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/2020/01/CN01122020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Maybe we have gotten lucky and dodged widening the war in the Middle East after what seems like an impulse killing of one of Iran’s top generals and a key spymaster. The full story is still unknown. What were the threats that were so …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01112020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans In a post-Christmas present, our crew was invited to an opening night play. Top that, bam! The staging was at the Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses in the heart of the French Quarter on Royal Street. It was produced by the local theater and …
Oaxaca This past summer a federal judge in California ruled that state’s sanctuary law was legal. Officials and police could not interfere with federal immigration officers’ efforts to arrest and detain immigrants in the United States, but neither were they legally required to assist in these efforts. Predictably, the decision was roundly derided by …