What Obamacare Means for Blacks, Latinos and Other Communities of Color
• July 4, 2012 • Comments OffPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Education, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, History, Love, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 3 Chics Politico, Affordable Care Act, African Americans, Alzheimer's Disease, Blacks, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, Insurance, Latinos, Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Penalty, People of Color, Pre-Existing Conditions, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Scott Walker, Taxes, Taxpayers, United States, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Wisconsin
What I’m Working On For This Weekend: Whitney, Eddie Long, BAnna Love, and Putting Together a Book Review Blog
• February 22, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Facebook, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston
Tags: Abortion, African Americans, Anna, Banna, Black Women, Blacks, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Book Reviews, Chris Brown, Divorce, Downton Abbey, Eddie, Eddie Long, Facebook, Funeral, Gillette, Growing Up, Hair Relaxers, John Chadima, Marriage, Mr. Bates, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Ray J, Rihanna, Rihanna Fenty, Scott Walker, United States, Vanessa Long, Whitney Houston, Wisconsin
A Million Signatures to Recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
• January 22, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Democrats, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Economy, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "The Isthmus", BadgerCare, California, David Obey, Faux Noise, Fraud, Governor Walker, High Speed Train, Kathleen Vinehout, Madison WI, Mahlon Mitchell, Peter Barca, Rebecca Kleefisch, Recall, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Ryan Lawler, Scott and Jeff Fitzgerald, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, Signatures, State Senator Jon Erpenbach, State Street, Steve Kagan, The February Uprising, The Koch Brothers, The Orpheum Theatre, United States, United Wisconsin, Walker, Wisconsin, Wisconsinites
Get Out The Vote, Wisconsin! Recall Elections Today
• August 9, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Obama Administration, Education, American Politics, The Economy, Joblessness, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Class, Democrats, Health Care/The Public Option, Political Malfeasance, The Tea Party Movement, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Discrimination, Budget Cuts, Unions/Union Busting, Labor Relations
Tags: Ed Schultz, Madison WI, Republicans, Wisconsin, President Obama, MSNBC, Waukesha County, Barack Obama, Voters, Teabaggers, The Tea Party Movement, Scott Walker, The Tea Party, Democratic, Voter Suppression, Baggers, Governor Scott Walker, Voting, The Fabulous 14, Jim Holperin, Recalls, Recall Elections, Ed Show, Solidarity, State Representative Fred Clark, The Ballot Box, Debt Ceiling, Main Street, State Senator Alberta Darling, WisPolitics, Ballot Box, State Senator Jim Holperin, State Senator Bob Wirch, Budget Cuts
“This Is What Happens When YOU DON’T VOTE,” Wisconsin
• March 1, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Bailouts, Budget Cuts, Class, Discrimination, Education, Homelessness, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Obama Administration, People of Color, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: Anti-Civil Rights, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Labor, Barack Obama, Class Warfare, Education, Faux Noise, Fox News, GOP, Governor Scott Walker, Governor Walker, Immigrants, Jeff Foxworthy, Lower Middle Class, Madison WI, Mayor Tom Barrett, Michelle Obama, Middle-Class, Mississippi, People of Color, Public Sector Unions, Republican, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Scott Walker, Status Quo, The Koch Brothers, The Midwest, The Ministry of Propaganda, The South, The Tea Party, Tom Barrett, Union Busting, Unions, United States, Unreconstructed, Voting, Wisconsin
From Madison, Wisconsin: Where The Cops, The Iraq War Vets, The Correctional Officers, and The Firefighters Side With The People
• February 27, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in Public Intellectualism, Obama Administration, American Politics, The Rest of the World, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Crime, Class, Wisconsin, The Iraq War II, People of Color, Afghanistan, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, American History, Iraq, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Discrimination, Budget Cuts, Unions/Union Busting, Labor History, Labor Relations
Tags: Common Sense, African Americans, Constables on Patrol, Madison WI, Wisconsin, Racism, United States, Self-Worth, Self-Respect, Veterans, Prisons, Iraq War Vets, Unions, Scott Walker, Police Officers, Madison Police Department, Madison Wisconsin, Wisconsin National Guard, Prisoners, Wisconsin State Capitol, Capitol Police, Public Employees, Aryan Brotherhood, Glenn Grothman, Vets, Iraq War II, Chet Millard, Police Unions, Correctional Officers, Madison Fire Department
“We Are Wisconsin”
• February 24, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Public Intellectualism, Women, Education, Love, American Politics, The Economy, Crime, Class, Wisconsin, People of Color, African American History, American History, Cultural History, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Discrimination, Budget Cuts, Unions/Union Busting, Labor History, Labor Relations
Tags: Common Sense, African Americans, Demonstrations, Blacks, Republicans, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, Self-Worth, Self-Respect, Black Women, Scott Walker, Madison Wisconsin, Protesters, Governor Walker, Wisconsin State Capitol, Collective Bargaining, Union Members
“King: Montgomery to Memphis” Documentary Comes Out of The Vaults After a 40 Year Absence
