by admin | Feb 19, 2009 | Black Power, Obama, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
With Obama’s election, there was hope that the black media corps would have a much tighter relationship with him. And to an extent they have so far–remember we’re barely a month into his Presidency. Feels a lot longer because Bush pretty much...
by admin | Jan 7, 2009 | Black Power, Obama, The Mass Media |
The New York Times features an article about the challenges the CBC faces in the upcoming term, what with a black President and all. The article has many of the challenges that journalistic accounts of black politics has–confusing age and ideology, ignoring the...
by admin | Dec 24, 2008 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Obama, Public Policy, The Future of the City |
Historians (rightly) rap Obama, arguing his stimulus package is weak. As students of American history, we are heartened by your commitment to a jobs stimulus program inspired by the New Deal and aimed at helping “Main Street.” We firmly believe that such a...
by admin | Dec 12, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Obama |
We hit the Illinois Pay-for-Play scandal hard on the Barbershop. For me it was the most ghetto version of the politics as business model that we’ve been infected with at least since the Reagan era. “Running the city like a business”, the idea of...
by admin | Dec 8, 2008 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Obama, Urban Politics |
DETROIT — The Sunday service at Greater Grace Temple began with the Clark Sisters song “I’m Looking for a Miracle” and included a reading of this verse from the Book of Romans: “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be...
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