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    To Our Readers,
    After 30 years of continuous publication, “Our Time Press: The Local Paper with the Global View”will cease printing the weekly as a standalone on April 2, 2026.
    As of April 9th, Our Time Press will continue to be fully online at www.ourtimepress.com. 
    Your regular journalists and contributors, including Nayaba Arinde, Fern E. Gillespie and Mary Alice Miller will continue as contributors.
    Our Time Press co-founder and contributor Bernice Elizabeth Green is reactivating her Legacy Ventures: Grassroots to Global consultancy and working on her book, “The Best of Our Time.”
    Our Time Press will continue writing about the people, news and issues that have meaning for the African American community and beyond.
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    A Strong Finish: From Barclays to the Draft Lottery — Brooklyn’s High-Stakes Summer Begins Now

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    A Bound Woman is a Dangerous Thing

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    “We Refuse to Be Silent”

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    “When We Trouble the Waters…”

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    They Refused to be Silenced: “The Queen of Sugar Hill” and “With Love from Harlem”

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    New York State Legislators Propose Change to Law that Allows Predatory Vulture Funds to Target Developing Countries

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    Theatre Icon Woodie King, Jr. Passes

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    High Horse: The Black Cowboy does what great documentaries should do…

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    Million Man March: 30 Years Later

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    “History Must Look His Way”

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    Sister, Who Do You Think You Are?: “We are Strong and Getting Stronger!”

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    NYS Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislators Hosts 55th Annual Caucus Weekend

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