• February 24, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Documentary, Domestic Terrorism, Education, Film, Hate Crimes, National Issues, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "King: Montgomery to Memphis", 1955, African Americans, Black Power, Blacks, Desegregation, Documentary, Ellen Holly, Film Documentary, Freedom, James Earl Jones, Kwame Turé, Martin Luther King, Montgomery Bus Boycott, National Film Registry, Racism, Racists, Ruby Dee, Scott Walker, Segregationists, Sidney Lumet, Social Justice, Stokely Carmichael, The Black Power Movement, The Cheesehead Pharoah, The Civil Rights Movement, The Fifties, The New York Times, The Sixties, United States, Wisconsin
Hilarious! Governor Scott Walker PUNKed by Progressive Journalist Posing as Right-Wing Billionaire David Koch
• February 24, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, American Politics, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Crime, Class, Wisconsin, Political Malfeasance, American History, The Tea Party Movement, National Issues, Budget Cuts, Unions/Union Busting, Labor History, Labor Relations
Tags: Common Sense, NBC, Madison WI, Americans for Prosperity, Republicans, Wisconsin, Republican, Ted Kennedy, Skype, Scott Walker, Andrew Breitbart, Democratic, The Democratic Party, Governor Walker, Koch Industries, David Koch, The Beast (newspaper), Buffalo Beast, Right Wing Tool, Chuck Todd, Charles Koch, Ian Murphy, Buffalo NY, Blue Collar Workers, Governor Brian Sandoval, Governor Kasich, Pat Simms, Punked, Punk'd, Splits, Polarization, Wisconsinites
The Less Discussed Part of Walker’s Wisconsin Plan: No-Bid Energy Assets Firesales–to the Koch Brothers! (via Rortybomb)
• February 22, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Education, American Politics, Class, Wisconsin, African American History, American History, The Tea Party Movement, Budget Cuts, Unions/Union Busting, Labor History, Labor Relations
Tags: Demonstrations, Capitol Square, Americans for Prosperity, Republicans, Democrats, Wisconsin, United States, Lies, Unions, Scott Walker, Protesters, Governor Scott Walker, Governor Walker, Collective Bargaining, Union Busting, Rortybomb, Koch Industries, State Capitol, State Capitol Rotunda, Budget Repair Bill, Selling Off, Selling Out, Koch Brothers, Public Sector Unions, Loopholes
From Tahrir Square to Madison, Wisconsin (via Politirature)
• February 21, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Public Intellectualism, Race, Education, Love, American Politics, The Rest of the World, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Class, Wisconsin, People of Color, American Foreign Policy, Africans, American History, Cultural History, The Tea Party Movement, Islam/Sufism, Arabs, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Egypt, World History, Revolutions, Tunisia, Discrimination, Budget Cuts, Unions/Union Busting, Labor History
Tags: Education, Madison WI, Republicans, Republican Party, Madison, Wisconsin, United States, Facebook, Channel 3000, Live Blogging, Activism, "The Isthmus", Arabic, Scott Walker, Ohio, The Tea Party, Egypt, Wisconsin State Capitol, Collective Bargaining, WisconsinEye, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Engineering, Engineering Student, Word Press, Egyptian, Heba Farouk Mahfouz, The Uptake, Live Video
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: The Standoff…and the Demonstration…Continues at the Capitol
• February 18, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Education, American Politics, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Democrats, Wisconsin, American History, National Issues, Budget Cuts, Unions/Union Busting, Labor History
Tags: Capitol Square, Democrats, Wisconsin, United States, Republican, Families, "The Isthmus", Unions, Scott Walker, Democratic, Collective Bargaining, Wisconsin Eye, State Troopers, Gov. Scott Walker, Gov. Walker, Organized Labor, Live Blog, Legislature, State Senators, Counter-Protesters, Capitol Police
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: State Workers to Converge on Capitol to Rally Against Scott Walker’s Rescinding of Collective Bargaining
• February 15, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Education, American Politics, The Economy, Joblessness, Class, Wisconsin, The Stimulus Bill, American History, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Budget Cuts, Unions/Union Busting
Tags: Security, Republicans, Wisconsin, United States, Twitter, Facebook, The National Guard, Unions, Scott Walker, Mississippi, Wisconsin State Patrol, Wisconsin National Guard, Governor Walker, Robin Vos, Alberta Darling, Wisconsin State Capitol, Collective Bargaining, Wisconsin Eye, State Troopers, National Guard, The Stimulus Bill
“Somewhere” is Here and Now
• February 13, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Africans, Algeria, American Foreign Policy, American History, Arabs, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Egypt, Film, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Revolutions, Spirituality, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tunisia, World History
Tags: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", "Somewhere", "The White Queen of Soul", "West Side Story", African Americans, Algeria, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Birmingham AL, Blacks, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dusty Springfield, Egypt, Freedom, Governor Walker, Kennedy Center Honors, Love, Martin Luther King, Miss Re, Miss Re Re, Pell Grant, Quincy Jones, Right-to-Work, Roberta Flack, Scott Walker, Self-Worth, The Nineties, The Seventies, Tunisia, Wisconsin
Harley Davidson May Have to Leave Wisconsin If Costs Don’t Go Down
• April 30, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American History, Class, Cultural History, Joblessness, The Economy, The Rest of the World, Wisconsin
Tags: "Milwaukee Iron", Arthur Davidson, Bill Harley, Cost Cutting, Cuts, Factories, Global Economy, Governor Jim Doyle, Harley-Davidson, Hogs, Jim Doyle, Job Posting, Mark Neumann, Menomonee Falls, Milwaukee, Motorbikes, Motorcycle Clubs, Motorcycles, Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, Tomahawk, Unions, Wisconsin
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