Monthly Archives: April, 2011

Parent's Notebook

Circling the Wagons -- What do we as a people owe to and want for...

Vew From Here

"A vague feeling of illness or depression" is how the dictionary defines malaise and...
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A Field of Dreams in Bed-Stuy

Bed-Stuy Little League predicts exciting season --- The first warm day of spring last week brought...

Alarming New Fukushima Reports

by Stephen Lendman   Five weeks after Japan’s disaster, reports suggest worse, not improved conditions. It...

Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?

By Matt Taibbi Rollingstone.com Financial crooks brought down world’s economy — but the Feds are doing...

Strong Opposition to Wal-Mart at Mayoral Hearing

New Yorkers voiced  opposition to a possible Wal-Mart entry into the NY market at...

Woodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theatre Celebrates 40 Years, Sunday, May 22

Gala to Honor Sidney Poitier, Ntozake Shange, Ruby Dee, Alicia Keys, Mayor David Dinkins,...

Best Candidates for CEO of Public Schools

By Philip Jackson, Executive Director of the Black Star Project To the Chicago Education Committee...

"Shame On Every Elected Official"

By Renee Collymore One day after the announcement of the resignation of now-former School's Chancellor...

Pols react to Walcott appointment, Change of style hailed but loyalties of new DOE head questioned

Local elected officials hailed Mayor Bloomberg's pick of a black schools chancellor with a...

Obama Challenges GOP

Lays Out Strong Budget Plan, Stands up for Basic Human Services In response to the...

City looks to cut 17,000 child care slots. Bed-Stuy parents face quitting jobs to care for their children.

Kevin Gillespie stood in the drizzle outside the Tabernacle Church of God Day care...

Police Beat

77th Precinct covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights Gunshot wound A 15-year-old boy was shot...

Local Small Businesses Support Debit Card Swipe Fee Reform

The Consumer Protection Act and the Durbin Amendment, passed by both Houses of Congress...

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Helped Me Find My Voice

by Hortensia Gooding On Dr. Norma Raybon, Spelman College "To inspire" originally carried a literal sense...

View From Here

By David Mark Greaves It is widely acknowledged, and has been for some time, that...

Kristen Clarke Named General Counsel of the NAACP

The NAACP today announced that Kristen Clarke, one of the nation's most respected civil...

Glyne’s Fulton St. Barber Truck

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