By Marlon Rice, Guest EditorBrooklyn, New York, if it were its own city, would be the fourth largest city in America. It would be larger than...
Earth Month 2024: By Bernice Elizabeth GreenThis is not a pretty picture, and this young man is not a healthy kid. It is not an exaggeration...
Fern GillespieHaving a holistic, positive outreach to Black communities has always been the personal and professional philosophy of Brooklyn resident Yvonne Rubie. During the 1980s and...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeThe MTA posts ‘Don’t be a subway story,’ but an encounter with someone experiencing a severe mental episode — a violent outburst, hunger or...
By Mary Alice MillerAnother day, another crisis at the New York City Housing Authority.The federal monitor appointed to oversee NYCHA issued a final 100-page report excoriating...
by Segun ShabakaAssata Shakur’s passing last week was a bittersweet moment in that we lost a Black freedom fighter who...
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as the architect of the historic August 28,1963 March on Washington for Jobs...
Each year, the nation and the world pause to remember the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and...
Tracing Black Families Back to Slavery in Brooklyn Fern GillespieSlavery in New York City began 400 years ago in 1626...
Remembering Helene Nomsa Brath By Cinque BrathIn our community, we often celebrate the louder voices—the ones who grab the microphone,...
New York, NY, June 27, 2025 – The Abolition Commemoration Day Committee is presenting its fourth Abolition Commemoration Day in...
NEW ORLEANS – Earlier this month, Dillard University, in partnership with the City of New Orleans and University Medical Center...
by NZINGHAJune is the month where we celebrate Father’s Day. It’s the day we honor men who embody the task...