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Tag Archives: W.E.B DuBois
The “Philadelphia Negro,” Then and Now
In 1896 a brilliant scholar who received his PhD from Harvard and went on to study in Europe with such luminaries as Max Weber was engaged by wealthy philanthropists to prepare a sociological study of Philadelphia’s black population. Their motives … Continue reading
Shame of the (Democratic) Cities
On the Sunday shows Newt Gingrich made a telling point that Republicans should take to heart. After Robert Reich lamely defended the “War on Poverty” as “successful for a time,” Gingrich observed that “Every major city which is a center … Continue reading