by admin | Feb 16, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama
Photo by Matthew WilkinsonIn referencing Obama’s budget, I noted that he agreed fundamentally with the GOP on the need for cuts…this is because both Obama and the GOP embrace the fundamental thirty years “new” idea of how the economy works. The...
by admin | Feb 15, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama |
Photo by tsevisPresident Obama released his budget proposal today. Among the cuts he proposes are cuts to home-heating aid (cuts that given Midwest and Northeast snowfall will hit middle, working class, and poor citizens pretty hard), and cuts to community service...
by admin | Feb 14, 2011 | Black Leadership, Crime and Punishment, Education, Neoliberalism, Racial Politics |
Photo by Steve SnodgrassMany of you have read about Kelley Williams-Bolar, who was found guilty of two felonies (“theft” and “tampering with records”) when someone revealed that she used her father’s address to enroll her daughters in a...
by admin | Feb 9, 2011 | Hip-hop, Neoliberalism
When we talk about black representation to a certain extent we’re talking about the people in this picture, Michael Nutter (Mayor of Philadelphia), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Lewis (D-Ga), and Artur Davis (member of congress–D-AL–when this picture...
by admin | Feb 8, 2011 | Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Politics |
When Reagan died in 2004 (on June 5, my birthday) I wrote a piece for the now defunct Africana.com. As conservatives commemorate his 100th birthday I think this piece still stands up: On Saturday, June 5, Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States, passed...
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