He says: It’s to “stimulate local economies, not just big boys’ pockets.” Brooklyn’s U.S. Representative Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY) is Chairman of the powerful Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and as such, he held his first bipartisan stimulus oversight field hearing on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 in Brooklyn’s Borough Hall. Congressman Towns said the […]readmore
“I come to you on the first day of Women’s History Month” began Tulani Kinard. “I come to you in the spirit of Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ella Baker and Fannie Lou Hamer. In the spirit of Miriam Makeba, Nina Simone, Odetta and Mahalia Jackson. I come to you in the spirit of Brooklyn’s finest, […]readmore
By Danielle Douglas (2006) “Our nation is heading in the wrong direction and we need fighters to turn it around,” says Chris Owens. “The same people who were on the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder in 1965, when the Voting Rights Acts was passed, are still at the bottom in 2006. I have the knowledge, […]readmore
Sharon Content is a former Wall Street analyst for Solomon Brothers, and LeeRoy Jordan, Jr. is a Qualified Health Professional, who has been with Osborne Associates for eleven years working as a chemical dependency and criminal justice professional. Ms. Content and Mr. Jordan describe the LEGIT program. Sharon Content, Program Director We’re budgeted […]readmore
OTP: The recent primary election only had about 15% of the electorate coming out. What’s going on and how can we change it? Charles Barron: Number one, I think that a lot of voters feel they don’t have a reason to vote. They’ve been lied to so much by elected officials that there is a […]readmore
OTP: The recent primary election only had about 15% of the electorate coming out. What’s going on and how can we change it? Charles Barron: Number one, I think that a lot of voters feel they don’t have a reason to vote. They’ve been lied to so much by elected officials that there is a […]readmore