economics
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In this piece for The Root, I react to the videotaped killing of an unarmed man by a police officer in Charleston, S.C. I write a bit about how offenses that are often related to poverty become another way to create a permanent “felon” underclass of people constantly battling tickets and fines.
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Wrote a piece for The Root today on how Black Friday protests may have contributed to the slide in sales this past holiday weekend. Check it out:
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Wrote this by popular demand for The Root! Here are the best states for black people. According to my own research, either I need to pack my bags and take my talents to Hawaii or I need to take a short train ride to Maryland.
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Alas, alack, I can’t afford a home in Washington, D.C., so I wrote about it for new web site ATTN. Check it out.
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If you want to carry a baby to full term, not get arrested CONSTANTLY and for your children to have a future, these are the states to avoid. (I wrote about it for The Root.) Most of them are in the Midwest and as a Midwesterner I can tell you — the Midwest can kind