Uptown Notes

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

This is my reflection on Imani: Faith…
Faith is often thought of in a religious and spiritual way. Having grown up [...]

There are real dangers to Obama’s education speech for Sept 8th, but they’re not what the Right are talking about.

Do you know some Black birthers? I bet you do!

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

This is a pretty good one that comes from the Root. It’s time we had a little fun with the [...]

We remain in a moment where people are beginning to realize that the election of Barack Obama does not mean a Black political agenda, one in which race is central, will continue to be pushed into the public sphere. So the question becomes, who advances the concerns of the faces at the bottom of the well?

A brief round-up of the best pieces on Sotomayor’s nomination by Barack Obama for the Supreme Court.

This Sunday, in Harlem, find out and discuss the direction for the new Black Left.

When is Black public opinion not public opinion… just ask the washingon examiner and Stephen Colbert!