by kspence | Jul 9, 2013 | Labor, Neoliberalism
I've been meaning to write about the Chicago Sun-Times' decision to lay-off their entire photography division, in effect replacing them with…IPhones.[foot]I’m not being facetious here. The Sun-Times plan to use freelance photography as...
by kspence | Jul 8, 2013 | Imaging the City, Neoliberalism, The Future of the City, Urban Politics
A few months ago my colleague William Connolly considered The Dilemma of Electoral Politics. Given how bankrupt yet at the same time essential the US electoral system is, how do those of us on the Left deal with it? His answer: The formula is to move back and...
by kspence | Jun 25, 2013 | Black Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Obama, Politics
As expected, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to render Section 4[foot]This section determines the states that must preclear any attempt to change voting laws with the federal government.[/foot] of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. Although it kept the...
by kspence | Jun 17, 2013 | Black Leadership, Black Politics, Neoliberalism, Politics
I’ve written about the Goon Squad–a group of black Baltimoreans who organized against racism in the late sixties/early seventies. They’re directly responsible for many of the opportunities black Baltimoreans in general, and middle to upper class...
by kspence | Jun 13, 2013 | Black Leadership, Black Politics, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics |
I recently picked up Soo Ah Kwon's book Uncivil Youth: Race, Activism, and Affirmative Governmentality. Given my interest in neoliberal governmentality and racial/black politics as well as my work with various Baltimore youth-centered organizations I wanted to see...
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