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NAKO Hosted Forum on Mayor Mamdani and Black New York

By Mary Alice MillerThe National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO) in conjunction with the International African Arts Festival hosted its monthly forum entitled ‘Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Black New York: Expectation and Possibilities’ at Restoration Plaza. The guest speakers were Dr. Esmeralda Simmons, Esq., founding...
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Electeds & Activists say,”Tax the Rich! Help the City”

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large“Tax the Rich,” some elected officials and NYC activists are calling for racial and economic justice. Too many New Yorkers say they face the dilemma of paying for food, rent, childcare, or medicine, or being forced to relocate from the city.With New...

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Candidates for 35th District City Council Seat Speak Their Minds

If nothing else, last week’s spirited candidates forum for the open 35th District city...
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Teamster’s Local 237 Sues NYC for Wage Discrimination

This week the country commemorated 50 years since President John F. Kennedy signed...
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Parents, Education Law Center asking Feds to investigate city high school Admission Policy

While history has yet to determine how well the city has fared under mayoral...
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Judge dismisses case in cop killing of Ramarley Graham

Local and national activists demonstrated last Saturday and again Monday in protest of a...
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DA Candidate Ken Thompson calls for Special Prosecutor to Review Brooklyn Wrongful Prosecutions

By Mary Alice Miller Brooklyn district attorney Charles Hynes began his tenure in elected office...
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The question asked at the National Action Network’s convention panel on immigration was...
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Local bicycle shops embrace city’s rent-a-bike program

The bicycle shops of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Fort Greene/Clinton Hill this week gave unanimous thumbs...
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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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District Leader Robert Cornegy, 36th Council District Hopeful

What a difference four years makes. In 2009, Councilman Al Vann was challenged by seven...
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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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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Marks First Three Months in Congress

It has been three months since Brooklyn sent one of our best and brightest...
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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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Helped Me Find My Voice

by Hortensia Gooding On Dr. Norma Raybon, Spelman College "To inspire" originally carried a literal sense...
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By David Mark Greaves It is widely acknowledged, and has been for some time, that...
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Kristen Clarke Named General Counsel of the NAACP

The NAACP today announced that Kristen Clarke, one of the nation's most respected civil...
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Glyne’s Fulton St. Barber Truck

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