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Attorney General Letitia James Wins Lawsuit Blocking Trump Administration from Imposing Worldwide Tariffs

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after the United States Court of International Trade ruled that the Trump administration’s tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are invalid and cannot be implemented. The...
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15 Years of Cultivating Community and Green Spaces in Central Brooklyn

Flower Bed-Stuy 2025 This spring, Bridge Street Development Corporation and The Bed-Stuy Works Alliance of Block and Resident Associations are proud to present the 15th Anniversary of Flower Bed-Stuy, a beloved community beautification and engagement initiative that continues to blossom year after year. On Saturday, May...

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Black History

How Benjamin ‘Pap’ Singleton Led an Exodus of Freed Black Americans West

Farrell Evans, history.com During the late 1870s and early 1880s, as many as 40,000 African...
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The Sixth of January

by Abigail McGrath Looks like we’re going to have three holidays in January.January 1st, New...
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Mentors: Angela Davis and Toni Morrison

“I tell my students, ‘… just remember that your real job is that if...
Black History

National Trust Grants $4m in Grants to Preserve 35 Historic Black Churches across the U.S., including Brooklyn’s Varick Memorial and Harlem’s Mother AME Zion

For more than four centuries, the Black church, America’s foremost institution epitomizing steadfastness, has...
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“My Monticello” Cautionary Tales

Book ReviewMy MonticelloBy Jocelyn Nicole Johnson210 pp. Henry Holt and CompanyJocelyn Nicole Johnson’s debut...
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DSS, DHS Staff, Divine Nine Fraternities & Sororities provide warmth for Homeless Shelter Residents

DSS-HRA and DSS-DHS staff joined Divine Nine Fraternities and Sororities at the garage at...
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Bed-Stuy Gateway BID Winter Wonderland 

In celebration of Small Business Saturday, Bed-Stuy Gateway BID will once again bring its...
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Reflections: Fred L. Price

Samana & Beyond We deserve to be Where We Stand, Where we started The Planting. Antigua, Barbados, Cuba,...
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Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher: Role Models for Life

By Bernice Elizabeth Green On Thursday, November 17, Brooklyn celebrated the lives of two beloved...
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Reflections: Frankenfowl for Thanksgiving

Gone are the days when you could put the carcass of a dead bird...
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What’s Going On – 11/24

Political researchers, analysts, and numbers crunchers are still in a November 8 Midterm stupor....
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What’s Going On – 11/17

Post Midterm America headlines read. “The US avoided the dreaded Republican red tsunami at...
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Death and Deed Theft: Violence in the Community

We Are Challenged View From HereDavid Mark Greaves All the world now knows that the United...
Crime

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and People’s Coalition to Stop Deed Theft Host Scammed Homeowners

By Mary Alice Miller Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez hosted a community meeting at Restoration...
Community News

April is International Black Women’s Month

By Nayaba ArindeEditor at Large This month celebrates the 10-year anniversary of International Black Women’s...
Business

Women Take the Wheel in NYC’s For-Hire Vehicles, Even as Male Drivers Predominate

Women lead several key driving trade groups in the city, and though female operators...