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, […]

I recently had the honor of being featured in Huffington Post’s Science in their exploration of “the science of racism.” While […]

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 […]

By now, we’re all quite clear that “Hood Disease” is not only not an actual disease, but that it was born […]

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 […]

I was honored to be invited to share a reflection on the passing of Amiri Baraka. His work and the […]

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

For the past few weeks I’ve been writing at helping Black boys succeed in school. These recommendations are aimed at […]