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/2020/05/CN05172020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I witnessed something of a miracle yesterday as thirty leaders and staff from more than fifteen ACORN affiliates were successfully able to hold a board meeting for two hours on Zoom. ACORN’s historic first might seem passé since Zoom calls have become one of …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Over the last several years, ACORN International and the Labor Neighbor Research & Training Center have been collecting and analyzing the IRS 990 forms filed by tax exempt, nonprofit hospitals in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. This is a project driven by our “volunteer army,” …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CN02082020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans How can I say this plainly? Electric cooperatives have become increasingly less cooperative, and, frankly, not even all that electric. What was a huge breakthrough in taking electricity the last mile into rural areas through cooperative efforts in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration’s efforts …