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/CN04132020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The reports of pandemic deaths of essential workers are harrowing. A lot of attention, deservedly, has been given to healthcare workers of all kinds who are living and breathing the virus in emergency rooms and intensive care units. Others are also falling like flies. …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03272020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River In the Age of Trump and the Time of the Coronavirus, there seems to be constant speculation about what changes in our society, habits, and government might be permanent given our collective experience. Much of this is hyperbole. One pundit argued that he went “to …
New Orleans There are few lobbies as powerful as the nursing home owners’ groups in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. All of which makes the intervention of federal rules extending some of the same accountability standards that hospitals now face, welcome news. The fact that the penalties go right to their pocketbooks is even better …