Category Archives: Urban Planning

Go Go Green Economy

September 13, 2009 – 1:48 pm

I’m a recent fan of former Obama administration green jobs czar, Van Jones. Though I was vaguely familiar with his work prior to him coming to work for the Obama White House, the controversy surrounding Mr. Jones (and his unfortunate resignation) these past couple of weeks gave me a crash course into Van – the [...]

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Black America’s First Agenda Item

January 23, 2009 – 12:41 pm

Stanley Crouch, a writer whose pragmatism I usually appreciate, wrote the following:
“…Malcolm X was one of the naysayers to American possibility whose vision was permanently crushed beneath the heel of Obama’s victory on Nov. 4″
I say “wrong Stan”. If Blacks do not improve their condition while having an African-American as President of the United [...]

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Phiscal Matters & Allhiphop – Political Loungin’

October 3, 2008 – 4:04 pm

Phiscal Matters was one of the few media outlets covering the historic meeting of minds at Allhiphop.com’s Social Lounge event, that took place this past September at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ. Though we were unable to feature the insightful commentary around the issues of the 2008 Presidential Campaign, the Wall [...]

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Revisiting Rent

October 3, 2008 – 4:18 am

The days of trying to “catch up with the Jones’,” or flash like the Jim Jones’ (for my hip-hop peoples) and go into debt while doing it, is over. I always thought the chorus to the Big Tymers song, “Still Fly,” was one of the most irresponsible lines I ever heard. We are currently financially [...]

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For The Little (Business) Guy

September 7, 2008 – 1:02 pm

If you ask most Americans, the economy is the number issue in this presidential election. And for these next 8 weeks, both the Obama and the McCain campaigns will be on the offensive in touting their economic plans as best for the American worker and business. But what about the entreprenuer?
Business Week’s SmallBiz magazine ran [...]

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