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/CN07292020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans I’ll never forget the surprise on a colleague’s face who was working to build a nonprofit community development organization in the Mississippi delta several years ago when we first met. A lot of her work had been focused on schools and enhancing their curriculum …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CN05112020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans It is no secret that opening versus stay-at-home from state to state and nationally has now, somewhat amazingly, but unsurprisingly as pandemic combines with polarization in the United States, become equally politicized. Having recently returned from my monthly commute from Louisiana to Mississippi to …
Detroit The widening gap between black and white homeownership didn’t happen by accident. There is abundant evidence and little debate that the gap was the result of historic discrimination enforced by federal policies, state laws, and local ordinances. Even as ownership rates increased for minority homeowners over a 40-year period thanks to persistent work, legal …