by kspence | Oct 12, 2013 | Black Power, Detroit, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics
Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in prison this week for running a criminal enterprise. In his sentencing Judge Nancy Edumunds argued that given his history (the charges went back to his tenure as a state legislator) and given the status of the city, he...
by kspence | Oct 10, 2013 | Education, Neoliberalism |
So I’m in the midst of a book project I thought would not begin for a few years at least…and I’m trying to write everyday. But I’ve got a lull that can only be filled by research, so I’m going to fill my word count today with a bit of old...
by kspence | Aug 26, 2013 | Education, Neoliberalism, Obama |
On August 22, President Obama gave a speech outlining a series of proposals designed to deal with the crisis in higher education. The contours of this crisis are painfully obvious to any parent with college-aged or near college-aged children. Both tuition and room and...
by kspence | Aug 5, 2013 | Detroit, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics |
Over the past few months or so I've had to correct the record on Detroit. About what it is, about what it was, about what it can be. I expected to have to correct the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, The Detroit News even. But I didn't think...
by kspence | Jul 30, 2013 | Black Popular Culture, Gender and Politics
I want to visually follow up on a point I made yesterday. I think Ryan Coogler did an excellent job at representing Oscar Grant not as a type, but as a fully developed human, with a range of feelings, with a range of identities. I happened to be blessed to...
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