Instagram Yields to Order; Congress Urged to Implement Warning LabelsAttorney James Empowered to Effect Change; Governor Hochul Committed to Make Change New York Attorney General Letitia...
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday released the following joint statement in response to the announcement that Instagram would be...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large@NayabaArinde1“We are very much leaning towards banning cell phones,” said New York City’s Schools Chancellor David Banks. Having spoken to hundreds of school principals...
Dr. Brenda M. Greene Maura Cheeks’s novel, Acts of Forgiveness (Ballantine, 2024) is very timely as we consider reparations for Blacks in this country. What will...
The New York state legislation will ban social media platforms from algorithmically recommending content to children. New York’s Legislature passed a bill on Friday that would...
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...