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/2020/04/CN04032020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts Pearl River There’s no good time to be poor in America. Not surprisingly, a pandemic bringing rampant disease and deaths in droves is a spectacularly bad time to be poor. Some are even noticing the poor now, although that doesn’t necessarily mean that a whole lot …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans One of the stark realities undergirding a number of industries that has been vividly exposed during the current coronavirus pandemic is the fragility of advertising-based business models that actually power tech giants and publications. We might think the news is what counts or building connections …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03312020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Ok, let’s be clear, everything about the pandemic sucks, alright? For the most part we don’t hate our homes, but we definitely don’t like being told we have to stay at home. Attach the word, “order,” to it and it brings out the deep …