Coming to a Newspaper Near You: ‘RiseUp’

Have any of you seen RiseUp in your local newspaper yet? This groundbreaking weekly newspaper insert and online magazine is designed to stir our thinking on issues of race, ethnicity, and culture. It launches this weekend with a circulation of more than 4 million. In her note to readers, the publication’s founder and publisher, Janice [...]

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Stuff White People Like

In the comments to a previous post, Tyson Aschliman reminded me about Christine Scheller’s suggestion that I check out the new blog Stuff White People Like. I meant to reply to her on that awhile back but got distracted. I’m sorry, Christine.
I had heard about Stuff White People Like (SWPL) earlier this year through TheRoot.com and another interesting [...]

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Leaving Kids Alone

Last week I was intrigued by the case of Lenore Skenazy. Skenazy equipped her 9-year-old son with a map, a subway card, and 20 bucks, then dropped him off at a New York department store to find his way home by himself. Skenazy wrote about this in The New York Sun and promptly heard it [...]

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Coming Soon: UrbanFaith.com

Okay, here’s a shameless plug for one of the projects I’ve been working on in my new job at Urban Ministries, Inc. The project is a new blog and online community for those interested in stuff related to urban ministry, racial reconciliation, contemporary culture, and more. The name of the site is UrbanFaith.com, and we [...]

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Rudy, Condi, and The Root

While in L.A. last week for Hollywood Presbyterian’s MLK celebration, I had the added blessing of seeing my friend Rudy Carrasco, whose Harambee Christian Family Center was the beneficiary of a special offering taken up that evening. Anyhow, I really like this recent post about Condoleezza Rice found over at Rudy’s blog.
And while I’m on [...]

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