Dr. Lisa Scott-McKenzie, NYC Aging Commissioner: Caring for Caregivers

Fern GillespieCaregiving has become a way of life for millions of people. They are caring for an elderly parent, a sick relative or friend or even a grandchild. Many caregivers are a part of the “sandwich generation,” balancing jobs, families, and personal responsibilities while helping loved ones remain safe...

New York vs Philly: Knicks Drop Hammer on Hawks, Prepare for Philly’s Counterattack

By Eddie CastroThis past Monday, the New York Knicks advanced to the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals after putting away the Atlanta Hawks in Game 5,...

Jets/Giants 2026 draft

By Eddie CastroThe NFL Draft is one of the most anticipated offseason events. It's where some of the very best college football players witness...

End of The Mendoza Era

By Eddie CastroWe are a little over three weeks into the Major League Baseball season and there have been a few surprises already to...

Knicks Vs Hawks Round 1

By Eddie Castro For the fifth time in the past six seasons, Knicks fans can proudly say their team is officially playoff-bound. The team officially...

Knicks Feast on the Weak, Fold Against the Elite

By Eddie Castro As we go to press, the New York Knicks have just a few games left in the regular season in what has...

Book Review- Our Time Press

Sasha Bonét’s The Waterbearers: A Memoir of Mothers and Daughters By Dr. Brenda M. Greene “Stories...

Book Review: The Work of James E. Cherry

Reviewed by Dr. Brenda M. GreeneBetween Chance and Mercy: PoemsEdge of the Wind: A...

A Bound Woman is a Dangerous Thing

The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland A Bound Woman...

“We Refuse to Be Silent”

Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on...

Enduring Legacies Realized and Respected

African Burial Ground Memorial Foundation Finalizes Philanthropic Partnership Agreement with U.S. National Park Service...

Brownstone Revival: The Rebirth of the Brooklyn Townhouse

Still going strong today, a back-to-the-city movement wasn’t initiated by or for rich white...

Haiti & Israel: History Memory & Contemporary Needs

By Kazembe Batts IG: @kazbattsProfound similarities and stark differences exist with Haiti and Israel. Haiti’s population of about 11.5 million people is slightly more...

Brooklyn Supports Harlem in a ‘Moment of Commercial Silence,’ for Malcolm X 101st Birthday

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeMalcolm X would have been 101 years old on Tuesday, May 19th,...

Forum: Immigrants are the Bargaining Chip Keeping the Government Shut Down

By Mary Alice MillerThe Brooklyn Center for Quality Life recently hosted a national online...

The Center for Black Literature Hosts the 18th National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College, CUNY

Dr. Brenda M. GreeneProf. Donna HillThe Center for Black Literature hosted the 18th National...

Saturday@Harlem Is… Presents the Savoy Centennial and the Institutional Legacy of Harlem Social Dance

By Enoch NaklenMultimedia JournalistThe line formed on the second floor of the Harlem Hospital...

Family Photo Album for Bridge Street Church, A Living Legend in America for 260 Years

With roots established 10 years before the birth of America, historic Bridge AWME Street...

NYS Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislators Hosts 55th Annual Caucus Weekend

By Mary Alice MillerThe 55th Annual Caucus Weekend was held under the theme of...

Other News

Billy Mitchell: The Brooklyn Resident Who is Harlem’s Mr. Apollo

by Fern Gillespie The Apollo Theatre is entrenched in Black music culture and Brooklyn resident...

Key Notes on Weston, Coltrane, Miles, Melba and other Jazz Centennials…

"In 1926, as the Harlem Renaissance surged and the music was transforming American culture,...

When Brooklyn Answered the Call: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson

by Binta Vann “He could motivate and generate movement among people with his preaching and...

Theatre Icon Woodie King, Jr. Passes

By Fern GillespieLegendary griot theatre producer-director Woodie King, Jr, The King of Black Theatre,...

Elizabeth Van Dyke is Producing a New Legacy for New Federal Theatre

Fern GillespieAs Producing Artistic Director of New Federal Theatre, renowned theatre actress and director...

