Reprint from November 4, 2010To the Editor:I love the Bedford-Stuyvesant community. My family and I are newcomers and would like for our local politicians to stop...
By Mary Alice MillerDuring the next two decades, 78 million baby boomers will transfer $84 trillion in wealth. Of that amount, 85% of this wealth transfer,...
By Bernice Elizabeth GreenVickie and Freedom, a couple in their early 60’s, just celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary on May 4th.And the best gift they could...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeYou know summer is here when the roar of dirt bikes tear up and down the block; with Biggie, Pop Smoke, Burna Boy, Frankie...
By Mary Alice MillerMemorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer. The warm temperatures bring people to the streets and seasonal crime, including violent crime, which...
Energy and Excellence at Home in Bed-Stuy By Fern Gillespie How do you get to Carnegie Hall? For Brooklyn youth, it’s practice, practice, practice at The...
By Lisa DurdenEverybody Black knows that WE created many forms of music; Jazz, Blues, Rock’n’Roll, Disco, Pop, Hip Hop, and oh yes, Country! So, we were...
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...
