Race Crisis Series – An Unfolding New School Story
More than a year ago I wrote a post about finding some buried New School treasure while working on a class lecture. The image was of MLK Jr. (at left) and it turned...
political analysis
Shock and Awe(ful) – Ford’s Indian Bondage Problem
In case you’ve missed all the hubbub the past few days over the leaked Ford Figo ad from JWT India ad agency in Delhi, here’s the main image that has gotten everyone in...
The Price of Social Justice
This is an opinion piece I wrote in response to an article in the New School Free Press titled “New School’s Experience with Undoing Racism” by Henry Miller, which covers a recent campus...
Climate Denial – Theatre of the Absurd
As I noted recently, there’s some new data out from several sources showing long-term and historical temperature changes, none of which is encouraging, followed closely by the usual climate denial pr machine. I’ve...
Latest Climate Change Data and Denials
This week saw two important notes in climate news and events. First, an AP Wire story on new climate data revealing an alarming but unsurprising trend–more CO2 in the atmosphere. The amount of...
Hip Hop Politics at The New School
For those who missed it, there was an excellent event recently at The New School called Hip-Hop: Race, Politics, and Hyper-Masculinity that was organized by some former and current New School folks, and...
