by admin | May 2, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama |
Every group has the tendency to close ranks when one of its own is attacked. Blacks aren’t any different from any other group here. Given racist attempts to question Obama’s citizenship, his credentials, we’re going to reflexively respond with joy...
by admin | Apr 8, 2011 | Black Power, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism |
Later today I’m giving a talk on labor and racial inequality as part of a conference on human rights and the city. Particularly given what’s going on in Wisconsin and the rest of the country this subject is incredibly important. The take home points: When...
by admin | Mar 25, 2011 | Black Power, Neoliberalism, Racial Politics |
The 2010 census findings are beginning to trickle out. Blacks are leaving the North, but let’s not get it twisted, what they’re really doing is leaving the Rustbelt…and New York City. Blacks migrated to the north en masse in the Great Migration to...
by admin | Feb 28, 2011 | Black Family, Black Power, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics |
We all know the story of how cities like Detroit, Gary, and Baltimore became predominantly black. First the businesses fled, then whites with the ability to move to the suburbs. But the black middle class also took flight, and around 1990 or so there was a second...
by admin | Feb 16, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama
Photo by Matthew WilkinsonIn referencing Obama’s budget, I noted that he agreed fundamentally with the GOP on the need for cuts…this is because both Obama and the GOP embrace the fundamental thirty years “new” idea of how the economy works. The...
by admin | Feb 15, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama |
Photo by tsevisPresident Obama released his budget proposal today. Among the cuts he proposes are cuts to home-heating aid (cuts that given Midwest and Northeast snowfall will hit middle, working class, and poor citizens pretty hard), and cuts to community service...
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