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/2020/10/CN10302020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans There was a special section in the New York Times recently where their reporters did a follow-up with workers from all around America that they had talked to during the pandemic to see how they were faring now. That was a super depressing read! …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CN08102020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans People literally don’t know what to do. Random strangers will ask in social distanced lines at stores and gas stations, whether anyone knows what’s happening to the stimulus. Will there be one? When will it happen? What are we supposed to do? Being president …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CN07202020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Congress is going back to work. High on the agenda with the clock ticking is the next stimulus bill. Some things are clear. Mainly that the US economy is on its knees. Let’s look at the facts: 20 million people are unemployed. For the …