By Mary Alice Miller Does sex really occur in prison? And is it just rape, as the federal government would like to believe, or also consensual? In 2003, the Prison Rape Reduction Act was signed into law. It required federal, state and local governments to work with the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics to study […]Read More
We were startled to see 18-year-old Khiel Coppin’s blood still on the street Wednesday morning, two days after being shot by police who said he had refused to obey an order to stop walking toward the officers. The officers say Coppin made a menacing gesture with what turned out to be a hairbrush, and they […]Read More
The Department of Education recently released a report card which graded and assessed public schools in N.Y.C. There still remains an unacceptable and disproportionate number of failing schools in the Black and Latino community. On the bright side, however, the 2nd ranked high school in all of Brooklyn is our own Bedford Academy. This school […]Read More
Reverend Robert Waterman, senior pastor of Antioch Baptist Church, has partnered with the NAACP Brooklyn Branch and Provident Clinical Society to host Health and Spirituality: A Day of Awareness. The free community health event was held at Antioch Baptist Church, Sunday, November 4, 2007 following church services. Attendees had the opportunity to get free […]Read More
Does sex really occur in prison? And is it just rape, as the federal government would like to believe, or also consensual? In 2003, the Prison Rape Reduction Act was signed into law. It required federal, state and local governments to work with the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics to study the number and effects […]Read More
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture hosted Science for Social Change: Understanding the Racial Achievement Gap. Keynote speaker was Dr. Roland Fryer, the NYC Dept. of Education’s first Chief Equality Officer. Hired to advise Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein on achieving equity in education for all city students and narrow the racial achievement […]Read More
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture hosted Science for Social Change: Understanding the Racial Achievement Gap. Keynote speaker was Dr. Roland Fryer, the NYC Dept. of Education’s first Chief Equality Officer. Hired to advise Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Klein on achieving equity in education for all city students and narrow the racial achievement […]Read More
Commissioner Kelly Blasted for Rush to Judgement By David Mark Greaves We were startled to see 18-year-old Khiel Coppin’s blood still on the street Wednesday morning, two days after being shot by police who said he had refused to obey an order to stop walking toward the officers. The officers say Coppin made a menacing […]Read More