By Bernice Elizabeth GreenVickie and Freedom, a couple in their early 60’s, just celebrated their 5th wedding anniversary on May 4th.And the best gift they could...
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn – House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) announced he secured $1.85 million for fire alarm upgrades at NYCHA’s Marcy Houses and Tompkins Houses in...
By Mary Alice MillerAnother day, another crisis at the New York City Housing Authority.The federal monitor appointed to oversee NYCHA issued a final 100-page report excoriating...
Mayor Eric Adams delivered his 2024 State of the City address yesterday at Hostos Community College in The Bronx. The speech — his third in as...
By SANDRA ESCALLÓNTELEMUNDO 47www.nbcnewyork.comNew Yorkers who make minimum wage are set to get their first pay bump in 5 years. Andrew Siff reports.The new year is...
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...