by admin | Feb 3, 2011 | Black Family, Marc Steiner Show, Neoliberalism, The Mass Media, things that make you go hmm |
Photo by SoulfullAccording to the data, black men and women are marrying at a decreasing rate, and although part of this is clearly a function of the growing incarceration of black men, that story is insufficient, as we see the same phenomenon among whites. In a...
by admin | Jan 19, 2011 | Afrofuturism, Hip-hop, NPR, The Future of the City, The Mass Media |
Photo by Sam HowzitIn December I had the chance to participate in a discussion about the future of Baltimore moderated by Dan Rodricks. The panelists included Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III (President of UMBC), Baltimore novelist Madison...
by admin | Jan 16, 2011 | Campaigns and Elections, NPR, Obama, The Mass Media
I was on the Barbershop on Friday. Because of the tragedy in Arizona we only discussed Obama’s speech and Palin’s response. Even though I’ve strong disagreements with the President, he gave an excellent speech, given his goals–to pay homage to...
by admin | Aug 10, 2010 | Black Power, Politics, Racial Politics, The Mass Media
To many people, black politics and the black church is synonymous. But the relationship between black churches and politics has changed over the years, in partial response to changes in local, and national political priorities, and also in response to changes in black...
by admin | Jul 21, 2010 | Afrofuturism, Marc Steiner Show, Neoliberalism, Politics, The Mass Media |
A few weeks ago I was able to attend and speak at the United States Social Forum held in my hometown of Detroit, Michigan. I had a couple of different interviews about it. One conducted by Marc Steiner–this one was special to me because he interviewed my father...
by admin | Jun 24, 2010 | Announcements, Gender and Politics, Neoliberalism, NPR, Obama, The Mass Media |
And I’ve been here soaking it all in. Several thousand men, women, and children in downtown Detroit, and we can scarcely get a mention from the mainstream press, while the Tea Party continues to soak up bandwidth. I’d say “amazing” but of...
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