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".
New Orleans There are no good ways to die, but emphysema is a tough way to go. I watched my grandfather die that way as a child. He was weak and housebound in his last years. The main medical palliative in the middle-to-late 1950s was to encourage him to get a color television. My …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12112019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Weather was miserable in New York as we schlepped from lower Manhattan to Newark Airport. We prepared for the worst, but arrived early with hours to spare only to be victimized by almost every airport television droning on with statements before the House Committee …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12102019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Those of us who live in Louisiana or care about the role of the state and its people in public affairs are just as sorry as we can be every time our junior Senator John Kennedy tries to take the stage with cameras running …