Valerie Gladstone: Creating Black Art Dolls and Hollywood Hair Styles

By Fern GillespieWhether it’s her day job as an acclaimed hair stylist and wigmaker...

Lurita Brown’s Brooklyn Custom Frames Create Cherished Artworks

Fern GillespieLurita (LB) Brown, owner of Clinton Hill Simply Art & Framing Gallery, is...

Justice Leaders Championed

From Exclusion to Leadership: Black Women Lawyers and the Legal Organizations they Established By Hon....

New York State Legislators Propose Change to Law that Allows Predatory Vulture Funds to Target Developing Countries

By Mary Alice MillerWhen Puerto Rico defaulted on its debt a few years ago...

L.A. and D.C. Grand Juries: More Than One Way to Protest

By Mary Alice MillerWhen ICE commenced its June sweep of undocumented immigrants in Los...

Trump’s Revenge Machine Targets NYS AG Letitia James

By Mary Alice MillerRemember those pre-Apprentice days when tabloid gossip columnist Liz Smith dished...

More Community News

Gun violence takes Targets Youth Community Calls for Investment and Mental Health Help

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large "She's gone, and I can't ever see her again,” cried Lianna Charles-Moore, the mother of seven-month-old shooting death victim Kaori Patterson-Moore. "I can't kiss her. I can't wake up and feed her her bottle…Everything I wanted to do with her, I can't...

OP-ED: Black America’s 2026 Urban Challenges: Mayor Mamdani Case Study

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Today, across the United States of America, in some...

Glyne’s Fulton St. Barber Truck

Interviewed by Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsTell us a little about yourself.My name is Glyne Maccup....

Resident felt treated as an “Angry Black Lady” after confrontation at Bed Stuy Gym

By Nayaba Arinde Editor-at-Large All MTA worker Tanya Ridley wanted to do was exercise quietly at...

Community Works to Save a Treasure on Stuyvesant Avenue

Historically, in black communities, there are sacred spaces. Not just churches, not just schools,...

Health and Wellness

“Beyond the Scale”: OBH’s Approach to Bariatric Surgery 

By: Amanda S. Barrett  Something that doesn’t show up on any chart or diagnostic test but often determines how care is received long before a patient walks through the door is perception....

Addressing Mental Health Month as a community

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large This is Mental Health Month, and mental illness–diagnosed and otherwise can be...

Common Misconceptions About Hand Surgery

Op-Ed by Dr. Andrew Boone,Orthopaedic Surgery, One Brooklyn Health The biggest misconception that I see...

Addressing Teen Violence-Related Mental Health

By Mary Alice Miller A shooting happened at a sweet sixteen party this past December. Six young people were shot. Four were taken to Brookdale Hospital. They were all under the age of 17.Recently, an 11-year-old stabbed a 13-year-old at the playground after school. In...

How OBH Drama Therapy Supports Emotional Wellness

By Caelum A'Hearn, MA, Creative Arts Therapist - LP, Psychiatric Rehabilitation One Brooklyn Health-Interfaith Medical CenterThere is so much to share about drama therapy...

Events

Forum: Immigrants are the Bargaining Chip Keeping the Government Shut Down

By Mary Alice MillerThe Brooklyn Center for Quality Life recently hosted a national online...

The Center for Black Literature Hosts the 18th National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College, CUNY

Dr. Brenda M. GreeneProf. Donna HillThe Center for Black Literature hosted the 18th National...

Saturday@Harlem Is… Presents the Savoy Centennial and the Institutional Legacy of Harlem Social Dance

By Enoch NaklenMultimedia JournalistThe line formed on the second floor of the Harlem Hospital...

Family Photo Album for Bridge Street Church, A Living Legend in America for 260 Years

With roots established 10 years before the birth of America, historic Bridge AWME Street...

Brooklyn Supports Harlem in a ‘Moment of Commercial Silence,’ for Malcolm X 101st Birthday

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeMalcolm X would have been 101 years old on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026.The Brooklyn-based December 12th Movement is once again organizing the annual Harlem 125th Street tradition of a ‘Moment of Commercial Silence,’ closing down all the stores in honor of “Our...
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