"Dreaming of a Self Beyond Whiteness and Isolation" (18 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y 13, 2005)
"Moving Beyond the Isolated Self" (Social Policy Magazine, Volume 35, No 3, Spring 2005)
"Lessons from Suffering: How Social Justice Informs Spirituality" (University of St. Thomas Law Review 2003)
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"The Needs of Members in a Legitimate Democratic State" (Santa Clara Law Review - Vol 44 - 2004)
"Does Racism in Motion Have to Stay in Motion?: Nonprofits as a Force Against Structural Racism" with Marguerite Spencer (The NonProfit Quarterly - Volume 9, Issue 2 - Summer 2002)
"Urban Fragmentation as a Barrier to Equal Opportunity" with Kathleen M Graham (chapter 7 in Rights at Risk: Equality in an Age of Terrorism published by the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, 2002)
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"Addressing Regional Dilemmas for Minority Communities" (chapter 8 in Reflections on Regionalism edited by Bruce Katz, foreward by Al Gore, published by the Brookings Institution, May 2000)
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"Achieving Racial Justice: What's Sprawl Got To Do With It" (Poverty and Race - Volume 8, No 5. - published by PRRAC)
"The Multiple Self: Exploring Between and Beyond Modernity and Postmodernity" (Minnesota Law Review - Vol 81 - 1997)