Black politics, reinvented
Sat, 12 May 2012 15:02:12 -0700
Cory Booker’s failed 2002 campaign for mayor of Newark heralded a new type of black politician. Booker was an outsider with Ivy-league credentials who was trying to unseat a veteran urban politician who had made a name for himself during the civil rights movement. Like other "new black politicians," Booker's appeal granted him entry to the political world and helped him circumvent long-standing ...
Read More...How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet [Exclusive]
Tue, 15 May 2012 09:46:27 -0700
# exclusive Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the code, and the code makes the people rich. Code is like a poem; it has to follow certain structural requirements, and yet out of that structure can come art. But code is art that does something. It is the assembly of something brand new from nothing but an idea. More »
Read More...Importance of Rio+20 To Be Explored in Free Webinar Presented by International Society of Sustainability Professionals
Tue, 15 May 2012 05:04:10 -0700
High-level panel to discuss themes and challenges of upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development during on-line event on Thursday May 24Portland, OR (PRWEB) May 15, 2012 The International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) is hosting a free webinar on Thursday May 24 that is part of ISSP's continuing coverage of the run-up to Rio+20 United Nations Conference on ...
Read More...Veterans in the Criminal Justice System: Defending Conditions of the Mind
Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:34:38 -0700
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 1 and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) 2 are two notable conditions 3 that can result from military service. 4 And they have become particularly important in understanding and defending veterans involved in the criminal justice system.
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