What do the Midterm Elections Mean for President Obama’s Agenda in the Next Two Years?
By: Patrick Kenney Writer, ALL ABOUT BUSINESS What will happen over the next two years now that Republicans control the House of Representatives with respect to President Obama’s agenda? Upon first glance, this appears to lead to divided government, where perhaps nothing will get done. After all, the President will have his priorities and agenda [...]
Is the Internet a Technology or a Space?
by: James F. Keith OIEE Contributor At Michigan State University’s “Commodification, Technoculture, and the Human” conference, presenter and author from Simon Fraser University Andrew Feenberg acknowledged the internet as a technology and compared it to a “wheel chair ramp”. It took me by surprise, as I would hold that the internet is NOT a technology, [...]
Problems in Pragmatic Politics
By: James Felton Keith OIEE Contributor During the second week of October 2010 Mayor Michael R Bloomberg pursued an agenda to prohibit users of federal and state aid, more specifically “bridge cards” or “half dollars” or “food stamps” depending on how you take your slang, from buying “pop” or “soda water” or “soda”. It was [...]
The Democrats’ Alice-in-Wonderland Tax Guide
By: Tom Del Beccaro Special Contributor If something stays the same, has it been cut? The answer is a resounding YES in the Alice-in-Wonderland world of Demo-nomics. Of course, I am speaking of the Democrats’ claims that Republicans are holding middle class tax cuts hostage when the issue really is whether certain tax rates will [...]
High Unemployment Rate in the U.S.: “New Normal?”
BY: Patrick Kenney, AAB Writer Election season is around the corner for U.S. House, Senate, and state governor’s races. One of the hot button issues on many voters’ minds involves asking a candidate for elected office what they are going to do about the high unemployment rate in the U.S. From a voter’s perspective, therefore, [...]
The Tidewater Roots Poll Project: Leaving a Lasting Legacy
Press Release For Immediate Release Williamsburg, VA—It started as an idea. It then turned into a state-wide movement. Over the summer, the William & Mary Election Law Society received a generous grant from the federal government to aid local government in recruiting and training young poll workers across Virginia. The project is generously funded by [...]
AAB “Shape up your Finances” Barbershop Tour
Time TBA
Crooklyns Finest Barbershop –
Fulton St. & Lincoln
Brooklyn New York 11208
Harlem Book Fair
July 17 11am-6pm
West 135th Street, Malcolm x – Adam Clayton Boulevards
Harlem New York
The Optimum Fulton St. Cleanup Drive
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Time: 8:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Fulton Street (From Ralph Avenue to Borough Hall)
