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    Community Works to Save a Treasure on Stuyvesant Avenue

    Historically, in black communities, there are sacred spaces. Not just churches, not just schools, but buildings that hold our footsteps, our struggle, our brilliance, and our first victories. Places that provide space for healing, radical thought, youth development, elder support, safety, art, and liberation....

    Cafe con Libros Steeped in the Solidarity of the NYC Black Woman Bookstore Crawl

    By Enoch NaklenThe inside of Cafe con Libros is a bibliophile’s dream where floor-to-ceiling shelves line the left and right walls to create a corridor of stories. Nestled among the mixed names of literature, colorful handbags hang from racks with their textures adding a...

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    Jamal Clayton Robinson: Making an IMPACCT in Brooklyn Community Development

    By Fern GillespieWhen Jamal Clayton Robinson was appointed Executive Director of community development nonprofit...

    Bed-Stuy Made Presidential Candidate Jesse L. Jackson

    By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsWe know that Black history is world history and it...

    NYers say Black History Month should be 24/7/365

    By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large “Black History is Everyday,” posted poet Lisa A. Muhammad on social media.Sean...

    Optimism, Productivity, and New Normalcy for 2026

    By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large Keep your head up, and on a swivel, could be hardy advice...

    A Third Space Built to Preserve Our Stories

    Jennifer Burchette, SCS Founder (middle, second from the right) poses with guests at SCS event. Photo cred: Shrinali Patel

    Creative Force P.J. Fleury Remembered

    By Enoch Naklen Pojanee “P.J.” Fleury, remembered across creative, entrepreneurial, and community circles for her...

    Joyful Noise in Downtown Brooklyn: The ‘We Outside’ Tour Takes Over the Paramount

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    Zohran Mamdani Versus the Economic Royalists

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    Takeaways from the second general election debate in the NYC mayoral race

    Excerpts from Story by David Wright,Gloria Pazmino, CNN This time, the gloves came off.Democrat Zohran...

    “I’m With Tish”

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    Sowing the Seeds of Resistance

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    Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival announces Fall 2025 lineup starting on October 8!

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    Community Works to Save a Treasure on Stuyvesant Avenue

    Historically, in black communities, there are sacred spaces. Not just churches, not just schools,...