by admin | Aug 19, 2006 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Hip-hop, Pop Culture, things that make you go hmm |
So through the hhpc’s yahoo email list I found out that “Cousin Jeff” of BET fame is working on the campaign of Ken Blackwell. Folks were putting him on blast because they think he’s sold out, but more importantly because he makes the hip-hop...
by admin | Aug 9, 2006 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Pop Culture, The Mass Media, Urban Politics |
In my most recent NPR Commentary I rail against the habit of putting articles about black male politicians in the style section. One of the reasons we don’t really know what people like Barak Obama stand for is because pundits are so concerned with their...
by admin | Aug 6, 2006 | Campaigns and Elections, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, things that make you go hmm |
The most recent edition of the American Political Science Review contained an article written by John P. McCormick (Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago) that presented three legitimate practices governments used in order to prevent the wealthy from...
by admin | Aug 1, 2006 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy |
Browsing, I ran into this. My incoming freshmen were born in 1988. They started sixth grade around the time Napster took hold. Not only do they not recall the 8-track, or the album (the only reason they know vinyl at all is because of the house/electro/hip-hop DJ),...
by admin | Jul 21, 2006 | Campaigns and Elections, Racial Politics |
Spencer Overton recent wrote what looks to be a powerful book on voter suppression. Folks can talk all they want about how the Democrats must “reach out” to white evangelicals, about how they must come up with a message that speaks to “red state...
by admin | Jul 10, 2006 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections |
Michael Steele is getting all of the press, but in Michigan (where I’m spending summer vacation with the family), the name to remember is Keith Butler. Running for Senate on the GOP ticket, Butler’s already got some history in local government–he was...
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