Uptown Notes

It seems every few years I’m struck with a similar dilemma, in a time of disaster relief, where and to [...]

I have to admit, until recently I didn’t really know who Chief Keef was. I recognized his name from the [...]

If you’re not familiar with Thomas Friedman, you are probably familiar with his arguments in “The World is Flat” which [...]

On Thursday July 26, 2012 President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order creating the White House Initiative for Educational Excellence for [...]

Recently, a picture has been floating around the Internet of a children’s book called “The Night Dad Went to Jail: [...]

Summer is finally here! I can remember sitting in my desk in school looking out the window wondering when I [...]

I recently found myself in a conversation with three White males. As we made small talk,  one asked me, “So [...]

Just last week, the United States celebrated the 58th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision which made segregation in [...]

Sixty four schools will likely close in Philadelphia. New York is aiming at closing forty seven schools this year, down from [...]

“There’s a war going on outside no man is safe from, you could run but you can’t hide forever.” These [...]