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/CN06262020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Watchwords for all of us in this work have always included “know your enemy” and “keep them close.” It is impossible to keep up in these days and times with all the right’s rage and social media screed, but some effort has to be …
New Orleans Hidden in the New York Times the day after the July 4th holiday was a fascinating op-ed piece entitled Workingman’s Constitution, by William E. Forbath, a professor of law and history at the University of Texas in Austin. Forbath was writing in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable …
Vancouver Sharing election night with my friends in Vancouver was a wild and bittersweet experience. Earlier in the day hopes had soared on speculation of a rising number of seats being won by the New Democratic Party (NDP) which for some time has been the progressive voice of Canadians and the likelihood that they might …