Media Appearances

Jan 26, 2024: “The Most Foolproof Way to Cook Fish? The Microwave” NYT Food

August 31, 2022: “Native American Movement Grows” NYT Food

April 21, 2022: “A Beloved Indigenous Dessert Evolves With Each Generation” NYT Food
November 3, 2021: “Fry Bread is Beloved, but Also Divisive” NYT Food
March 20, 2020: “Parenting By FaceTime in Coronavirus Quarantine” NYT Family
November 19, 2019: “The Kids Who Love 'Frozen' and the Parents Who Love Them" NYT Movies
Sept 9, 2019: quoted, "Law student among plaintiffs challenging state law requiring couples getting married to identify race" ABA Journal
Sept 6, 2019: quoted, "Couples challenge racial labels to get married in Virginia" Washington Post
July 4, 2019: author, "Beyond Mother and Wife" Profile: Cara Buono NYT Television
July 27, 2018: author, "When Being a Good Dad Gets You Promoted to 'Mommy'" NYT Ties
April 2018: quoted, "The Many Colors of Matrimony" National Geographic
February 18, 2018: author, "I Took 7th Graders to See ‘Black Panther. Here’s What They Said." NYT Movies
February 18, 2018: commentator, “Kids had a chance to review ‘Black Panther' for the NYT” MSNBC
August 1, 2017: author, "What’s so hard about casting Indians in Indian roles?" NYT Movies
March 3, 2017: author, "Where are all the interracial couples?” NYT Movies
March 3, 2017: commentator, "This 3-year old is at the center of a custody battle" ABC Nightline
August 29, 2016: author, “A Cough Is No Longer Just a Cough” New York Times
August 4, 2016: author, “A Father’s Struggle to Stop His Daughter’s Adoption, Cont'd” The Atlantic
Nov 2, 2015: commentator, “Criminal Justice Reform” MSNBC
July 7, 2015: author, “A Father’s Struggle to Stop His Daughter’s Adoption” The Atlantic
June 29, 2015: commentator, “Fight for same sex marriage far from over” MSNBC
June 26, 2015: commentator, “Breaking News: Same Sex Marriage Legal Nationwide” MSNBC
June 16, 2015: author, “Why We Should Embrace the Racial Chaos” New York Times
Jun 3, 2015: commentator, “NC’s religious freedom bill targets marriage equality,” MSNBC
August 4, 2014: commentator, “Marriage and Income Equality” NPR On Point
June 13, 2014: author, “Fatherhood is One Area Where Men are Unequal” New York Times
April 27, 2014: commentator, “Schuette and the Future of Higher Education” Al Jazeera America
April 21, 2014: author, “Sex and the Single Man” The Atlantic
April 14, 2014: commentator, “Sebilius legacy” and “Obama Catalyst” MSNBC Disrupt
March 2, 2014: commentator, “Vet to Utah court: ‘Right this wrong’” CNN
Feb 2, 2104: author, “In Adoption, Does Race Matter?” New York Times
Jan 9, 2014: commentator, "Interracial Relationships in 2014” Katie Couric Show
Jan 2, 2013: commentator, “Utah and the Supreme Court” Al Jazeera America
Dec 19, 2013: commentator, “Drug sentencing disparities” Al Jazeera America
Dec 3, 2013: author, “Not Cutting Ties, But Adding Them” New York Times
November 30, 2013: commentator, “The modern American family” MSNBC Disrupt with Karen Finney
November 29, 2013: quoted, “Bode Miller’s custody dispute” AP Wire
November 16, 2013: commentator, “The New Cool” MSNBC Disrupt with Karen Finney
November 12, 2013: interview, BBC Mundo, “¿Cayó el tabú de los matrimonios multirraciales en EE.UU.?”
November 10, 2013: quoted, “Bill de Blasio’s hair hoopla” Sydney Morning Herald
November 6, 2013: author, “Biracial Cool: Bill de Blasio’s Fresh Electoral Asset” The Atlantic
Sept 7, 2013: quoted, “Alimony for Your Eggs” New York Times
July 23, 2013: author, “Racially Profiled in Palm Beach” The Atlantic
June 27, 2013: author, “Incorporate and Change” New York Times
June 25, 2013: commentator, “The Voting Rights Act” MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts
June 14, 2013: author, “The Myth of Rarity” New York Times
May 17, 2013: author, “The right to police indifference” The Week Magazine
May 13, 2013: quoted, “The high cost of same-sex divorce” CNN Money
March 29, 2013: commentator, “How views on marriage have changed over time” MSNBC Live with Thomas Robert
January 24, 2013: author, “Split the Baby With an Open Adoption” New York Times
December 20, 2012: author, “Marriage Reports Preach to the Choir” FamilyScholars.org/Institute for American Values
October 17, 2012: author, “Of Human Binders” New York Times
October 10, 2012: author, “Not Married, Not Single” Essence Magazine, Nov ’12
August 28, 2012: author, “Modern Parenting: Scary! Read This Now!” New York Times
Aug 8, 2012: author, “Interracial Relationships in a Post Racial World,” Cambridge Univ. Press Blog (reprint of @NYTimes “Playing the Interracial Card”)
Aug 1, 2012: author, “Jackson feud shows need for good estate planning” The Grio, MSNBC.
July 31, 2012: author, “Evidence is sparse that Michael Jackson’s will is a fake.” The Grio, MSNBC
July 12, 2012: author, “Playing the Interracial Card” New York Times
June 15, 2012: author, “Where is the Dad in Parenting?” New York Times
June 12, 2012: quoted, “Forty-five Years After “Loving v. Virginia,’ Struggle for Equality Continues” American Constitution Society Blog
June 12, 2012: author, “Gay Marriage is the New Miscegenation” The Grio, MSNBC
May 29, 2012: author, “The Mysterious Age of Consent” New York Times
May 22, 2012: guest, Radio Boston, NPR-Boston, “Does the Warren Heritage Story Tell Us More about the Senator or the Media?”
May 7, 2012: guest, The Daily Circuit, NPR-Minnesota, “Does America Need to Rethink Family Values?”
May 4, 2012: author, “Elizabeth Warren’s Birther Moment” New York Times
April 30, 2012: author, “Do Barriers to Interracial Marriage Still Exist?” The Grio, MSNBC
April 24, 2012: author, “The Myth of the Traditional Family” New York Times
March 25, 2012: author, “Black Marriage Day excludes many black families” The Grio, MSNBC
March 16, 2012: quoted, “Bobbi Kristina Brown: Experts weigh in on her next career steps” The Grio, MSNBC
Feb 14, 2012: author, “Interracial Relationships in the Post-’Loving v. Virginia’ Age,’ The Grio, MSNBC
Feb 14, 2012: guest, Radio Times, NPR-Philadelphia, “Loving v. Virginia and the Right to Marry”
Feb 14, 2012: author “Beyond Blood Marriage Adoption,” New York Times
Dec 2, 2011: quoted in “Domestic Partnerships,” Time Out NY
November 7, 2011: quoted in “Interracial Marriage: More Accepted, Still Growing,” USA Today
October 14, 2011: Letter to the Editor, “We Are Family,” New York Times
Sept 16, 2011: author “Define Real Indians,’” New York Times
July 25, 2011: author “It’s Not a Trade School,” New York Times
​June 29, 2011: author “Rejecting the Real Family,” New York Times