University of Texas at Austin. A former community organizer, he has previously published studies of race and urban unrest in New York City and post-Katrina New Orleans. His current research focuses on the past and present of racial segregation in Austin, Texas, paying particular attention the gentrification-driven displacements of the city’s longstanding African American residents.

Chelsi West Ohueri, M.A. sociocultural anthropology, is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at UT Austin. Her research focuses on issues of race, belonging, and place, and her dissertation examines these social phenomena in Albania and parts of southeastern Europe. Her research has received funding from such entities as the National Science Foundation, U.S. Fulbright program, and the International Research and Exchanges Board. More recently, she has begun research surrounding race, place,October 29, 2010

Liam Fox tries to shoot the messenger

I thought The Defence Secretary Liam Fox had enough on his plate. The Afghan war is going badly with a shadow Taliban Government in all but one the country’s provinces. This year has been a record one for Taliban attacks and British deaths. He has the tasks of arranging the withdrawal of British fighting troops by 2015 and then spinning it as a victory.

Already the UK has withdrawn from Sangin after 100 deaths. That was spun as a clever strategy - retreat was advance, failure was success, withdrawal was invasion, and truth was lies.

Regular readers of this blog will know that he has refused to say how many deserters there have been from the Afghan Police and Army on which