I was born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It generally has a rough reputation (it’s often referred to as Bed-Stuy Do-or-Die), but it’s the place that...
Tomorrow, February 14, 10:00am, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture will present The Loving Story, the painful, at times uplifting but riveting-to-the-end documentary that...
Being a grandmother of 12, my primary focus these days is what future generations are inheriting and what preparation they need to not only survive but...
Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka became the Yankees’ Valentine this year after agreeing to a seven-year $155 million contract two weeks ago. Tanaka arrived in New York...
Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 17th Annual Rainbow Push Wall Street Project kicks off Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at a reception at the Sheraton New York Times Square...
Never Forget Part 6 Africans in the Millennia (Reprinted from December Our Time Press 1999 issue A Millennial Look at African America.) Preventing Slow-Motion Genocide After...
By Alton H. Maddox, Jr. This past Sunday, Philip Seymour Hoffman, an Oscar-winning, white actor was found dead in his Greenwich Village apartment of an...
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...
