By Mary Alice MillerPrissana Alston spent decades of her career in nursing leadership: Nurse Manager and Director of Patient Care Services at The New York Hospital...
By Fern GillespieWhen Brooklyn healthcare advocate Divinah “Dee” Bailey went to a specialist because of kidney ailments, she was shocked by the doctor’s response. “I was...
Fern GillespieThe Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year holiday season is an emotional roller coaster ride for many people. The year-end season which embraces family, joy...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor at LargeNoKidHungry.org says that “1 in 5 kids is at risk of hunger in America.”The Food Bank for New York City notes that...
Fern GillespieThe death of actress Erica Ash, 46, from breast cancer this summer sent shockwaves through the sisterhood of Hollywood’s creative Black community. She was a...
April 9, 2025Announcement Builds on Mayor Adams’ Record of Investments in New York City Public Schools, Including Additional Funds for...
Cooperative, Collective, Collaboration By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeA self-proclaimed “inter-personal individual,” Brooklyn native Marcelle Lashley-Kaboré has a Global Majority perspective with her...
by Yvette MooreNew York City schools were not racially segregated by law as in the South, but they were in...
Evolution of Black Studies Into New York City K-12 Curriculum By Mary Alice MillerNew York City implemented a citywide K-12...
By Fern GillespieKamala Harris didn’t win the presidency. However, she made history again as the first Black and Asian woman...
It’s in the books:The movement for a Black Studies curriculum in New York City schools has its roots in the...
People & Politics, Poetry & Jazz NEW YORK. April 5, 2025: Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, center, joined the thousands who...
AG James Has Secured More Than $10 Million From Transportation Companies, Won Criminal Convictions of 11 Individuals NEW YORK –...
Vice President Kamala Harris’ positive messages this month encouraging the next generation of leaders to “stay in the fight” echoed...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbatts Following George Zinnermans killing of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, Black Lives Matter began...
Below, in the juror’s questions, we learn how deeply they had to go, parsing each word, in rationalizing their way...
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James earlier this week announced that she has reached an agreement on...