Originally appeared on Truthout.org – Black Women Do Breastfeed, Despite Intense Systemic Barriers in the US By Eisa Nefertari Ulen | News Analysis | August 26, 2016 The movement to normalize breastfeeding in this countryContinue reading

Originally appeared on Truthout.org – When Play Is Criminalized: Racial Disparities in Childhood By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Report | Monday, July 25, 2016 A significant segment of the child-age population in the UnitedContinue reading

Published on BitchMedia.org – If We Must Wear Ourselves Out, Let it Be Because We Build By Eisa Nefertari Ulen | July 11, 2016 We are a family. We are a family whose oldest forebearsContinue reading

Published on TheRoot.com – Literary Women Pay Homage to Zora Neale Hurston on Her 125th Birthday by Janelle Harris; excerpt by Eisa Ulen | 01/07/16 | Culture “I first read Their Eyes Were Watching GodContinue reading

Originally appeared on Truthout.org – “Creed” Reveals Filmmaker Ryan Coogler’s Womanist Sensibilities By Eisa Nefertari Ulen | Review | January 5, 2016 Ryan Coogler loves Black women. Both his feature films, 2013’s Fruitvale Station andContinue reading

Originally appeared on Truthout.org – Restorative Justice Gives Our Children Dignity in US Schools By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | News Analysis | Tuesday, December 29, 2015 The deadly attacks against Black bodies made byContinue reading

Originally appeared on Truthout.org – Black Parenting Matters: Raising Children in a World of Police Terror By Eisa Nefertari Ulen | Op-Ed | October 1, 2015 My child’s breath is a freedom song. In. Out.Continue reading

“The question of how one should live within a black body, within a country lost in the Dream, is the question of my life,” writes Ta-Nehisi Coates to his teenage son. In Between the WorldContinue reading

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