by admin | May 30, 2007 | Afrofuturism, Black Power, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Urban Politics |
Forty years ago this summer, Detroit burned, leaving 43 dead, 467 injured, and 2000 buildings burned to the ground. Although some argue that this ended up being the impetus for white flight, the fact of the matter is that even as whites had the opportunity to leave in...
by admin | May 29, 2007 | Urban Politics
Me at the brooklyn bridge Originally uploaded by Unbowed. I’m still trying to get a handle on work, and on my NYC trip. It is likely I won’t be able to get it all down. Suffice it to say that the network that I’ve worked to build for the last 20...
by admin | May 25, 2007 | Announcements, Urban Politics |
IMG_7146.JPG Originally uploaded by Unbowed. I’m in NYC now on business. I’ll be holed up until Monday morning I think. If you’re around and want to holler…give me a ring. 410-948-2709. Life is good.
by admin | May 1, 2007 | Crime and Punishment, Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
Read this. Then see this. I want to believe that in an era of overflowing prisons people have finally realized that perhaps punitive approaches to confinement do more harm than good. And I’m glad that homeboy is getting off with a little more than time served....
by admin | Apr 7, 2007 | Racial Politics, Urban Politics |
In the wake of the previous week’s discussions shaquanda cotton and black bloggers, I thought I’d end the week with a couple of Nation articles that I found interesting: Politics: Bottom Up Power I had the chance to interview Mayor Coleman A. Young the...
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