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/2020/08/CN08272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River I’m fifteen feet above dirt looking out the window at the water that has risen up from the bayou a few miles from the Pearl River dividing Louisiana and Mississippi. It has filled the bioswale, anchored by cypress trees off of the road, and covered …
Newark Whether Trump is on the air talking about meeting with Kanye or some other distraction, the scrolls across CNN in the airport are in capital letters: WIDESPREAD, CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE ACROSS FLORIDA PANHANDLE. The eyebrow above the headline says simply: Hurricane Michael. The reports indicated that this was the worse storm to hit the Florida …
New Orleans Bear with me on this, because we’re going to take some twists and turns, but trust me, these things are all connected, and the water is always rising somewhere, so it matters. Partly of course we’re closing in on the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We’re …