Uptown Notes

This past week I had the opportunity to listen to Vincent Harding who is truly a living gem. He reminded [...]

“They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?” [...]

One ever feels his twoness-an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one [...]

This video is a poem performed by Ty Gray El. I was forwarded it and thought it’s a good watch. [...]

“The tragedy of the black bourgeoisie in America is not that it simply “sells out,” since all bourgeois classes are [...]

Each year, Black History Month is ushered in with mild fanfare from Black folks and Whites. As some of my [...]

1. Since when did so many folks get hyped over the primaries?2. How the hell did Danity Kane go platinum?3. [...]

For all those who have been wondering and persistently asking, “Where the heck you been [in cyberspace]?” The answer is, [...]