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Developer outreach successful in employing local contractors & residents

Thanks in part to an aggressive outreach program, African-American-owned construction contractors and individual workers...
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View From Here: Drones and the Boston Bombing

The FBI has sent an interrogation unit to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old that...
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City Politics

District Leader Robert Cornegy, 36th Council District Hopeful

What a difference four years makes. In 2009, Councilman Al Vann was challenged by seven...
City Politics

35th District City Council Candidates in Profile Ede Fox lays out her vision for Fort Greene Clinton Hill & Prospect Heights

Ede Fox appears extremely personable and comfortable sitting in a Vanderbilt Avenue restaurant as...
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Report: Immigration Amnesty Would Harm African-Americans

Lost in the national debate over Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) is discussion of amnesty...
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PROJECT GREEN: Learning Trees

A friend informs us of children in the neighborhood who are weepy, shaking, in...
Parents Notebook

Parent's Notebook: Twelve Commandments – Arming our Children to Survive and Thrive

There is no question that we are living in dangerous times and as quiet...
Community News

Central Brooklyn residents making inroads on construction jobs

For Ed Brown, whose Team Brown Consulting firm has landed several people from NYCHA’s...
City Politics

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Marks First Three Months in Congress

It has been three months since Brooklyn sent one of our best and brightest...
City Politics

Public Advocate Bill De Blasio Makes His Case for Mayor

Bill de Blasio is waging an aggressive campaign for mayor against presumed front-runner City...
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View From Here: The Boston Bombings & Gender Shame

We were making a purchase at a corner store where the television was showing...
Parents Notebook

Parent's Notebook: Bringing Parent Involvement Home

In keeping with the power attributed to test scores, schools convened prep classes for...
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What’s Happening: April 14-30 14th ANNUAL CENTRAL BROOKLYN JAZZ FESTIVAL

Apr 12, 8 PM – Dr. Mambo and the Experience Ensemble, The Gallery, 293...
Community News

Taking Care of Business has Special Meaning at Trade Brooklyn

The 1500 business leaders who networked at Trade Brooklyn in Steiner Studios yesterday learned...
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Education

At Long Last, “Freedom” Comes to Brooklyn

NAACP New York State Conference to Launch NY Freedom School -- a Culturally Affirming...
Community News

AACEO Members Gather to Celebrate the 17th Anniversary of Dee Bailey’s Watchful Eye

By Mary Alice Miller In commemoration of HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, the African American Clergy and...
Community News

Baby Kaori Tragedy Inspires Drive to Save Youth & Protect the Village

By Nayaba ArindeEditor at Large More stabbings, shootings, and property damage have been in the...
Education

Educator Dr. Trina Lynn Yearwood Mentors Young Teachers Through TREAT

Fern Gillespie When educator Dr. Trina Lynn Yearwood realized that young teachers she was mentoring...