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New York State of Pine is giving away free trees Friday and Saturday before Christmas, in solidarity with working class families struggling with higher rent and bills.

Author and New York State Poet Laureate Willie Perdomo will be a faculty member at February’s Wild Seeds Retreat for writers of color at Medgar Evers College.

The audio series follows Odessa as she makes her way back to wife Penelope, with an emphasis on representation for butch Asian women.

The DOT is reimagining the B.Q.E. The public was asked to give opinions on three proposed designs at a Tuesday night workshop in Downtown Brooklyn.

I vowed to make public safety my top priority, and under the bold leadership of NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell, our efforts are paying off

Holiday markets, a free toy giveaway, Hanukkah candle lighting, a Kwanzaa celebration and more Brooklyn events.

The latest filing is part of a class action lawsuit challenging the City's use of police officers as the front-line response to people with mental illness.

As part of our ‘Born in Brooklyn: Black Maternal Health’ series, BK Reader talked to Dr. Wilcox about the work she has done to improve health outcomes for mothers and the work that’s still left to do. 

Next time you grab a bottle of wine from Black-owned Bed-Vyne Wines & Spirits, you can also pick up a free book outside the venue on how to get rich.

How do America's Black citizens find the energy to fight the same old battles for social justice and civil rights? More importantly, does the fight ever end?