by admin | Jun 2, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Obama, The Future of the City, Urban Politics |
Fifty or so years ago what was good for GM was good for the nation. Yesterday GM officially went into bankruptcy. Shares of the stock are now worthless. The government is for all intents and purposes the virtual owner of GM. There are already signals they intend to...
by admin | May 19, 2009 | Afrofuturism, Neoliberalism, The Future of the City |
That’s all I want to know. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74cO9X4NMb4[/youtube]
by admin | May 9, 2009 | Afrofuturism, The Future of the City, Urban Politics |
Dave Bing was elected to fulfill the remaining year or so of Kwame Kilpatrick’s turn. For many this represents a turn for the better, given not only the competition (Ken Cockrel Jr.), but given other recent choices (Martha Reeves, Monica Conyers, Kwame...
by admin | Apr 2, 2009 | Afrofuturism, Neoliberalism, The Future of the City, The Mass Media |
A few weeks ago the Seattle Post-Intelligencer dropped regular service and went online. Last week the Ann Arbor News–the newspaper that gave me my first paid journalism gig–gave notice that it was following suit. Today both Detroit newspapers cut their...
by admin | Mar 18, 2009 | Afrofuturism, The Future of the City, Urban Politics |
Metro, originally uploaded by Unbowed. I’m going to Vancouver on Thursday for a conference. I’m presenting the first chapter of my next book on neoliberalism in black politics. Vancouver has a Skytrain that traverses 33 miles through the city. It’s...
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...
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