Uptown Notes

Last week, I had the pleasure of being on NPR’s Tell Me More with host Michel Martin to discuss the [...]

“Justice for Oscar Grant!” As I sit in front of these keys I know that I could have written this [...]

Let me get it out of the way: I wasn’t the biggest fan of Pac’s music. I am the dude [...]

On next Monday the 17th at 7:30 pm there will be a panel on Black Male Privilege at the Brecht [...]

Yesterday the NYTimes ran an interesting Op-Ed piece on Charter Schools by Charles Murray entitled, “Why Charter Schools Fail the Test.” I read through it quickly and thought it to be arguing two main things: standardized tests were weak measures and that school choice was a democratic right. Sounds agreeable, right? But why was this written by Charles Murray author of the thinly veiled racist polemic The Bell Curve?

Originally published at The Atlanta Post The internet is a funny thing and Twitter is a funny place. I find [...]

Unless you have been in hiding, you have noticed the Census 2010 is in full swing now. From rapping commercials [...]

Some of you may know I recently went to see the Scottsboro Boys (musical) at the Vineyard Theatre here in [...]

“Fire Toure!” is a call being made from many corners these days, but I’m not sure I can go that [...]

On February 10th, I had the pleasure of joining an esteemed set of scholars for the 143rd Founder’s Day Symposium [...]