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Black History

Black Military Members Known As Buffalo Soldiers to be Honored With Memorial Statue at West Point

by Brian GoodAs statues of historical figures such as Christopher Columbus and Robert E....
Economy

COVID EFFECTS WIDEN AMERICA’S RACIAL WEALTH GAP 

Blacks own 22 cents for every dollar held by whites   By Charlene Crowell  Sept 23...
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Education

Acclaimed Stem Educator Links Marvel’s Black Captain America to the Power of Stem Education

STEM Global Action Founder Dr. Calvin Mackie Sees STEM as a powerful ‘Superhero Force’...
What's Going On

What’s Going On – 9/30

NEW YORK, NYIn attempt to stem the spread of COVID19 and the Delta variant...
National News

Barack Obama: Tax the Rich, Including Me,to Fund Biden Spending Plan

by Martin Pengellywww.theguardian.comBarack Obama says wealthy Americans – including himself – can afford tax...
Community News

While A Nation Struggles… In the Community There is Hope

Bed Stuy Gateway BID recently traveled where no other BID has gone and invited...
Community News

BP Adams: Rental Assistance Available

The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is up and running to provide support for...
Justice Matters

NYCHA Employees Offered Bribes for Contracts

Honest Employees Stepped Forward to Report Illegalities  Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New...
Environment

Brenda Mallory, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, Talks Climate

Brenda Mallory is the 12th Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and...
Community News

City Planning Commission Rejects 960 Franklin Avenue Rezoning Application

By Alicia Boyd, MTOPPToday, the Crown Height/Flatbush Community has made history. For the first...
Black History

Vulcan Society Remembers 9/11 Heroes

Firefighter John Coombs remembers 9/11 as a very warm and beautiful day when he...
Health & Wellness

Pesticide Ban Is a Win for Children – and Science

September 17, 2021Nicole GreenfieldBack in 1989, a groundbreaking NRDC report called Intolerable Risk detailed...
Community News

National Grid Employees Give Back

More than 1,000 National Grid employees gave back to their local communities on Monday,...
Arts-Theater

Melvin Van Peebles Dies: Icon of Black Cinema Behind ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ & More was 89

By Erik Pedersen,www.deadline.comMelvin Van Peebles, an actor, writer, director, producer and icon of Black cinema...
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Book Review

Desiree Cooper’s Black Summers. Growing Up in the Urban Outdoors

“Black Summers also became a powerful, tender, and hopeful collection about the personal and...
Editorial

Citizenship in the Age of Emerging Technologies

By Mary Alice MillerYour friendly neighborhood tech bro may know something the rest of...
Community News

Brooklyn Books and Bullets

By Nayaba ArindeTeens shot by teens. The NYPD said that this year, up to...
In Tribute

Remembering Diana King, Flo Anthony, and Pauline Barfield

Fern GillespieThis summer was a season of loss in New York City communications. Between...