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/CN04202020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans One thing leads to another. Easy to say, but hard to endure, especially when it comes to the economic damage that keeps spreading from the pandemic shutdowns. This is the real trickledown economics, and it’s not a good thing. In this case, I’m talking …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CN04062020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Central America doesn’t get the press on the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s as real there as it is in other countries, except perhaps more dangerous since these countries lack the same level of infrastructure and capacity. Guatemala managed to break into the news cycle …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/CN10282019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsSan Pedro Sula We had weathered another difficult annual general meeting of Honduras ACORN midway between Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula. It was a difficult three-hour session as the leadership tried to navigate the legal requirements and the election of officers. The biggest issue was the classic …