By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeLast week at City Hall, violence interrupters like East New York’s Man Up Inc. and Queens Life Camp welcomed June 2024 Gun Violence Awareness...
By Mary Alice MillerEarly Voting for the 2024 June Primary starts June 15. Nominations for Representative in Congress, Member of the Assembly, State Senator, District Leader,...
Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblymember Stefani Zinerman, last Friday, announced $6 million in funding for the Bedford Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps (BSVAC) facility, a new multi-service...
by Joe Gonzalezwith Bernice Elizabeth GreenFriday May 10, 2024 was a day to remember for many Brooklyn Residents.That day, longtime Bed-Stuy Resident and current New York...
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...
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as the architect of the historic August 28,1963 March on Washington for Jobs...
Each year, the nation and the world pause to remember the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and...
Tracing Black Families Back to Slavery in Brooklyn Fern GillespieSlavery in New York City began 400 years ago in 1626...
Remembering Helene Nomsa Brath By Cinque BrathIn our community, we often celebrate the louder voices—the ones who grab the microphone,...
New York, NY, June 27, 2025 – The Abolition Commemoration Day Committee is presenting its fourth Abolition Commemoration Day in...
NEW ORLEANS – Earlier this month, Dillard University, in partnership with the City of New Orleans and University Medical Center...
by NZINGHAJune is the month where we celebrate Father’s Day. It’s the day we honor men who embody the task...
The “Batman and Robin” of The Black Arts Movement by Cinque BrathMy father was not recognized for his unique parenting...