By Mary Alice MillerThe Boys & Girls High School auditorium was nearly full to witness Borough President Antonio Reynoso’s State of the Borough Address. Brooklyn’s diversity...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-in-Chief“Life in this city is already too expensive— now Trump’s tariffs are driving prices even higher,” evaluated Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. “New Yorkers are...
By Fern GillespieBrooklyn is steeped in Jazz history. During the 1930s and 1940s, Jazz icons drummer Max Roach (1924-2007) and pianist Randy Weston (1926 – 2018)...
Reene Evers-Everette and Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz Visit Medgar Evers College Medgar Evers College recently honored the centennials of the 1925 births of Medgar Evers and El-Hajj...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeOn a longer political runway now – a newly independent candidate Mayor Eric Adams feels that he is cleared to take off for the...
People & Politics, Poetry & Jazz NEW YORK. April 5, 2025: Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, center, joined the thousands who protested and marched against Trump Administration...
By Mary Alice MillerThe New York State budget was due on April 1 but, like in recent years, it is late. The issue is not money....
Niagara Falls’ “Conductor” Bro. Saladin Allah Shared Family History at Restoration The weekend-long Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Legacy Tour, presented...
by Louise DenteThe Bronx was alive with celebration on Saturday, March 8, as family, friends, and community members gathered to...
By Maitefa Angaza Reprint from March 10, 2022 Black Rose’s instinct for style was a homegrown asset. “My mother was...
Bessie Mae Jackson, New York State Director of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, turns...
The Grandassa Models Intergenerational Reflections In the words of the late scholar Elombe Brath, The Grandassa Models, a group of...
By Yvette MooreCarter Godwin Woodson was the African American educator, journalist, and historian heralded as the “father of Black history”...
By Fern GillespieWhile Donald Trump was destroying community enrichment DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusive) programs in the federal government in...
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a national landmark dedicated to the preservation and public access of Black...
