by admin | Aug 28, 2007 | Black Power, Politics, Urban Politics |
There are a few issues in the news that I’ve wanted to touch on but haven’t had the time. Still don’t have the time. So I’ll present a scenario and a question. You’ve got a neighborhood of black people in a predominantly black city. Two...
by admin | Aug 14, 2007 | Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
Glen Loury asks the provocative question Why Are So Many Americans in Prison? (thanks to Earl for the link) His answer for many of us isn’t surprising. The fact that he got there in the first place probably is surprising to some of us given his black...
by admin | Aug 13, 2007 | Urban Politics |
In the sixties, a series of flood walls and levees were created in Saint Louis in order to protect the region from the rising Mississippi River. In 1993 the river flooded in the worst US disaster of its kind. These walls and levees likely kept the damage from massive...
by admin | Aug 7, 2007 | Black Power, Racial Politics, Urban Politics
Given the last post, I ran across an article I thought folks might find interesting. Because many of us are so close to the events on the ground in places like Newark and Oakland we often miss the forest for the trees. This interview does a good job of setting the...
by admin | Aug 7, 2007 | Black Power, Public Policy, Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
A couple of stories (one of which I got from Earl) coincided with a bit of a chapter I’m working on for my hip-hop book. Reading the stories is in some ways like being in a time warp. Going back to 1989 more specifically:...
by admin | Aug 3, 2007 | Afrofuturism, Urban Politics |
Traffic coming off I35 Bridge, looking South Originally uploaded by Mordac whose website can be found here. The recent problems in Minnesota, New York City, and according to Craig Nulan, Montreal, and Saint Louis, all reveal the growing problems in managing our...
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