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/2020/07/CN07232020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the subsequent mass protests, support for the Black Lives Matter movement and organizations rose dramatically across the US population. Some protests continue with widening demands for police reform. Other reform efforts have been thwarted, including the …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Statues and memorials of various stripes are getting a good hard look after decades where they received a pass from the public and politicians no matter how obnoxious their content and symbolism. Confederate memorials are in every nook and cranny in the South, and …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06252020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans A common occurrence on the road to freedom from the “peculiar institution” of slavery, as some termed it, was yet another promise broken. General Sherman’s promise of “40 acres and mule” to allow former slaves to gain economic stability rather than starting with nothing …