Planned Medgar Evers College virtual events this month include panel discussions on women in healthcare sharing their experiences combatting COVID-19 and the pandemic’s effects on communities color. ...
by Gloria Dulan-Wilson Back in the day, The Impressions with Curtis Mayfield sang a song entitled “Too Much Love” which said in part, ‘never in this...
By Sarah CobbleOn February 26, 2021, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Meisha Porter as the next Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education (“DOE”),...
LEAH PENNIMAN, mother of two, is a farmer and food sovereignty activist. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in Rensselaer County, NY in 2011 with the mission...
USA/FINAL DAYS OF WINTERMarch is the month that comes in like a lion and exits like a lamb. It is Women’s History Month. Other March dates...
Bill Chappell, NPRVernon Jordan, the civil rights lawyer who built a career as a power broker in politics and business, has died at age 85.Jordan “passed...
By Alicia Boyd If you are like most people in NYC you really don’t pay attention to the Primaries, you wait until the November election and...
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...
The “Batman and Robin” of The Black Arts Movement by Cinque BrathMy father was not recognized for his unique parenting...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large“What would Malcolm X do?”Hundreds of New Yorkers asked as they came out to honor Malcolm X, who...
“Mothers are the peace on Earth that make the world go round. The love they give is always of hope...
By Da’Nelle Mason, at Age 9 It’s not everyday that a person gets to go back into the past. On...
-Bernice Elizabeth Green In late winter 1998, artist-photographer Barry L. Mason, his daughter, Da’Nelle Mason and I attended an Underground...
