by kspence | Jun 4, 2013 | Gender and Politics, Labor, Neoliberalism, Public Policy
Recently the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development published its Better Life Index. While the United States ranks at or near the top in housing access and in wealth, the United States ranks near the bottom in work-life balance. Derek Thompson argues...
by kspence | Oct 15, 2012 | Neoliberalism, Public Policy
One of the most enduring arguments about government vis a vis private business is that it is inefficient. Government programs are wasteful, routinely going over budget. And this is because government bureaucrats aren't subject to the discipline of the market. Private...
by kspence | Jun 28, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Public Policy, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ-ldcnhsLY[/youtube] Today? 911 is a joke. Today I’m dealing with the contemporary politics of black health, focusing on HIV/AIDS, and I thought it’d be a good look. It doesn’t deal at all with the ways black people withhold...
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 | Mar 8, 2010 | Black Power, Gender and Politics, Public Policy |
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfYvL4wnWeY[/youtube] Above Dr. L’Hereux Lewis gives a keynote lecture at Morehouse College, his alma mater, about the issue of “black male privilege”, something that may seem contradictory to some of us given the stats we are...
by admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Neoliberalism, Obama, Public Health, Public Policy |
California Nurses Association For Immediate Release September 2, 2009 Contact: Charles Idelson 510-273-2246, Shum Preston 510-273-2276, or Liz Jacobs 510-273-2232 More than one of every five requests for medical claims for insured patients, even when recommended by a...
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