by admin | Jul 22, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Crime and Punishment, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Education |
In 1991 Lawrence Kasdan directed the film Grand Canyon, starring Steve Martin, Danny Glover, Alfre Woodard, Mary McDonnell, and Mary Louise-Parker. Set in Los Angeles, the film traces the way a series of disconnected events ultimately connect and to a certain extent...
by admin | Jun 3, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Obama, Urban Politics |
I’ve been toying with the idea of writing a piece on the Sotomayor nomination for The Nation. I’m convinced she’s going to go through with flying colors because she has the pedigree and the legal chops for the job. But the lack of sustained coverage...
by admin | Jun 2, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Obama, The Future of the City, Urban Politics |
Fifty or so years ago what was good for GM was good for the nation. Yesterday GM officially went into bankruptcy. Shares of the stock are now worthless. The government is for all intents and purposes the virtual owner of GM. There are already signals they intend to...
by admin | May 26, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics |
Today on Midday with Dan Rodrick I’ll be talking with William Julius Wilson who released a new book More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City. Wilson’s work over the past thirty years has defined the discussion on poverty both in academic...
by admin | May 5, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics |
“It’s kind of dehumanizing,” Mr. Brewster-Streeks said of the experience. “They see you as a certain kind of person. We’ve never been that certain kind of person.” via More Middle-Class New Yorkers Fall Behind on Rent and Face Eviction – NYTimes.com. So what...
by admin | Apr 14, 2009 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Democracy, Neoliberalism, Racial Politics, things that make you go hmm |
Zoltan Hajnal at the University of California, San Diego, has just published an article in the American Political Science Review that looks at the issue of political representation. Democracy at its best is supposed to distribute victories and losses fairly evenly...
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