Uptown Notes

Recently I got to share some brief words with Complex.com on why third party voting isn’t what you’ve been told. […]

It is a good thing to be here for another August, another Black August. Each year, I and many others, […]

So the internet is a peculiar place. Some days you’ll find everything you need, other days you’ll search low and […]

I was recently interviewed by Rose Hackmen for the Guardian on their story about the McKinney Pool incident. In the […]

This week I had the pleasure of joining Brian Lehrer on his television show to talk about the uprisings in […]

I’m going to try to make this very brief for a few reasons: 1) Baby love is sleeping 2) I’m […]

Can you breathe? Reflections on Non-Indictments, Activism and Black Life There isn’t enough ink to express our pain. Day after […]

Recently, California Superior Court issued a ruling that gutted teacher tenure laws in the state. I was surprised /disturbed at […]

In President Obama’s last State of the Union address he said, “I’m reaching out to some of America’s leading foundations and corporations […]

At the close of January I was honored to write an Op-Ed piece for the Detroit News. During my time […]