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/2020/04/CN04052020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River What do mass-based organizations and social movements do when their tactics of mass action, disruption, and street protests are impossible due to stay-at-home orders and social distancing? Do collective actions simply devolve into solitary moans on social media? No, never! Mass-based organizations assemble the base …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CN03282020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsPearl River Ten percent of Americans have absolutely, flat-to-the-bone, no health insurance. Many others have Trump-plan insurance with high deductibles, covering nothing much at all, but maybe catastrophes up to certain lifetime payment levels. Many of these same people are exactly the people who have to work, …
New Orleans As hope soars for the new Affordable Care Act and its coming coverage of the uninsured, some of the discoveries of the problems with the law produce a heavy heart. Yesterday we looked at one big healthcare company’s attempt to scam the system and rip-off their lower waged workers by trying to …