by New York State Assembly Member Stefani L. Zinerman (District 56), Bedford Stuyvesant | Crown Heights The ultra-conservative Heritage Foundation has called for a “new-and-improved” America...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeBrooklynites are wrestling with a housing dilemma. Not just the severe lack of affordable housing, and the growing ‘unhoused’ population, but also “ethnic cleansing,”...
The City manages its various day-to-day ongoing residency and lifestyles crises, but one is looming that’s about the size of a small city: finding relief, assistance,...
By Mary Alice MillerNew York State’s Fiscal Year 2024 $229 Billion budget has completed after a month of intense negotiations between Governor Hochul, the State Senate,...
By Akosua K. Albritton “Un-‘Fair’ and against the law!” This was the message of a rally of Crown Heights residents at the Bed-Stuy Restoration Plaza recently. ...
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...
Pentagon intelligence agency pauses events, and activities related to MLK Day, Black History Month By Will SteakinMatt Seyler,abcnews.go.comThe pause comes...
By Yvette MooreIn October 2003, when the bones of 18th century formerly enslaved Africans were returned to the African Burial...