By Eddie CastroThe Brooklyn Nets heading into the 2025-26 campaign knew it was going to be another rebuilding year in hopes of better days ahead for the franchise. A team that doesn’t necessarily have much talent on the roster but have a few players...
BRONX, NY - OCTOBER 02: Amed Rosario #14 of the New York Yankees defends during the American League Wild Card Game 3 against the Boston Red Sox October 2, 2025 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 07: Cody Bellinger #35 of the New York Yankees hits a double against the Toronto Blue Jays during the sixth inning in game three of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium on October 07, 2025 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Ishika Samant/Getty Images)
Zhang Yawei L, cultural counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia, presents a prize to a winner at an award ceremony of the Second Ethiopia Online Chinese Video Competition, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Dec. 11, 2025. The Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia on Thursday announced winners of the Second Ethiopia Online Chinese Video Competition at a ceremony held at the Ethiopian Technical and Vocational Training Institute in Addis Ababa. (Photo by Michael Tewelde/Xinhua via Getty Images)
By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large
“Black History is Everyday,” posted poet Lisa A. Muhammad on social media.Sean M. Brennan-Byrd doubled down, “I am Black every month, but...
The documentary Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, directed by Yemi Bamiro (white sneakers) and produced by Joan Boateng (orange blouse) of Misfit Entertainment, with Lizzie Gillett, Ian Bonhote, and Andrew Calof made its North American debut, last Thursday, Nov. 13 during the DOC NYC 2025 Festival for Documentaries presented at the SVA Theater in Manhattan. Executive producers include (in photo, at right) Brathwaite's son, Kwame S. Brathwaite and daughter in-law Robynn Brathwaite, who are featured in the film with Sikolo Brathwaite (Kwame's wife, unpictured) other family members
Wayne Powell has a lot to smile about. His daughter LaNice, right, and granddaughter are integral to his successful security business. (Photo: Courtesy of the Powell Family.)
By Roger L. GreenAs we enter the final days of one of the most consequential political campaigns in New York City’s history, an election the nation and world are watching, voters of African heritage are being called to discern between two distinct visions for...
By: Amanda BarrettSince settling in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, Denise Owens has spent the last 33 years receiving care through One Brooklyn Health Interfaith Medical Center and now its care, Bishop Orris G. Walker, Jr. Health Care Center. A trusted, neighborhood-based multispecialty...
The Hon. Ed Towns at Berean Baptist Church (1/18) and Greater Bright Light Missionary Baptist Church (1/19)
Former Congressman Ed Towns will deliver speeches honoring The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, at two churches in Brooklyn this month in celebration of the late Civil Rights...
