Since marijuana was first legalized by the New York State Legislature in 2021, over 1,600 shops selling pot products without a license have popped up across...
By Marlon Rice About a month ago, I stopped at a bodega in Bedford Stuyvesant on my way home from an event. I needed batteries for...
Adolescent marijuana use may affect areas that help rein in impulsive behavior Smoking pot as a teenager may have lasting effects. A brain area involved in...
77th Precinct covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights Gunshot wound A 15-year-old boy was shot in the right thigh on April 8, police said. The...
77th Precinct covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights Felony marijuana bust A 24-year-old man was charged with criminal sale of marijuana on March 30, cops said....
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...