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/2019/10/CN10212019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans The answer to the perpetually plaguing question of why we have such intractable poverty in the United States, arguably the richest country in the world, is always perplexing. Every comparison of the US with other economically developed countries finds us at or near the …
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 …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CN08282019.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsGreenville New York City added a right to legal counsel for tenants facing eviction. It made a difference with the city’s eviction rate falling from almost 29000 in 2013 to only a bit over 18000 in last year. Nationally, it is likely that more than 2.5 million …