Uptown Notes

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

We are in a very special moment. Recently a dear friend of mine and great comrade told me about an [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Recently, a firestorm surrounding Shirley Sherrod erupted. A spliced video of her speech ended in her force resignation from the USDA and condemnation by the NAACP. Following the debacle, there were multiple editorials and comments about the failures of the NAACP. While I completely agree the NAACP and USDA failed to respond appropriately to Sherrod, I don’t think the picture that has been painted of the NAACP is accurate or contemporary. Beneath I offer some reasons why and what it means for movement building.

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