For Most Americans, The Worst Consequences of The Economic Crisis Are Yet To Come
If you read the newspapers, watch the news, and search the internet for new of the economic crisis, you will get the impression that the global recession is easing and may soon “bottom out.” The Obama Administration’s stimulus package, coupled with a infusion of funds into the banking system by TARP [...]
Sotomayor’s Appointment Highlights a Time When Public Housing Was a Place of Hope
There are many wonderful things about Sonia Sotomayor’s appointment to the US Supreme Court, but one of special interest to me, as a scholar of Bronx history, is the way it highlights an era when public housing was a place of hope and possibility for working class families in the borough.
Today, [...]
Creating Opportunity Out of Tragedy-Why Occupying Abandoned Commercial Space May Be The Next Phase of the Civil Rights Struggle
Creating Opportunity Out of Tragedy- Why Occupying Abandoned Commercial Space May be the Next Phase of the Civil Rights Struggle
Dr Mark Naison
Fordham University
Whether or not auto bailout legislation passes, the US economy is about to experience an abandonment cycle comparable to what took place in the South Bronx in the 1970’s and in rustbelt cities throughout the [...]
Alliance of Youth Movements
Join Whoopi Goldberg (ABC’s “The View”), Under Secretary James K. Glassman (U.S. Department of State), Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook), Oscar Morales (One Million Voices Against the FARC) and other prominent attendees, as they engage pioneering leaders of youth movements from around the world at the Alliance of Youth Movements Summit streamed live from New York City, [...]
Time to Use the “D” Word: “Recession” Doesn’t Begin to Describe Where The US Economy is Headed
For the last three months, as the American economy has gone into a free fall, economists and political leaders have parceled out the bad news in small, allegedly manageable proportions. Yesterday, the National Bureau of Economic Research finally confirmed what virtually every small business owner has known for some time- that the US economy is [...]
