Uptown Notes

Next Friday, June 6th at 8pm, our very own Monique Luse will be featured on NBC’s Dateline. Dateline will host […]

The other day, I went to eat at Applebee’s and I watched a family of four come in to eat. […]

In a revival of the true Gulianni era, the NYPD produced two fatalities this week. One, Alberta Spruill, a 57 […]

I recently stumbled upon this pretty interesting Op/Ed piece from the NY Times that discusses the contemporary African holocaust on […]

Apparently, Nike has continued appropriating culture in the form of sneakers . If you’ve been around the Puerto Rican Day […]

Africana has just launched the Racism Threat Index . The index assesses the current level of threat racism poses to […]

The rise in college campus conservatism was covered in a NY Times Magazine article. It’s a long read, so here […]

I recently heard of a BBC story that suggested a group of Ugandans were immune to contracting HIV. I have […]

Continuing with the surreal . .. or social, take your pick, I was recently forwarded an email about Rent-a-Negro. What […]

And if you thought it was just about higher education admissions, check this Sun Times article. Chicago city is in […]