by Richard Prince,Journal-ismsMichel Marriott, a veteran of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky., and an author who taught at...
The program has 110,000 spots and is open to any child in the five boroughs. Here’s everything you need to know. By Reema Amin, ChalkbeatThis story...
Applications to Go Live on May 3 Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $425 million will be made available through the next round of the State’s Water...
By Georgia Silvera Seamans,Founder, Local Nature LabA Southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora, still grows in Brooklyn, one of the botanical legacies of African American environmental activist Hattie...
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with the New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn E. Strauber, today announced that a 42-year-old woman and the...
In 2021, Eric Adams, then Borough President Brooklyn, hailed the Robin Hood Foundation for a $1.6 million grant to a Brownsville-based nonprofit, the Brooklyn Hub Cooperative,...
President: “Black Women in U.S. Three Times More Likely to Experience Pregnancy-Related Complications” – Our Time Press’ April-May series on Reproductive Health and Choice to Begin...
By David Mark GreavesWatching Rep. Justin J. Pearson, with his large afro, speaking on the floor of his Tennessee legislature, I was struck by how much...
By Maitefa Angaza He was born on January 1, 1938 and became an ancestor on April 1, 2023. The tributes...
Remembering Elsie Richardson … Our Time Press launches their March 9 – 30 Womens History Month Phenomenal Women series this...
Legislation for Establishment of African Burial Ground Museum and Education Center Reintroduced by Bernice Elizabeth Green Congressman Dan Goldman (D-10)...
– by Bernice Elizabeth Green The Flatbush African Burial Ground Coalition is a Black-led multiracial coalition of local residents, activists,...
By Suzanne SpellenThe day after graduation, he was appointed the assistant engineer for the construction of the Albany and Greenbush...
Mrs. Ollie McClean, the beloved community activist, and teacher who “educated young minds for more than 30 years” and encouraged...
A Profile in Black History by Suzanne SpellenWe shouldn’t have to wait for Black History Month to highlight important men...
by Fern Gillespie What would Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History Month and founder of the Association...
