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/2020/03/CN03312020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Ok, let’s be clear, everything about the pandemic sucks, alright? For the most part we don’t hate our homes, but we definitely don’t like being told we have to stay at home. Attach the word, “order,” to it and it brings out the deep …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03112020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans As the virus and its impact spreads, it is creating a new world of unexpected consequences and reckonings for outdated assumptions. Here’s one that might be uncomfortable news for the White House: we do live in one world, and walls will not protect us. …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CN01152020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I’m sorry, but whenever there’s a subhead in the Wall Street Journal in bold, italics heralding “Power and Respect for the Working Class,” it’s a signal that we have to pay special attention to what the professor might be saying. This one turned out to …