By Mary Alice Miller NBUF held its 28th Annual Convention July 12th- 15th at the S.H.A.P.E. Community Center in Houston, Texas. This year’s theme, Resurrecting the...
By James C. McIntosh, M.D. The building at 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard is now a bar called “Shrine.”ÿ This same building that was once the...
By Feona Sharhran Huff I expected to watch a two-minute music video of R&B artist Ciara on www.YouTube.com. Instead, a little girl – no more than...
By David Mark Greaves There are those who look at the tree-lined streets and quiet elegance of brownstone Brooklyn, an almost-bucolic setting compared to the frenzied...
By Danielle Douglas Statistics abound on the State of Black Men in America-high rates of unemployment, incarceration and parental absenteeism. Bringing about solutions to these and...
By Errol Louis The Plummer Plunge After all the hoopla over renaming Gates Avenue for Sonny Carson, here’s where we stand. As of this writing, City...
By Akosua Kathryn Albritton The search for Brooklyn nonprofits that are closing the digital divide through broadband installation uncovered a few things. One, dead zones-areas where...
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...
