Patterson O. The Post-Black Condition. The New York Times. 2011. The Post-Black Condition [full text]A book review of "Who's Afraid of Post Blackness? What it Means to be Black Now." by Touré.
Patterson O. Freedom and 9/11. Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. 2011;Summer 2011(21). Freedom and 9/11 [full text]
Patterson O. Beyond Compassion: Selfish Reasons for Being Unselfish. Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences [Internet]. 2002;131(1):26 - 38. Website Beyond Compassion: Selfish Reasons for Being Unselfish [full text]
Patterson O. About Public Sociology. In: Clawson D Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-First Century. University of California Press; 2007. About Public Sociology [full text]