By Mary Alice MillerGovernor Hochul’s State of the State address focused on affordability and safety, two themes designed to persuade New Yorkers to raise their families...
By Mary Alice MillerThe African American Clergy and Elected Officials organization hosted Rev. Al Sharpton at its first meeting of 2025. Rev. Sharpton brought a much-needed...
By Mary Alice MillerThe 2025 legislative session convenes on January 8. With Trump being inaugurated for a second time, voters will be watching to see how...
By Mary Alice MillerAnother day, another crisis at Downstate University Hospital.A mere few weeks after it was revealed that SUNY had not submitted a $100 million...
By Mary Alice MillerMayor Eric Adams has achieved his crowning achievement: an update to outdated zoning rules that will build new housing in every neighborhood. New...
Trump inauguration. Time of turmoil, testing resolve By Nayaba ArindeEditor at Large“We can’t slow up and have our dignity and...
New York’s Seventeenth-Century African Burial Ground in History by Christopher Paul Moore New York’s African Burial Ground is the nation’s...
There are few places that inspire as much passion as the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan.It is more than...
Fern GillespieThe origin story of WBLS-FM is part of radio folklore. Its chief storyteller is Frankie Crocker, the legendary radio...
Brooklyn’s African American Protestant denominations were born of discrimination and a desire for self-expression and self-worth. Their contributions to our...
By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: @kazbattsIn the 1980’s two young Black heads of state, just as they were getting started in...
by Toni WilliamsIn the latest episode of Brooklyn Savvy, host Toni Williams and an insightful panel delve into the intricacies...
By Fern GillespieWhen Dr. Raymond Codrington, President and CEO of Weeksville Heritage Center, was invited by Trinity College to view...