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...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor at LargeEven collard greens can’t escape Donald Trump and the presidential election.Tammy Hall is a Brownsville-based urban farmer. A self-professed storyteller, she has...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large It’s the economy, Nominee!Domestic policy and cost of living issues occupied centerstage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. A little earnest politicking,...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeThe Electoral College. This is always a sticky and controversial conversation.“Free and fair elections are the foundation of our democracy, but not all votes...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeNovember 5th, 2024 is General Election Day.By then the political horse-trading for the White House should be decided between the major two parties with...
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...