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New York City plans to put the “green” in “green space.”

On March 5, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura were set to announce $50 million towards 10 parks including Harlem’s St. Nicholas Park through the city’s “equity-driven” Community Parks Initiative (CPI). They predict more than 100,000 New Yorkers will benefit from this in...


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City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Councilmember Dr. Yusef Salaam combined forces in a “combat hate” hearing at City Hall, focusing on protecting access to houses of w...


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To Dr. J. Luke Wood, president of California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State), the United States’ first Black Honors College (BHC) is a “micro-university” ...


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Public defender Conrad Blackburn looked to Harlem for heroes while growing up in Florida. They ranged from Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey to hip hop artists like the Diplomats (Dipset) and Immortal Technique. Now, he hopes to be next in line as his state assembly campaign heats up. Last November, he registered to run as a democrat with a housing and affordability platform for A...


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At the height of the Great Migration, droves of Black men traveled north in search of industrial cities with labor jobs and other steady work. But less mentioned are the groups of educated and professional Black women who also left their homes looking for employment and a bet...


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