Uptown Notes

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

I had the honor of being invited by Holly Kearl, author of Stop Street Harassment, to be a guest male [...]

Recently, I had the pleasure of appearing on “Our World with Black Enterprise” hosted by Marc Lamont Hill. The show [...]

The recent buzz around education reform is growing, but silenced in this buzz is race. The amazingly taboo yet significant social phenomena is giving way to colorblind policy makers and educational activists. Can we truly transform an educational system if we don’t take account of one of its most enduring cleavages?

For the past few years, I have been diligently working on issues of inequality in well-resourced school settings. My book [...]

This morning, another piece of my writing on education reform and “Waiting for Superman” was posted on theRoot.com. This is [...]

This week “Waiting for Superman” premiered nationally and it has reignited the conversation on the United States’ failing schools. The [...]

As you may know, I support gay marriage (yes, it is a civil rights issue.) As you may also know, [...]

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

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