by admin | Sep 24, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Gender and Politics, Pop Culture, The Mass Media |
I was in Boston (and not blogging much) at our annual political science convention when they announced Palin as the pick. I was standing next to Wilbur Rich and my man Harwood. I laughed aloud. A brilliant pick. Young, charismatic, and committed to the particular...
by admin | Sep 21, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Obama |
First things first. After a few years of slogging I am ten days away from sending my book STARE IN THE DARKNESS: RAP, HIP-HOP, AND BLACK POLITICS to publishers. This is why I have blogged infrequently…. I’m on a black email list with a couple of...
by admin | Aug 4, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Neoliberalism, Obama, The Mass Media |
Well…not exactly. But close enough. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4LxlmYfrLI[/youtube] Just like the “hecklers” had to raise hell to get the mic in the Obama townhall meeting, the only way that progressives and working class interests have...
by admin | Jun 17, 2008 | Black Family, Cash Rules Everything Around Me, things that make you go hmm |
Many have written about the stark racial differences in wealth and in income. But what about the differences within black communities? Working on the book I found a couple of charts that I think are interesting here. The gini coefficient measures income inequality...
by admin | Jun 6, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, NPR, Obama, The Mass Media |
…because it’s just one of the many topics we talked about this week.
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