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/2019/11/CN11052019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Sure, I’ve read about the Green New Deal. I know it’s a liberal-left litmus test. I know US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has derided it as impractical and essentially irrelevant, while others are waving the banner. I’ve read the arguments that we need to transform …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11042019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The old saw reminded us about numbers and other lies, essentially that numbers don’t lie, but liars use numbers. Sad, but true. I was reminded of this the other day when I read that the U. S. Department of Labor counts an individual as …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11032019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans First, the disclaimers. When a story about an event and a political and activist organization fifty years earlier makes a full page in the New York Times, we must all realize that this is not real news, but heavily processed information through the perspective …