By Eddie CastroThe 2026 Major League Baseball regular season came to an end last week, and what a ride it was for the New York Yankees. If you are a fan of the Bronx Bombers, you have to tip your hat to Manager Aaron...
Book Review by Dr. Brenda Greene
The prolific award-winning writer Walter Mosley once said that speculative fiction is a natural genre for Black writers, for it allows them to create a world where they center themselves, their history, culture, language, religion, spirituality, and color. Speculative...
By Nayaba ArindeEditor at LargeSuddenly deciding to “pass the baton” to new forward-thinking leadership after corrosive public and court battles, on Monday, September 28th, embattled Kings County Democratic County Committee Democratic Party chair Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn decided to step down from the position...
Trump's fear of losing Republican control of Congress is palpable.
By Mary Alice MillerThe sitting presidential party has lost control of either the House or the House and Senate six times since 1934. Only three presidents—FDR, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush—gained seats in the...
Fern GillespieOctober is the month of Halloween, which creatively spans from sci-fi to supernatural. For Black creatives, this includes Afrofuturism--a cultural and artistic empowerment movement that speculates Black futures through literature, TV and film, dance, fine art, architecture, technology, and the histories of the...
Op-Ed By: Hetal Tangal, MD, Associate Medical Director for Ambulatory Care, One Brooklyn Health
Vaccination records should be part of the back-to-school checklist, just like school supplies, sports forms, and physicals. Children spend many hours in close contact with classmates and teachers, so staying up...
Introducing Alfonso Boatright II ...
Over the past 30 years, Our Time Press has spotlighted hundreds of purposed individuals whose lifeworks have inspired many. In celebration of our milestone, this fall we are spotlighting compassionate, goal-oriented individuals, committed to motivating others -- especially our youth...
Monday night, The Billie Holiday Theatre kicked off its new season with "Revolutionary Love," bringing together an extraordinary lineup for a conversation on its Fulton Street stage: playwright Lynn Nottage, actresses Lillias White and Adriane Lenox, activist and designer Qween Jean, and actor Marcus...
Op-Ed By: Dr. Tolu Olupona, Program Director of the Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program, One Brooklyn Health's Interfaith Campus
It's back-to-school season. A time which brings lots of emotions for both children, adolescents and parents. It is a time of transition. These transitions include going from summer to academic season, making...
Attorney General Letitia James Responds After Trump's Mail-In Voting Restrictions Are Blocked
The Supreme Court has rejected President Trumps efforts to instate mail-in voting restrictions for the upcoming midterm elections. Voting by mail continues and the U.S. Postal Service will deliver ballots as it...
The First Quincy Street Community Garden and the Vulcan Society, FDNY, invite the community to gather for “We Speak Their Names,” commemorating the 25th anniversary of September 11. The ceremony will honor the twelve Black FDNY firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice that day....
Joint Op-Ed By : Dr. Cyrus McCalla, Chairman, Obstetrics & Gynecology , One Brooklyn Health and Gloria McCalla, RN, Director of Nursing Maternal Child Health, Medical/Surgical & Hemodialysis, One Brooklyn Health
Postpartum care is a critical continuation of the care a woman receives during pregnancy. While much of the focus during pregnancy is on preparing for a healthy delivery, the postpartum period is a time...
Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Art Is Alive Festival with a weeklong celebration in Bed-Stuy, culminating in its second annual Block Party on Saturday, September 19.
Taking place September 13–19 at Asase Yaa’s School of the Arts (506...
“Black Summers also became a powerful, tender, and hopeful collection about the personal and racial traumas of Black childhood.” - Desiree Cooper, Black Summers
By Dr. Brenda M. Greene
When Desiree Cooper, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist, first conceived of Black Summers: Growing Up in the Urban...
By Mary Alice MillerYour friendly neighborhood tech bro may know something the rest of us don’t.In a recent New York Times article, Silicon Valley tech founders and investors limit their own children’s access to screen time.Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates did not give his children...
By Nayaba ArindeTeens shot by teens. The NYPD said that this year, up to 50 young people have been shot or killed by 49 under the age of 18.NYC public school students return to the classroom on Thursday, September 10th, 2026. Some conversations may...
Fern GillespieThis summer was a season of loss in New York City communications. Between July and August, three Black women who were media power players died. Diana King, Flo Anthony, and Pauline Barfield were trailblazers in their fields. Each of these women used their skills...
By Mary Alice MillerMike Tyson, undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990, joined other Brownsville-born boxing champions participating in Brownsville Boxing Legend Peace Parade. Tyson, born and raised in Brownsville, is the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the World Boxing Association (WBA),...
by Fern GillespieKalilah Moon, Executive Director and CEO of Drive Change, has spent 20 years as a workforce disruptor directing innovative social justice workforce programs that inspire young Black and Brown New Yorkers.With the Bed-Stuy-based nonprofit Drive Change, she opens up opportunities in the...
