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/2019/09/CN09032019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsHouston Silicon Valley and its fans argue that tech is a tool enabled by the wonderful world of the internet. They aren’t totally wrong, though like all tools, tech and the internet, have to be used correctly of course. We all know that, right? We also are …
http://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/01_Johnny_Guitar_1536998415215958.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans In a sordid and shameful episode a few weeks ago Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson pridefully announced that the state had managed to bar 4300 people from health care support through Medicaid because of its new work requirement policies. Seema Verma the head of the federal …
New Orleans Life, work, and the world are full of mysteries, but after years of hitting my head against various walls, I’m finally connecting the dots in trying to understand the peculiar responses we sometimes get in trying to change public policies and private pricing strategies. Remittances are a prime example. Talking last week to …