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/2020/01/CN01012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsSan Juan 2020, nice round numbers with a good solid sound. A new year. A new decade. We always hope for the best and settle for the rest. Living in the United States, after three years of Trump-time, we’re just glad to have made it in one piece, …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12312019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsSan Juan Travel is always an adventure, a mixture of blessings and curses, and our visit to Puerto Rico at year’s end as been all of that. We found Ponce interesting, as Puerto Rico’s second city. We stayed in an AirBnb near the water where the views …
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 …