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/2020/06/CN06122020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River The coronavirus pandemic continues unabated as it rises and falls from state to state and country to country. Healthcare institutions have been bent, but largely not broken in the United States. Meanwhile experts are divided on whether by the end of the year we will …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CN06012020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans In our new vernacular there are going to be some expressions that we won’t soon forget like social distancing and novel coronavirus. One that I particularly like and would certainly nominate for more common usage is “work drag.” Don’t tell me that you don’t …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05282020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Speaking as an organizer, be careful what you wish for, if you’re hoping the pandemic means more online work and work from home, because it is easy to see even more obstacles ahead for work-based and union organizations. The more I read about schools …