by Terrance Heath | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
After the 2009 arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., I and many other African-American writers shared our experiences of "Black Man 101"; a lifelong course in survival and behavior modification in which we are enrolled almost from birth, and from which we never graduate....
by Terrance Heath | Jul 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago, with two rulings in two days, the Supreme Court gave a whole new meaning to what W.E. DuBois described as a "double consciousness" or a "two-ness" of being. When the Court's decision in Windsor ruled a major part of the Defense of Marriage Act...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Remember the Washington Post article claiming that the "bad stuff" that was supposed because of the sequester didn’t, and thus sequestration can’t be all that bad? Well, the sequester is still on, and still doing harm. Just ask the 650,000 DOD...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve written a few times about how austerity has done a number on Portugal. It’s increased inequality, shrunk the economy, increased the country’s death rate, driven unemployment to record highs, led to a mass exodus of educated-but-unemployed young Portuguese (much...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
In "Finishing the March: African-Americans and the Jobs Deficit," I attempted to explain how the disappearance of good jobs, with benefits, and livable wages hit African-Americans particularly hard. There are a number of reasons for the employment gap between African...
