Fern GillespieA pioneer in minority business development has died. For decades, Brooklyn resident Joy Crichlow was responsible for minority business owners achieving corporate contracts with Con Edison, one of New York City’s leading Fortune 500 companies. She also was instrumental in innovating business structures for corporate—MBE supplier diversity programs.
When...
By Eddie Castro
This past Sunday, the New York Knicks completed a four-game sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia with an impressive 144-114 blowout...
By Jeffery Kazembe Batts IG: @kazbatts
Can we all Africans get along? Pan-Africanism is slowly moving from theory into policy. Visa reform, continental trade...
By Nayaba Arinde, Editor at Large
This month celebrates the 10-year anniversary of International Black Women’s Month. Created by Sha Battle from Atlanta. “We deserve it,” she told Our Time Press. “First, I just wanted to really honor the women around the United States, and...
By Mary Alice MillerIn 2025, over 3,000 violence victims came through Brookdale Hospital Medical Center’s Emergency Department. Brookdale has developed a trauma-informed care system...
Op-Ed by Dr. Andrew Boone,Orthopaedic Surgery, One Brooklyn Health
The biggest misconception that I see regarding hand problems is that everyone assumes they need a surgery. The fact is that most problems in the hand can actually be managed without surgery. Whether that involves therapy,...
Fern GillespieThe Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery throughout the United States when it was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863; yet slavery did not end in Texas until June 19, 1865. Black people remained enslaved in Texas for over two years under...
