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

At the close of each Black History Month I often feel a profound sense of loss. This feeling is not […]

If you watch the news, listen to friends, or click on links you’d think the only thing Black males have […]

Every Black History Month there are a slew of pieces on why the month is irrelevant, unnecessary, etc. This is […]

A few days before Christmas 2011, Nike re-released the Concord Jordans to wild fanfare. As a rash of people lined […]

If Walls Could Talk

January 6, 2012 · 2 Comments

We are in a very special moment. Recently a dear friend of mine and great comrade told me about an […]

I had the honor of being invited by Holly Kearl, author of Stop Street Harassment, to be a guest male […]

I’m literally sitting here disgusted. I just have read about and heard discussion of the latest gang rape allegations in […]

Everyone should watch this video of Tony Porter as he delivers a talk in DC earlier this month on masculinity. […]

The recent buzz around education reform is growing, but silenced in this buzz is race. The amazingly taboo yet significant social phenomena is giving way to colorblind policy makers and educational activists. Can we truly transform an educational system if we don’t take account of one of its most enduring cleavages?