by admin | Jan 18, 2011 | Black Leadership, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Obama |
Photo by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.comAnd that sound you hear is the sound of balloons busting all over the country. Today, Obama penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that promised an executive order that would make sure that pre-existing and new regulations...
by admin | Jan 17, 2011 | Black Leadership, History, Obama |
Photo by GilkataEver since Obama became a national figure, people have compared him to Martin Luther King jr. I saw a powerful photoshopped photo of the two supposedly engaging in dialogue at the White House while at a cigar bar in Detroit. The comparisons are...
by admin | Jan 16, 2011 | Campaigns and Elections, NPR, Obama, The Mass Media
I was on the Barbershop on Friday. Because of the tragedy in Arizona we only discussed Obama’s speech and Palin’s response. Even though I’ve strong disagreements with the President, he gave an excellent speech, given his goals–to pay homage to...
by admin | Jan 14, 2011 | Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Obama
Based on his rhetoric, one of Obama’s chief goals is to reduce the bipartisan bickering that many feel has reduced the nation’s ability to get work done. But what if bipartisanship was possible without reducing wealth inequality (which as of now is a shade...
by admin | Jun 24, 2010 | Announcements, Gender and Politics, Neoliberalism, NPR, Obama, The Mass Media |
And I’ve been here soaking it all in. Several thousand men, women, and children in downtown Detroit, and we can scarcely get a mention from the mainstream press, while the Tea Party continues to soak up bandwidth. I’d say “amazing” but of...
by admin | Mar 9, 2010 | Black Leadership, Black Power, Neoliberalism, Obama, The Mass Media |
A couple of weeks ago Rev. Al Sharpton and other prominent African Americans (including NAACP head Benjamin Jealous and Council of Negro Women President Dorothy Heights) were invited to the White House to discuss President Obama’s job bill. Afterwards some of...
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