by admin | Feb 26, 2009 | Black Power, Education, Neoliberalism, Obama |
If you’re connected to me via facebook you know I was updating furiously during the Obama speech. And I agreed with much of it. What he’s doing is nothing less than revolutionary–at least within the context of the last 10 plus years of American...
by admin | Feb 24, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, things that make you go hmm, Urban Politics |
After the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (your neoliberal government at work), some thought that one of the (intended) benefits was that racial politics and welfare would be decoupled. Or at the very least, the...
by admin | Dec 26, 2008 | Afrofuturism, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Culture, Neoliberalism |
Important tidbits in a growing story: College endowments drop like a rock. In earlier news, NPR decides to drop News and Notes. Newspapers like the Detroit Free Press go virtual, while other newspapers won’t survive 2009. Book publishers have slashed their...
by admin | Dec 24, 2008 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Obama, Public Policy, The Future of the City |
Historians (rightly) rap Obama, arguing his stimulus package is weak. As students of American history, we are heartened by your commitment to a jobs stimulus program inspired by the New Deal and aimed at helping “Main Street.” We firmly believe that such a...
by admin | Dec 23, 2008 | Neoliberalism, Urban Politics |
There were riots in Greece last week just four years after Athens hosted the Olympics (and several months after the media started to ask was it worth it? The proximate cause? An incident of police brutality after clashes between police and protesters left one 15-year...
by admin | Dec 22, 2008 | Crime and Punishment, Neoliberalism, The Mass Media, Urban Politics |
…what do you see when you read the following articles in tandem? Hedge Funds Overlook Madoff Risk. A Reeling City is a Snapshot of Economic Woes. Squeezed on all sides, parents forgo day care. New target for Mexico’s Drug Cartels: Schools. ...
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