by kspence | Jan 27, 2015 | Crime and Punishment, Urban Politics
At last year’s American Political Science Association conference I was asked to participate on a panel about Ferguson. Christian Davenport noted something I’d never thought about before. Almost every other advanced industrial nation keeps track of how many...
by kspence | Aug 13, 2014 | Crime and Punishment, Urban Politics |
On April 14, 1997 Gregory Bell, a 19 year old, was home alone when his resident’s burglar alarm went off. Police officers sent to the unit to investigate found Bell. Because Bell was retarded, he was unable to...
by kspence | Jul 1, 2014 | Detroit, Neoliberalism, The Future of the City, Urban Politics
In the ongoing effort to "right size" the City of Detroit's budget, public officials have begun a draconian effort designed to further extort resources from residents with the least ability to afford them. They've increased water rates, and begun to...
by kspence | Jun 14, 2014 | Neoliberalism, The Future of the City, Urban Politics |
During the first week of June Baltimore's City Council overwhelmingly approved legislation modifying Baltimore's curfew law to make it one of the strictest in the country. Kids under 14 have to be indoors by 9pm. Kids between 14-16 have to be indoors by 10pm...
by kspence | Jan 3, 2014 | Culture, Detroit, Imaging the City, Pop Culture, Urban Politics
Been pouring over Richard Iton’s work over the break and into the year not only for the upcoming Souls issue but also for a few projects I’m working on in 2014. I’m particularly interested in the role geography plays in black cultural production. In...
by kspence | Oct 12, 2013 | Black Power, Detroit, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics
Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in prison this week for running a criminal enterprise. In his sentencing Judge Nancy Edumunds argued that given his history (the charges went back to his tenure as a state legislator) and given the status of the city, he...
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