by admin | Aug 13, 2007 | Urban Politics |
In the sixties, a series of flood walls and levees were created in Saint Louis in order to protect the region from the rising Mississippi River. In 1993 the river flooded in the worst US disaster of its kind. These walls and levees likely kept the damage from massive...
by admin | Aug 7, 2007 | Black Power, Racial Politics, Urban Politics
Given the last post, I ran across an article I thought folks might find interesting. Because many of us are so close to the events on the ground in places like Newark and Oakland we often miss the forest for the trees. This interview does a good job of setting the...
by admin | Aug 7, 2007 | Black Power, Public Policy, Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
A couple of stories (one of which I got from Earl) coincided with a bit of a chapter I’m working on for my hip-hop book. Reading the stories is in some ways like being in a time warp. Going back to 1989 more specifically:...
by admin | Aug 6, 2007 | Black Leadership, Black Power, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
So unless you’ve been living under a rock (or don’t read black news sources) you are familiar with the plight of the Jena Six. With the Revs. Jackson and Sharpton entering the fray it now appears as if this travesty of justice will get more media coverage,...
by admin | Aug 5, 2007 | Gender and Politics, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
And gets bits right. But because they’re interested in dealing with intra-racial dynamics rather than inter-racial ones (which is odd given the subject) they miss the forest for the trees. They also put the tired bit in about successful black men “getting...
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