by admin | Feb 14, 2011 | Black Leadership, Crime and Punishment, Education, Neoliberalism, Racial Politics |
Photo by Steve SnodgrassMany of you have read about Kelley Williams-Bolar, who was found guilty of two felonies (“theft” and “tampering with records”) when someone revealed that she used her father’s address to enroll her daughters in a...
by admin | Feb 8, 2011 | Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Politics |
When Reagan died in 2004 (on June 5, my birthday) I wrote a piece for the now defunct Africana.com. As conservatives commemorate his 100th birthday I think this piece still stands up: On Saturday, June 5, Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, passed...
by admin | Feb 1, 2011 | Hip-hop, Politics, Public Policy |
Photo by Ralf HeidWe routinely talk about the hip-hop generation and how this generation (and its successors) differ from those born before them. Some posit that hip-hop has the potential to generate a new movement (wonder how that plays in Egypt about now?). I did...
by admin | Jan 26, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama, Politics |
Photo by stevegarfieldA number of people have chimed in by now about Obama’s State of the Union address. Yesterday I noted that Obama was colonized by corporate language…rather than him using the language of investments for his own ends, I thought...
by admin | Jan 25, 2011 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Obama
Photo by Steve RhodesIn advance of tonight’s State of the Union address, Michael Shear notes that Obama is strategically using the language of business in order to show he is business friendly but in such a way as to maintain constituency support. Shear:...
by admin | Jan 22, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama
Last week Obama named GE CEO Jeff Immelt to chair a new advisory council that will generate ideas that can jump start the economy. The council is heavy with corporate executives prompting concerns that Obama–particularly given his recent WSJ editorial–is...
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