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Editorial Board

James Jennings

PhD

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member, James Jennings, PhD is a professor of urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts US. Click here to contact Dr. Jennings.

2 pieces

Commentary

The Bailout: a Giant Quick-Fix for Wall Street

By James Jennings Editorial Board

The U.S government’s $700 billion to possibly $1 trillion bailout for Wall Street banks and investment companies did not even buy a sense of temporary confidence in global markets – at least in the short run, judging by the continual wide fluctuations in the U.S., and now, world stock markets. It is quite possible that…

The U.S government’s $700 billion to possibly $1 trillion bailout for Wall Street banks and investment companies did not even buy a sense of temporary confidence…

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Commentary

My Thoughts About Mother’s Day

By James Jennings Editorial Board

First, I want to thank BlackCommentator.com for this creative and timely idea, an issue devoted to motherhood in our communities…powerful, indeed! My thoughts about motherhood…I would like to take the opportunity to say a few words about my grandmother, Esperanza Guzman. But, of course, everything is connected to everything…so, I want to also express my…

First, I want to thank BlackCommentator.com for this creative and timely idea, an issue devoted to motherhood in our communities...powerful, indeed! My thoughts about motherhood...I would…

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