by admin | Jul 18, 2007 | Public Policy, Urban Politics
The Rat-Proof Fence.More rats. (slightly tongue in cheek this time.)
by admin | Jul 14, 2007 | Democracy, Urban Politics |
This year represents the 40 year anniversary of the Newark and Detroit riots. Next year will be the 40 year anniversary for Baltimore. One of my former students forwarded me a discussion that relates to our discussions about the local and the global. Amy Goodman of...
by admin | Jul 12, 2007 | Black Leadership, Culture, Democracy, Urban Politics |
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzeezIsTZ_o[/youtube] I’ve already linked to part of Bill Moyers’ interview with Grace Boggs. But the video expands on some of it, and emphasizes a couple of points that bear consistent repetition:1. We have to...
by admin | Jul 12, 2007 | Urban Politics |
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/GM_kj4RD1_M” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]I was just asked to participate in a conference on the Baltimore riots of 68. Being more of a Detroit guy than a...
by admin | Jul 8, 2007 | Crime and Punishment, Public Health, Public Policy, things that make you go hmm, Urban Politics |
Just picked up this story about a minute ago. The “broken windows” strategy that Giuliani used in New York City to successfully harass and intimidate (largely black and Latino) working class New Yorkers had already been persuasively debunked. Even James Q....
by admin | Jul 7, 2007 | Black Leadership, Black Power, Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
Some questions to chew on.When black students at the University of Michigan took over the school in ’69, ’77, and ’87, were they trying to end racism in the United States? Or were they trying to end racism at U of M?When Rosa Parks decided not to...
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