Fern GillespieThis year’s 2025 flu season is fierce. Even some people who diligently received the flu season vaccine have found themselves bedridden with the flu. The...
By Fern GillespieWhen the COVID virus was officially detected in March 2020, the world shifted. Since then, New York City has had 3,078,405 confirmed COVID cases...
By Fern E. Gillespie People are trying to adjust to the post-Covid era that includes rising gun violence and now a healthcare crisis with the criminalization...
Jamaica, NY – Today, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams demanded greater restrictions on incoming travelers from the United Kingdom (UK) in response to the detection of a new...
by Louise DenteThe Bronx was alive with celebration on Saturday, March 8, as family, friends, and community members gathered to...
of the Little Rock 9 – A Book Review and Study Guide By Yvette MooreCarlotta Walls LaNier lived the historic...
By Maitefa Angaza Reprint from March 10, 2022 Black Rose’s instinct for style was a homegrown asset. “My mother was...
Bessie Mae Jackson, New York State Director of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, turns...
The Grandassa Models Intergenerational Reflections In the words of the late scholar Elombe Brath, The Grandassa Models, a group of...
By Yvette MooreCarter Godwin Woodson was the African American educator, journalist, and historian heralded as the “father of Black history”...
By Fern GillespieWhile Donald Trump was destroying community enrichment DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusive) programs in the federal government in...
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a national landmark dedicated to the preservation and public access of Black...