"There is a Food Desert in Detroit"

by | Mar 18, 2007 | Afrofuturism

Detroit is a city that has approximately 900,000 residents. At its height, 2 million called Detroit home. Most see the blocks upon blocks of empty space and see ghettoes. I see something else entirely. In a city of roughly 880,000 people, there are just two...

University of Michigan rolls out New Diversity Plan

by | Mar 16, 2007 | Politics | 3 comments

Ever since the state of Michigan outlawed race-based Affirmative Action in college admissions, people have been wondering how the University of Michigan would respond. We now know. The question that remains is, how long will it be before the people responsible for the...

Invisible Political Throat Cutter

by | Mar 16, 2007 | Democracy | 1 comment

Sounds like an MC handle doesn’t it (especially if you put the emphasis on the IN in “invisible”)? I’ve been coding dozens of hip-hop tracks for my book project and this is the title I came up with when I came across this article about how one...

The question of choice

by | Mar 13, 2007 | Neoliberalism

Over at Prometheus6, Earl is dealing with the paradox of choice.  If you’ve got a nice chunk of time, go over there and check that video out…then take a look at what Malcolm Gladwell has to say about the subject. I do happen to believe that the...