by admin | Jun 17, 2008 | Black Family, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, things that make you go hmm |
Many have written about the stark racial differences in wealth and in income. But what about the differences within black communities? Working on the book I found a couple of charts that I think are interesting here. The gini coefficient measures income inequality...
by admin | Jun 7, 2008 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Education, Urban Politics |
“Why couldn’t we be a site for an alternative energy school? Why wouldn’t we be a training school to support the rail industry? Why wouldn’t we have a design school to look at mass transportation? Why couldn’t we train students in...
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 | May 1, 2008 | Black Family, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Education, The Mass Media |
This video runs long, but is worth it if you’ve the time. Watch it and tell me that any of the candidates has EVER spoken to these issues. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A[/youtube]More here.
by admin | Aug 3, 2007 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Gender and Politics, Urban Politics
I knew this was coming. Because we’ve been seeing this same pattern among black men. And what happens to us eventually trickles up, for good or ill. Note the last couple of paragraphs. Several experts also said that rising income for women might affect marriage...
by admin | Jul 24, 2007 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Pop Culture, The Mass Media |
This video below is extra hot. Thanks to All Tayo for the link. On an unrelated note, check out The Shawn Mason Spence show where the topic of the day is black women in the entertainment industry. We know of the men, but where are the deal-making, business-moving...
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