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".
May 3, 2021 New Orleans In ACORN’s heyday in Chicago, the heartland of our greatest strength was in Englewood on the South Side, whether it was local issues or flexing our political muscles. As proof of that power, we elected Ted Thomas, the chair of ACORN’s Chicago board as alderman in the 15th District and …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CN11092019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsColumbus An analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis on a panel with us at the Benjamin Hooks Institute at the University of Memphis listened to our remarks about the devastating impact of hedge funds and land installment contract companies in Memphis, and asked me …
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 …