Articles & Essays

New hate crimes act links African-American and LGBT struggles

In a grainy, black and white video, a cluster of men shifts from one end of the screen to another ...

NYC Hospitals Embark on ‘Baby-Friendly’ Quest

New York City public hospitals, the largest municipal hospital system in the nation, are emphasizing the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding ...

The Naked Truth

Appeared in The Crisis magazine, Winter 2008 Black folk love sex. They crave it so much, they can't get enough ...

Trends Among Younger Contemporary Black Writers

Gen X at the NBWC Presented for the panel "The National Black Writers Conference: Creating a Historical Record in Black ...

They’re Not Talking About Me

At the junior high school across the street from my Brooklyn apartment, girls still claim an empowered dominion over the ...

Letter to Angela Davis

What Happened to Your Generation's Promise of "Love and Revolution"? Dear Ms. Davis, You know my father. You know my ...

Tapping Our Strength

Perspectives from an African American Muslim Woman Feminist Written by Eisa Nefertari Ulen From Lee Gutkind’s Creative Nonfiction Living Issue ...

Muslims in the Mosaic

– Essence Magazine, January 2002 “If We Forget Our Shared Experience as People of Color, If We Cower From One ...

MFON

– Photographer and Breast Cancer Warrior Essence Magazine, September 2001 She looked it in the eye, showed its face on ...

Sisters Spin Article

Can the Music be Saved? Ms. Magazine, February/March 2000 Written by Tara Roberts and Eisa Ulen, with illustrations by True ...

Get Smart US: Economics 101

Fiscal inequality in schools is the basis of the American caste system The gulf between employer and employee is wide ...

Mothers of the Slain

Three Women Honor Their Sons by Educating Other Families About the Eternal Price of Police Brutality Police brutality at the ...