By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeThe MTA posts ‘Don’t be a subway story,’ but an encounter with someone experiencing a severe mental episode — a violent outburst, hunger or...
By Mary Alice MillerAnyone familiar with student activism at Medgar Evers College more than a decade ago would recognize Evangeline Byars. She launched her career in...
No more rear doors for boarding passengers on New York City buses. That’s the request of the MTA to city bus drivers. To stop fare beaters,...
By Mary Alice Miller After years of planning and construction, central Brooklyn transit riders have begun to access new select bus service replacing limited stops along...
New B44 route expected to cut down travel time in underserved subway area By Stephen Witt MTA officials said they don’t expect any major fare problems...
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...
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...