Uptown Notes

My twitter profile reads, “Scholar, author, hater of Drake.” Of all the things on that profile “hater of Drake” is [...]

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

About two years ago I sat down for a conversation with TheGrio.com discussing the role of discrimination and testing in [...]

Tonight from 6 to 8pm at City College in the Morales/Shakur Student and Community Center (NAC 3/201) in Harlem I [...]

For days, months, and years family and friends of Troy Davis have been praying that his execution would not occur. [...]

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. [...]

I recently penned a piece on TheGrio.com about the Georgia Prisoner Protest that is being overlooked by too many. Please [...]

“All the real OGs, I’m a solider cause you told me study Malcolm, Garvey, Huey/ Study Malcolm, Garvey, Huey, their life [...]