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. […]

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

It usually sets in much later, but my election fatigue has set in already. It’s that feeling that you have […]

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

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

Beneath, are some of my favorite texts, tweets, and statuses that my folks shared with me yesterday (most original, some are not).

“Kunta Kinte shirt? Check! Obama button? Check! Public Enemy’s “Brothas gonna work it out” banging in the ipod? Check! Time to hit the line! YEEEEEAAAAHHH DADDY!!”

“Have we seen the promised land?”

“He looks like me.”

“We did it!! I was moved to tears… it happened in MY lifetime… and though I don’t agree with all his policy, I do see the bigger picture…”

“Change is here! We are the ones we have been waiting for!”

Do I support Barack Obama? Yes. Have I donated to the campaign of Barack Obama? Yes. Have I canvassed for Barack Obama? Yes. Will I be voting for Barack Obama? No. Yes, you read that correctly. I am not voting for Barack Obama for the office of President of the United States. On November 4th, I’m voting with my political ideals, feasibilities, and hopes. Find out why I’m voting for McKinney and Clemente (click the full post link).

I’ve been burning the candles at both ends, but let this video motivate you to give even more!!!

Okay, I’m getting really sick of reading political commentary by rappers talking about the world ending. Not that I don’t […]