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    The Nation Needs MLK Jr.

    Last week, Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of The King Center in Atlanta, Ga., announced a schedule of programs and events in celebration of this year's King Holiday Observance, commemorating what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 97th birthday. The 2026 theme is...
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    Trump Fills His “Enemies List” with Black People

    By Mary Alice MillerTrump’s 21st century version of President Richard Nixon’s ‘enemies list’ is filled with Black people and Black people’s interests.Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook was notified that Trump called for her to resign via his social media app over allegations of mortgage...

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    View From Here

    Importance of Voting By David Mark Greaves October 24, 2024 This election is teaching us more about...
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    Oligarchic, Kleptocratic, Kakistocracy By David Mark Greaves January 23, 2025 On a day of celebration of the...
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    Black Experts Weigh in on Trump’s Return to the White House

    With half of the country in disbelief, The Root spoke to experts about what...
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    Vote! All of Us Are Haitian Now!

    As we approach Black Solidarity Day and witness how an aspiring commander-in-hate and his...
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    This Week, Conversations on Legacy and Community Empowerment

    by Toni WilliamsBrooklyn Savvy enters its milestone 20th season with an extraordinary lineup of...
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    Response to a Reader

    Reprint from November 4, 2010To the Editor:I love the Bedford-Stuyvesant community. My family and...
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    On Dr. John L. Flateau: “He Uplifted Us to Positions of Power”

    Eric Gonzalez,Brooklyn District AttorneyThe collective of sorrow of the church -- as people came...
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    Street Sanctuary, Solid Ground

    by Bernice Elizabeth Green Brooklyn’s House of The Lord Church on Atlantic and Nevins was...
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    How Do We Fight Back?

    “Flesh on the Ground in the Trump Era” Part III of III By Talib Kweli...
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    Viola Plummer, Last of Original December 12th Movement, Transitions

    by Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large On the day after the January 15th death of Viola Plummer, friends...
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    How Do We Fight Back?

    “Flesh on the Ground in the Trump Era” By Talib Kweli Greene When Trump started his...
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    Why Congestion Pricing Benefits New York City’s Poor and Low-Income Commuters

    By Fern GillespieWhen the prospect of congestion pricing on motor vehicles traveling in Manhattan...
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