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“Beyond the Scale”: OBH’s Approach to Bariatric Surgery 

By: Amanda S. Barrett  Something that doesn’t show up on any chart or diagnostic test but often determines how care is received long before a patient walks through the door is perception. The issue is not whether high-quality care exists in Brooklyn. It’s whether people believe it does. Dr. Charles E. Thompson III, a board-certified...

April is International Black Women’s Month

By Nayaba ArindeEditor at Large This month celebrates the 10-year anniversary of International Black Women’s Month. Created by Sha Battle from Atlanta.“We deserve it,” she told Our Time Press. “First, I just wanted to really honor the women around the United States, and then I...

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April is International Black Women’s Month Empowering, defending, supporting and embracing the women in your life

By Nayaba Arinde, Editor at Large This month celebrates the 10-year anniversary of International Black...

AACEO Members Gather to Celebrate the 17th Anniversary of Dee Bailey’s Watchful Eye

By Mary Alice Miller In commemoration of HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, the African American Clergy and...

Baby Kaori Tragedy Inspires Drive to Save Youth & Protect the Village

By Nayaba ArindeEditor at Large More stabbings, shootings, and property damage have been in the...

Gun violence takes Targets Youth Community Calls for Investment and Mental Health Help

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large "She's gone, and I can't ever see her again,” cried Lianna Charles-Moore,...

OP-ED: Black America’s 2026 Urban Challenges: Mayor Mamdani Case Study

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Today, across the United States of America, in some...

Glyne’s Fulton St. Barber Truck

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

Resident felt treated as an “Angry Black Lady” after confrontation at Bed Stuy Gym

By Nayaba Arinde Editor-at-Large All MTA worker Tanya Ridley wanted to do was exercise quietly at...

Community Works to Save a Treasure on Stuyvesant Avenue

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

Rev. Valerie Cousin Named Interim Chair of Bridge Street Development Corporation

Fern GillespieWhen the Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC) Board of Directors recently appointed Rev....

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...

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...

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“Beyond the Scale”: OBH’s Approach to Bariatric Surgery 

By: Amanda S. Barrett  Something that doesn’t show up on any chart or diagnostic test but often determines how care is...

Freedom School Kick-Off at Medgar Evers College 

By - Nehemi’EL Ibrihim-Simms On Saturday April 18th, 2026, at Medgar Evers College Campus the...

Justice Leaders Championed

From Exclusion to Leadership: Black Women Lawyers and the Legal Organizations they Established By Hon....

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Woodie King Jr.

By Dr. Brenda M. Greene The Woodie King Jr. Memorial Tribute at the Barrymore Theater...