The First Bedford-Stuyvesant Children’s Book & Reading Fair, an intergenerational literacy event featuring reading awareness and learning activities for families and young people, will take place...
By Fr. Miguel d’Escoto (Counterpunch.org’s Editor’s Note: Fr. Miguel d’Escoto is a Catholic priest in Managua, Nicaragua. He was Nicaragua’s foreign minister under the Sandinista government...
Most New Yorkers probably don’t believe what’s happening in downtown Brooklyn. They just cannot understand how a big developer could actually draw up a project that...
At a City Hall press conference convened by Councilwoman Leticia James, several ministers, with church congregations located in the area of Ratner’s proposed development addressed the...
When the Political, Real Estate and Financial power centers agree on a project, you have what they market as “a done deal.” Left out of the...
Launches Campaign in the Name of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To enthusiastic chants of “Charles in Charge,” and “Here comes the Mayor,” Councilman Charles Barron,...
By Paul Sheridan We have seen the first sketches for Bruce Ratner’s “abominable arena” for Brooklyn’s downtown area. Elsewhere, others have analyzed its many problems:...
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...
