This interview originally appeared on Truthout.org. Music’s Role in the Movement for Black Lives: An Interview With Robert Glasper Tuesday, 04 August 2015 00:00 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Interview If you say toContinue reading

Originally appeared on Truthout.org – My Intersectional Life By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Op-Ed | Saturday, March 21, 2015 I am a New Yorker. Ever since 9-11, I have felt like I have anContinue reading

Who remembers “The Humpty Dance“? The 1989 hit stands with the best hip-hop singles of the genre’s golden age. One of the Digital Underground song’s most quotable lines (and there are so many) is: “Samoans,Continue reading

At the climax of Dear White People, a minstrel-style house party, complete with white students wearing blackface, causes what the media call a “race war” at elite Winchester University. At the film’s heart, however, allContinue reading

This interview originally ran on Truthout.org. Talking Black Writers, “Bring Back Our Girls” and All the Buzz About Bridgett M. Davis’ New Book Thursday, 02 October 2014 10:28 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | InterviewContinue reading

Last fall, I was thankful for Facebook. And I posted those feelings, without irony or jest, for all my friends to see. I was thankful for the images, every year, of black folk in aContinue reading

This interview originally appeared on Truthout.org. Dr. Anthony Monteiro and the Struggle for the Soul of African-American Studies at Temple Tuesday, 15 April 2014 12:59 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Interview Few Americans outsideContinue reading

This article appeared on Truthout.org. Mad DNA Sunday, 23 February 2014 00:00 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Op-Ed I once was a black girl. Culturally, spiritually, politically, most definitely economically, I was African inContinue reading

This article originally ran on Truthout: Blackout: Hollywood Wednesday, 22 January 2014 09:31 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | News Analysis Dis: 1. to treat or speak to someone in a way that does notContinue reading

Published on TheRoot.com – After the Verdict: Hug Your Sons By Eisa Ulen | 7/15/13 | Culture I am in a deep, deep well of sadness and loss. And anger, too. When my husband wokeContinue reading

This review first posted on Truthout. Film “Gimme the Loot” Pays Homage to the Graf Writers Who Risk It All Saturday, 29 June 2013 00:00 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Movie Review Women graffitiContinue reading

This review originally posted on Truthout. By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, EisaUlen.com | Op-Ed Sunday, January 13, 2013 When we Black women tell our stories, we center ourselves in the American experience. This legacy of voicedContinue reading

Published on HuffPost.com – Young Lakota Activist Campaigns To Make Plan B Available, Affordable To Native Women By Eisa Ulen | September 19, 2012 Sunny Clifford, a 26-year-old Pine Ridge Tribal park ranger, has launchedContinue reading

Published on TheRoot.com – Prop 8 Redux By Eisa Ulen | 10/30/09 | Politics This week the voters in the state of Maine will go to the polls to decide on a gay marriage referendumContinue reading