9+ hour, 53+ min ago  (508+ words) For decades, a familiar refrain has echoed from certain corners of white America whenever February rolls around: "Why isn't there a White History Month?" The standard, and entirely accurate, rebuttal from Blackfolk has been that since the white worldview and…...

9+ hour, 53+ min ago  (306+ words) We write not as opponents but as partners who believe New York City can lead the nation in building public safety systems grounded in care, as opposed to the ineffective, harmful[,] and costly status quo of criminalization." A projected headcount…...

9+ hour, 53+ min ago  (617+ words) Rent-stabilized tenants are praising Mayor Zohran Mamdani: Just as promised, tenants living in New York City's 2. 3 million rental units will not see a rent increase on any one- or two-year leases set to be renewed between October 1, 2026, and September 30, 2027. On…...

9+ hour, 53+ min ago  (153+ words) New York Amsterdam News The news mainstream media just doesn't cover. Racial justice journalism since 1909. The New York Amsterdam News has had a long tradition of bringing voices to the forefront to push back when it comes to civil rights,…...

9+ hour, 53+ min ago  (632+ words) Beneath the tributes and historical retrospectives that will mark America's 250th anniversary lies a more urgent question: Whose stories will shape that narrative? From book bans to curriculum battles to declining support for the arts, we are witnessing a narrowing of…...

8+ hour, 36+ min ago  (596+ words) Weekend summer showers couldn't dampen the community spirit at Street Corner Resources' annual Health and Wellness Fair on June 27. For the past eight years, Street Corner Resources, a violence prevention nonprofit based in Harlem, has hosted the fair, highlighting the…...

9+ hour, 53+ min ago  (635+ words) n 1970, three years before Roe v. Wade, New York became the second state in the country to legalize abortion " and the first to do so without residency requirements. Those protections made New York a beacon for women seeking to control their…...

9+ hour, 53+ min ago  (576+ words) On June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved Black people in Galveston, TX. , finally heard the clarion call of freedom. But that delay was not an accident; it was an active choice to deny people their humanity,…...

9+ hour, 53+ min ago  (445+ words) Democracy is under organized siege by MAGA and their elected autocratic governance officials, so commemoration of the country's 250th anniversary must be tempered by the realities of a failing democracy, and the country must set a new course by defiant and…...

9+ hour, 53+ min ago  (1205+ words) America turns 250 this week. In Washington, Secretary Hegseth is still erasing the patriots who don't fit an old racist frame. We all deserve better. We always have. Every year, we remember the courage of Paul Revere. As we should. Yet,…...