by admin | May 31, 2008 | Crime and Punishment, Neoliberalism, Public Policy, Urban Politics |
Located 31 miles from Detroit in Oakland County, Michigan, Pontiac’s unemployment rate is high at 17.6%. Wealth levels within the city are low, as per capita income is 45% of the county, 65% of the state, and 63% of the national averages. GM concentration is...
by admin | May 30, 2008 | Hip-hop, Pop Culture, The Mass Media, Urban Politics |
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=3zxCOKG3orQ[/youtube] And I’m pretty sure that the DJ is ?uestlove. The MC at the end talks about how Nutter is what Philadelphia needs. He provides a “breath of fresh air.” Once Nutter got going, I was feeling him. The only thing I...
by admin | May 26, 2008 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Public Policy, Urban Politics |
Nearly 3 percent of homes that were once occupied by their owners in the country were vacant in March. That is up from less than 2 percent three years ago and is the highest since the Census bureau began publishing the number in 1956. More here. Combine that with...
by admin | May 25, 2008 | Black Family, Black Leadership |
I’ve been thinking about King because I’m writing an academic paper about media representations of him…and have been thinking about Malcolm X because his birthday coincides with that of my middle son. Next week I will be as old as Martin Luther King jr. was when he...
by admin | May 23, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Obama, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
Over the last couple of days I’ve been in Washington D.C. at a conference for health disparities. One of the speakers we listened to was Aranthan Jones, former health policy advisor to Rep. Christensen and current House Majority Whip James Clyburn’s Director of...
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