly exposed during the current coronavirus pandemic is the fragility of advertising-based business models that actually power tech giants and publications. We might think the news is what counts or building connections …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03312020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Ok, let’s be clear, everything about the pandemic sucks, alright? For the most part we don’t hate our homes, but we definitely don’t like being told we have to stay at home. Attach the word, “order,” to it and it brings out the deep …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03302020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I didn’t know Rev. William Barnwell or his family well, but I knew them for a long time and in many different capacities. I first met Barnwell and some of his family when we were organizing the Household Workers Organizing Committee, a union of …