by kspence | Apr 21, 2015 | Black Politics, Black Popular Culture, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Neoliberalism |
Recently Michael Eric Dyson penned a strongly worded critique (severe understatement) of Cornel West in The New Republic, basically arguing West has become a thin shell of his former self. Dyson, who owes his career to West, is one of the many black...
by kspence | Jan 27, 2015 | Crime and Punishment, Urban Politics
At last year’s American Political Science Association conference I was asked to participate on a panel about Ferguson. Christian Davenport noted something I’d never thought about before. Almost every other advanced industrial nation keeps track of how many...
by kspence | Jan 19, 2015 | Marc Steiner Show, Media Appearances, Neoliberalism
Is the American Dream attainable? My intelligently pessimistic side says no. My willingly optimistic side says yes. The more pessimistic approach is rooted in the fact more than one American Dream exists. And they mostly wither when placed against reality. One dream,...
by kspence | Jan 9, 2015 | Black Politics, Crime and Punishment
Above is a conversation between Fred Moten and Robin Kelley on #blacklivesmatter, moderated by Maisha Quint, an anti-prison organizer working in Oakland, California with the Eastside Arts...
by kspence | Jul 31, 2014 | Neoliberalism
On December 15, 2008 I wrote a post entitled "News and Notes Silenced". For those who don't know, News and Notes represented an attempt to diversify NPRs program offerings by presenting a program dedicated to producing the news from a black perspective....
by kspence | Jul 18, 2014 | Neoliberalism |
I've got about 20 minutes before a van picks me up and takes me to the Roots and Remedies site (I'm here talking about cities and political change). So that doesn't quite give me enough time to make the changes to my chapter on neoliberalism and the black...
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