by admin | Jul 23, 2007 | Afrofuturism, Black Leadership, Urban Politics |
(as an aside, why has my traffic relatively blown up off of the Jamal Bryant Empowerment Temple stuff? all i did was point folks to the site….interesting.) This global vs. local thing I’ve been working through has led to a few spinoffs that I think people...
by admin | Jul 20, 2007 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, NPR, Pop Culture, The Mass Media |
This week’s barbershop segment came out today. On the docket? We talked about immigration policy, about Michael Vick’s legal troubles, and we talked about John Edwards’ campaign and his anti-poverty platform. Makes for interesting...
by admin | Jul 19, 2007 | Campaigns and Elections, Obama, Politics
Earlier, I had some strong criticisms of Obama. I didn’t really care about the “he ain’t black” stuff–that’s for the birds. Today I was taping for The Barbershop, and one of the bits was about Johns Edwards’ poverty tour. I...
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...
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