by kspence | Jul 18, 2015 | Black Politics, Media Appearances, NPR, Obama, Politics |
On Thursday July 18, David Greene of NPR’s Morning Edition interviewed me for about a half hour or so on the shift in President Obama’s rhetoric on race and racism. Although I haven’t performed the “for real for real” type of analysis to...
by kspence | Mar 10, 2014 | Black Family, Gender and Politics, Labor, Neoliberalism, Obama |
Over at The Nation, Mychal Denzel Smith notes he both appreciates and is troubled by My Brother’s Keeper. Brittney Cooper echoes Smith’s primary concern that the policy is both too exclusive (ignoring women) and too respectable. If this were 1995 and we...
by kspence | Feb 28, 2014 | Media Appearances, Neoliberalism, NPR, Obama |
Earlier this week I was on Tell Me More in their parents roundtable. We were talking about the idea of paternal leave. Before Michele Martin conducted that roundtable, she had an interview with “Money Coach” Alvin Hall about how corporations are changing...
by kspence | Aug 26, 2013 | Education, Neoliberalism, Obama |
On August 22, President Obama gave a speech outlining a series of proposals designed to deal with the crisis in higher education. The contours of this crisis are painfully obvious to any parent with college-aged or near college-aged children. Both tuition and room and...
by kspence | Jul 23, 2013 | Black Politics, Crime and Punishment, Obama, Politics |
Today Salon ran two articles examining Detroit and Trayvon Martin. The article on Detroit, like most others ignore the role structural racism played Detroit's circumstances.[foot]Check out Krugman's response to Charles Lane for example, or...
by kspence | Jun 25, 2013 | Black Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Obama, Politics
As expected, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to render Section 4[foot]This section determines the states that must preclear any attempt to change voting laws with the federal government.[/foot] of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. Although it kept the...
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