By Gwynne HoganMatt KatzThegothamist.ComThe New York City Council is considering a bill that defines the parameters of Times Square, in order to put boundaries around the...
Greg B. SmithKatie HonanTHE CITYThe U.S. Supreme Court Thursday found New York’s restrictive handgun carry permit laws to be unconstitutional, triggering a scramble by state officials...
Yesterday, June 1 marked the first day of Gun Violence Awareness Month.But for people of color, Gun Violence awareness is a daily occurrence. On average, 30...
“What are We Doing?”Senator Asks Question for All Americans After another horrific shooting, this time killing 19 students and two teachers in an elementary school in...
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...