by admin | May 26, 2008 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Public Policy, Urban Politics |
Nearly 3 percent of homes that were once occupied by their owners in the country were vacant in March. That is up from less than 2 percent three years ago and is the highest since the Census bureau began publishing the number in 1956. More here. Combine that with...
by admin | Dec 21, 2007 | Public Policy, retrograde |
I was led to Anthony Bradley’s post on shattered family dreams by P6’s post. I am not dealing with the exact same issues, but I’ve got to say that I’ve been dealing with similar ones, about my job, about my capacity to do for my family, and for...
by admin | Oct 13, 2007 | Afrofuturism, Public Policy, Urban Politics |
Did you know that we have a problem with too many shipping containers? These days, the United States doesn’t export much, but it imports a lot, and it’s not economical to send the containers back empty, so the shipping containers just keep stacking up. One source said...
by admin | Sep 17, 2007 | Black Power, Crime and Punishment, Public Policy, Urban Politics |
Here’s a model that won’t work, and a model that’s ass backwards from jump. (No I won’t argue about it…just like I wouldn’t argue with Submariner about the benefits of Omoxycillin vs. Penicillin.) So let’s think about a model...
by admin | Sep 13, 2007 | Black Power, Crime and Punishment, Public Policy, Urban Politics |
I got this from Earl, who asked for comments. In a nutshell? There are only a couple of populations you can ask this of without getting laughed out of office. Black people, and Native Americans. This is not a coincidence. Some might think this a rational policy, and...
by admin | Aug 7, 2007 | Black Power, Public Policy, Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
A couple of stories (one of which I got from Earl) coincided with a bit of a chapter I’m working on for my hip-hop book. Reading the stories is in some ways like being in a time warp. Going back to 1989 more specifically:...
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