By Mary Alice Miller One recent evening clergy, elected officials and concerned community activists flocked to Brownsville. Their mission: brainstorm ways to decrease gun violence and...
On the eve of the national Veterans Day holiday observance last Monday, November 11, 2013, Senator Kevin Parker (D-21), announced he is introducing the NY CARES...
Robert Cornegy calls DOE citing of current programs a civil rights issue By Stephen Witt Bedford-Stuyvesant City Councilman-elect Robert Cornegy said this week that he would...
By David Mark Greaves The New York Times reported that Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio received 96% of the Black vote. So he’s seen the love from...
Feds could cut $40 billion more in SNAP assistance that affects mainly children By Stephen Witt It’s not even the end of the first month that...
Adams, Aviles-Ramos Celebrate Test Score Data Showing Increased Proficiency New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Public...
It’s been 49 years since a New York City police officer shot and killed 15-year-old Randolph Evans returning from the...
Fern GillespieNoel Pointer burst on the music scene in the 1970s as a young brilliantly talented jazz violinist. The Brooklyn-born...
By Yvette MooreHands-on learning and career exploration is the pedagogic theme at Bed-Stuy’s P.S. 5, the Dr. Ronald E. McNair...
Ronald E McNair Public School 5 principal Lena Gates and students invited U.S. House Leader Hakeem Jeffries to join them...
By Eulene InnissA Swahili proverb states that “education has no end” and this was best exemplified the 47th Annual Scholarship...
By Mary Alice MillerWhen ICE commenced its June sweep of undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles, protesters hit the streets. Trump...
By Mary Alice MillerRemember those pre-Apprentice days when tabloid gossip columnist Liz Smith dished the dirt on Trump, helping to...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbatts“Haitians are eating the pets, cats, and dogs,” he claimed while campaigning for a return to...
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, NYC Council Brooklyn Delegation, Advocates, and Homeowners Rally to Demand Major Investment Into Fight Against...
by Binta VannLike many Bedford-Stuyvesant natives whose roots run deep in this community, I am the product of District 16...
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York and a coalition of 11...