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...
by admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Crime and Punishment, Education |
…isn’t that a black Harvard professor was arrested by police. The real story–one that you won’t see on Anderson Cooper 360–is that Harvard is going broke. (Thanks Farai for dropping it on me.) Quick college finance 101–colleges and...
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 9, 2009 | Black Power, Neoliberalism, Obama, Public Health, Public Policy, Racial Politics, things that make you go hmm |
We all agree that our health care system is broken. We get too little care for what we pay, suffer more than we should even after we pay. When Grant Hill first signed with the Detroit Pistons several years ago now he was on "sky's the limit" trajectory....
by admin | Jun 8, 2009 | Black Power, Neoliberalism, Obama, things that make you go hmm |
Even before Cosby gave his Brown vs. Board of Education speech blaming lower-income blacks for racial disparities in education, I’ve been interested in the power of black elites to shape and mold black public opinion. I threw up a little in my mouth when Obama...
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...
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