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/2019/12/CN12302019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsCulebra This is a warning on the eve of a new year: I’m obsessed with stopping voter suppression as we countdown the months and days to the election in November. Besides my general obsession, I’m especially focused on the efforts “behind closed doors,” so to speak in …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12292019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPonce We hadn’t been to Puerto Rico over the last fifteen years. Tickets were too pricey to Mexico and Columbia, so why not see how they have come through the recovery from Hurricane Maria, touch base with our friend and comrade, Willie Cosme, and check out …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12282019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPonce Arkansas Community Organizations, one of KABF and ACORN’s partners on many projects, especially those involving financial security for low-and-moderate income families, recently released a report about major debt that is oppressing these families. The report is called “Can’t Win for Losing,” and that just about …