By Marlon Rice, Guest EditorBrooklyn, New York, if it were its own city, would be the fourth largest city in America. It would be larger than...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large“New York is very aggressive, we don’t do anything in moderation,” said Gina Sanchez, 30, a Brooklyn advertising executive. “When it rains, it pours....
Brooklyn, New York – Wednesday, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration) and St. Nicks Alliance (St. Nicks) celebrated the groundbreaking of Dekalb Commons, three new 100% affordable...
As the City’s wave of summer block parties begins to wane making room for fall’s share of outdoor events coming a few weeks away, Brooklyn’s Clinton...
By Fern GillespieRecently, the New York Times published “Selling Houses While Black,” an overview of problems facing Black real estate agents. According to the National Association...
By Fern GillespieWhen Dr. Raymond Codrington, President and CEO of Weeksville Heritage Center, was invited by Trinity College to view...
Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation’s first woman Vice President will go down in the history books as the first...
NYPL will honor one of its most legendary patrons with exhibitions at libraries he frequented, along with programming and book...
By Mary Alice MillerMost Black Americans have heard that after the Civil War, former chattel slaves were promised 40 acres...
By Col. (Ret.) Edna W. Cummings,U.S. ArmySpecial to the AFRO“All last night, guns shook on the ground on which I...
Eulogy delivered by Ossie Davisat the funeral of Malcolm XFaith Temple Church of GodFebruary 27, 1965“Here – at this final...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsPolicy and purpose can change, and maybe Brooklyn can lead the way. The population in NYC who...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsPolicy and purpose can change. “Now is the time” Rev. Jesse Jackson famously said to mobilize the...