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/CN12022019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans In modern politics obsessions run hot and heavy as election day looms ahead. One cycle it might be microtargeting with sophisticated databases categorizing voters and messages. Another cycle it’s small donors and social media. But for my money, there’s still nothing like the ground …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CN12012019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans There are not a huge number of issues where there is bipartisan agreement, but over the last five years the widespread reports of abuse in civil asset forfeiture have achieved that rarity. The original policy rationalization for seizing property was based on the recovery ill-gotten …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11302019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans All of the controversy on questions in the 2020 American Community Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, has been about whether a question would be allowed about citizenship. The federal courts pretty much slammed the door on that question when one judge after …