Eisa Nefertari Ulen

@ravenscimaven I just read your post in The NYTimes. I am so glad the deal went through and am sending you sisterly support.

My real estate agent's BROKER just called me at 9pm on a Friday to tell me that the seller doesn't want to sell a house to me because I am BLACK. This is after the inspection, contract agreement, down payment. Baby, I'm either buying your house or buying YOUR BLOCK. CHOOSE ONE.

This issue spans 4 generations of artists reflecting on the cultural, social & political influences of hip-hop. Writers include poets Elizabeth Alexander, Mahogany L. Browne, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, reg e gaines & fiction by @EisaUlen & @gonzomike blurb.com/b/11760738-afr…

Grateful to see my novel along so many other excellent books on this list.

mosquito-ridden planet to be the inheritance we leave our children. Please vote green, and hold your elected officials accountable. #ClimateCrisis #flooding #NYC

outdoor programming, I am now just sitting here with no wifi and feel moved to say: Climate Change is real. The fossil fuel industry has eroded the quality of our daily lives. We are already underwater. We have been smoked out. I do not want a half-drowned, half-burning,

After spending a large part of the day communicating with my mom friends about whether or not our teens will be safe coming home from school in this rain, and reflecting on a summer where I had to make daily checks of the air quality to determine the length and location of

Rakim came out to support the John and Alice Coltrane House, and now you can, too. Please use the link to give if you can: thecoltranehome.org/donate/

Striking critique of lyrical content in Hip Hop from @kevin_powell politico.com/news/magazine/…

This op-ed is a gorgeous celebration of sound, memory, culture, and family (both ancestral and community) from @dancharnas.

@BlueSkyFilmz - so excited to watch this!🍿❤🖤💚🍿

Loved this article. Excellent opinion writing, @espiers .

"The past is always present." I am grateful to Dr. Anthony Browne @afprl, nonprofit leader Merle McGee, & Dr. Shelley Eversley @BaruchCollege for their expertise, as well as @eji_org , which has documented Black enslavement & the Domestic Slave Trade in Montgomery.

The Montgomery Dock brawl was a long-overdue act of resistance against the city's centuries-old commitment to anti-Blackness. truthout.org/articles/montg…

@KingJames Cc

I want to thank the countless people sending my family love and prayers. We feel you and I’m so grateful. Everyone doing great. We have our family together, safe and healthy, and we feel your love. Will have more to say when we’re ready but I wanted to tell everyone how much your support has meant to all of us! #JamesGang👑

@KingJames Xvc

So much racism on the high seas right now.... classism, too.

When I say we do more with less.... Rest in Power, Queen.

One parent could get my poetry banned from classrooms. And yet one country can't ban assault rifles from massacring them.

@corimurray Back in the days...

Just had a memory about the glory days of print publishing. I remember requesting a CD or book or something and having a messenger sent to pick it up. The amount of money spent on messenger service was insane.