This week, Mayor Eric Adams signed a series of executive orders that declared the monkeypox virus a public health emergency in New York City.As of Monday,...
Dolores Marceline Syphax, age 94 of Brooklyn, New York, passed away on Monday July 25, 2022. She was born to the late Neil Gibson and Florence...
Publisher’s Warning: Young people, read the below from the United Nations and from Earth.com as a vision of your future. When you are in your 50’s...
Q&A with Dr. Adelaide L. Sanford Our Time Press: You inspired Al Vann’s quest to fight for education equity for schoolchildren of color in Brooklyn and...
THE NATION: Congressional televised version of its January 6 hearings about the dark day in American history have aroused consternation and anger in myriad circles. Read...
By Fern GillespieOne Brooklyn Health (OBH) believes that low-income Brooklynites should not have ten years taken off their life because of a zip code. This November,...
By Fern E. Gillespie People are trying to adjust to the post-Covid era that includes rising gun violence and now a healthcare crisis with the criminalization...
BiographyNovember 19, 1934 – July 15, 2022 Born and raised in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, Al Vann served his home community through a lifetime of public service...
DuBois Freedom Center, First in North America, Named in Great Barrington, Mass.Housed in DuBois Boyhood Church, Center to Honor Berkshire County’sNative...
Anger, Self-Hatred and the Twisting of the Human Spirit – Pt. II The following is part II of a seriesbased...
Anger, Self-Hatred and the Twisting of the Human Spirit The following is part two of a series based on the...
Fern GillespieIn 1969, when the Black Arts Movement was emerging, educator-activist Jitu Weusi launched an Afro-centric cultural economic renaissance in...
Dr. Rudy Cain’sLetter to the EditorsI recently learned that Carlton Ave./Myrtle Ave. has been re-named Richard Wright Way. As a...
Renaissance House Retreat for Writers and Artists in Martha’s Vineyard will celebrate its 23rd season by offering three exciting writing...
Black women and the fight for abortion rights: By Natelegé WhaleyNBC NewsFaye Wattleton, the first black woman to serve as president...
“They never got a salute,” a daughter of one of the women said. By Deena ZaruABC News The only all-Black,...
