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
On The 43rd Anniversary of MLK’s Assassination, March in His Name Today for Workers’ Rights
• April 4, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, Obama Administration, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "We Are One-April 4", AFSCME, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Capitol Square, Collective Bargaining, David Prosser, Governor Scott Walker, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Madison City Hall, Madison WI, Martin Luther King, Michael Franti, Michelle Shocked, Progressives, State Street, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, The Rule of Law, Voting, Wisconsin
Well, There’s WiFi on the Eighth Floor Tonight
• October 16, 2010 • Comments Off on Well, There’s WiFi on the Eighth Floor TonightPosted in Black People, Class, Education, Fiction Writing, Holidays, Joblessness, The Economy, Who I Am, Wisconsin, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Apple, Black Women, Blacks, Boohooing, Business, Cali, California, Cisco Systems, EBT, EBT Card, Joni Mitchell, Lake Mendota, Life Goes On, Madison Metro, Madison WI, Michelangelo's Coffeehouse, People, Retraining, Self-Respect, State Street, The Bay Area, The Big One, The Eighth Floor, The Eighties, The Great American Black Woman's Novel, The Madison Children's Museum, The Yellow Brick Road, Unemployed, Unemployment Insurance, United States, Web Design, Wi-Fi, Wisconsin, YWCA, YWCA Madison
UPDATE: President Obama Coming to UW Madison Tuesday, September 28
• September 22, 2010 • Comments Off on UPDATE: President Obama Coming to UW Madison Tuesday, September 28Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin
Tags: 'Bagger, African Americans, Barack Obama, Ben Harper, Blacks, Channel 3000, College Democrats, College Republicans, Dane County, Election Year, Harry S. Truman, Library Mall, Madison WI, Midterm Elections, Park and Bascom, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Presidents, State Street, The Fifties, The Kohl Center, The Midterm Elections 2010, The Secret Service, Wisconsin
Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: Rapper Fat Joe and Entourage Jacked Up by Mad Cops for Assaulting a Woman
• June 22, 2010 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: Rapper Fat Joe and Entourage Jacked Up by Mad Cops for Assaulting a WomanPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Music, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 50 Cent, Ben Roethlisberger, Brandy, Cadillac, City of Madison, City of Madison WI, Common Sense, Cuban Americans, Entourage, Fat Joe, Fondled, Gang Rape, Groped, Hip Hop, Hoes, Joe Cartagena, Johns, Joseph Cartagena, Limousine, Madison, Masculinity, Puerto Ricans, Rape, Rappers, Ray J, State Street, The Orpheum Theater, Train, Trina, UW-Madison
UPDATE: Only in Mad City: Why There Are So Few Black Bars and Entertainment in Town?
• October 21, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Gentrification, History, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: African American, Antisocial Behavior, Beld Street, Black Bars, Black Businesses, Black People, Blacks, California, Chicago IL, Clientele, Crime, DJs, Drug Dealing, Drugs, Fillmore Street, Gang Violence, Gangbangers, Guns, Hallowe'en Night, Kenosha, Kevin McGettigan, Madison, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Maple Bluff, Maria Brown, Milwaukee, Native American, New Orleans, NIMBY, North Sherman Avenue, Not in My Back Yard, Park Street, Poverty, Priorities, R Place on Park, Racine, Sacramento, San Francisco, Schools, State Street, Stockton, The Capitol Times, The Madison Police Department, The Western Addition, Third Street, Tracy, WI, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Governor's Mansion, Wisconsin State Journal
That State Street Dog Commercial, “Buried Treasure”
• July 16, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Animals, Commercials, Film, Love, Television
Tags: "Buried Treasure Theme", "Buried Treasure", Commercial, Dog Commercial, Rosi Golan, SPDR, State Street, Television, TV