Uptown Notes

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

Today many will celebrate Columbus Day, I won’t. Here’s a little history lesson for all the kids home from school. [...]

For a few years now, Michael Steele has been trying to meet me on Beat Street by being more “Hip-Hop” [...]

With the World Cup coming to an end yesterday in South Africa, here’s my commentary on African-Americans and World Cup [...]

Not too long ago, I had a chance to discuss the question of a Black Agenda and President Obama with [...]

“History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is [...]

Note: This is a Partner Post to Haiti in Context: Voices. Please check out both. They represent some of the [...]

Cornel West and Carl Dix tangle at CCNY on Tuesday night.

Over the weekend I reluctantly listened to the news as they discussed Somali Pirates and the container ship Maersk Alabama. Yesterday’s decision by the US Navy seals to kills three Pirates further saddened me. While I’ve heard people quickly jump behind the American crew and ship, most of this has occurredwithout context. This isn’t to suggest that if you read these links, watch these videos, etc. that you will or should support the Pirates, but I am pretty sure it will help you better generally understand some of the dynamics that the Somali people live under.

Protest actions: Today a rally against the NY Post for their incendiary “political” cartoon. Student take back NYU and stream occupation live.