by kspence | Jul 11, 2013 | Black Popular Culture, Culture, Hip-hop, Neoliberalism
While some would argue Magna Carter Holy Grail is Jay-Z's latest album, I'd disagree. I think it more accurate to call it a delivery system, given the technological and economic dynamics of its release. Although if you didn't cop it through Samsung,...
by kspence | Jul 9, 2013 | Labor, Neoliberalism
I've been meaning to write about the Chicago Sun-Times' decision to lay-off their entire photography division, in effect replacing them with…IPhones.[foot]I’m not being facetious here. The Sun-Times plan to use freelance photography as...
by kspence | Jul 8, 2013 | Imaging the City, Neoliberalism, The Future of the City, Urban Politics
A few months ago my colleague William Connolly considered The Dilemma of Electoral Politics. Given how bankrupt yet at the same time essential the US electoral system is, how do those of us on the Left deal with it? His answer: The formula is to move back and...
by kspence | Jun 17, 2013 | Black Leadership, Black Politics, Neoliberalism, Politics
I’ve written about the Goon Squad–a group of black Baltimoreans who organized against racism in the late sixties/early seventies. They’re directly responsible for many of the opportunities black Baltimoreans in general, and middle to upper class...
by kspence | Jun 13, 2013 | Black Leadership, Black Politics, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics |
I recently picked up Soo Ah Kwon's book Uncivil Youth: Race, Activism, and Affirmative Governmentality. Given my interest in neoliberal governmentality and racial/black politics as well as my work with various Baltimore youth-centered organizations I wanted to see...
by kspence | Jun 4, 2013 | Gender and Politics, Labor, Neoliberalism, Public Policy
Recently the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development published its Better Life Index. While the United States ranks at or near the top in housing access and in wealth, the United States ranks near the bottom in work-life balance. Derek Thompson...
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