As I mentioned in my previous post, I will be incorporating mapping into my everyday reading and writing practice. Mapping … More
Category: The United States of America
News and Links Roundup: 5 November 2013
Sarah Kendzior, “Surviving the Post-Employment Economy” “In the United States, nine percent of computer science majors are unemployed, and 14.7 … More
No, You May Not Touch My Hair: Or Why Antonia Opiah’s Public Art Exhibit Misses the Mark
Antonia Opiah’s “You Can Touch My Hair” public art exhibit features Black women in Union Square, New York City, holding … More
Why Invisible Child’s #Kony2012 Campaign Gets No Applause From Me
In short: #Kony2012 #StopKony misrepresents N. Uganda, spreads misinformation abt Kony/the LRA, denies Africans’ agency and is imperialist. It raises … More
The Greater WE: Military Interventions in a Globalized World
Cross-linked at Bertelsmann Stiftung- Future Challenges’ blog Global governance and the movement toward a Greater WE means a protection of global public goods, … More
Update: Why I am in Alabama
Hello All! Greetings from Sweet Home Alabama! I’ve been away because I was packing my life into 4 boxes, 2 … More
Musings on the Prison Industrial Complex: Lawlessness & Disorder
“The ultimate expression of law is not order — it’s prison. There are hundreds upon hundreds of prisons, and thousands … More
Hunger, Unemployment, & Socio-Economic Inequality in the “Greatest Nation on Earth”
‘Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed … More
Identity & Purpose: Lessons from Queen Nanny, Harriet Tubman & Sojourner Truth
Lately, I have been wrestling with Identity and Purpose. On one hand, there’s who I am and what I am … More
On Aid: Why Good Intentions Are Not Enough
Let’s take the story of a giant, engorged on wealth and privilege. This giant trods upon the earth with greater … More
Reflections on My Years As a Mentor- Or What The Girls Taught Me
For 2 years, I served as a youth mentor and teacher’s assistant in West Oakland through YWCA Berkeley/Oakland. The first … More
Article: Diaspora Remittances to Africa: The Donor’s Perspective
[Crosslinked with Future Challenges Organization] Diaspora aid has surpassed international aid on the continent of Africa. I‘d like to propose that … More
Poem: Countee Cullen “Incident” (1925)
Once riding in old Baltimore, Heart-filled, head-filled with glee, I saw a Baltimorean Keep looking straight at me. Now I … More
Poem: Langston Hughes “Harlem” (1951)
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a … More
Poem: Claude McKay “If We Must Die” (1919)
If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round … More
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