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'Chop it up' at Jo Juice Bar, and get Drunk on Nutrition

Peter Ward, owner of Jo Juice & Salad Bar Peter Ward knows all about construction and real estate development. For more than a decade, he was the owner of a successful construction company.

Police Looking for Shooter of 25-yr-old Victim in Bed-Stuy

169 Howard Avenue Police in the 81st Precinct are looking for the perpetrator responsible for shooting and injuring a 25-year-old man on Monday in Bed-Stuy.
13th National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College: Rita Dove, Edwidge Danticat, Michael Eric Dyson and Others to be Honored.

13th National Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers College: Rita Dove, Edwidge Danticat, Michael Eric Dyson and Others to be Honored.

The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, announces the 13th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) to be held from Thursday, March 31, to Sunday, April 3, 2016, on the campus of Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Ave.
Teen Voices: One High School's Fight to Show Why Black Lives Matter

Teen Voices: One High School's Fight to Show Why Black Lives Matter

By Nia Renee Gilbert The "American Dream" is bullshit. Well, maybe it's not complete bullshit. But the way it is taught and known here in the U.S., it is. For many Americans, we are taught the "American Dream" at a young age.

PA James, Assemblymember Mosley Protest G-Way Management in Crown Heights for Widespread Tenant Harassment Practices

PA James, along with Assemblymember Walter Mosley held a press conference in front of 410 Eastern Parkway in protest of unscrupulous tactics by landlords to force tenants out of their homes "G-Way, G-Way, you can't hide! We can see your greedy side!"

Nina Deserves Better: Why We're Mad at the New Simone Biopic

By Agunda Okeyo The ?#? NinaSimone? biopic staring ?#? ZoeSaldana? in effective blackface is so disturbing and equally apropo to reveal the serious problem of white people telling black people's stories.

Citi Bike Starts Seasonal Hiring Campaign in Bed-Stuy

Citi Bike has begun to hire for the 2016 riding season. On March 2 , Citi Bike is teaming up with Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation at a job fair to screen candidates for CDL and non-CDL driver positions as well as call center agents.

Comptroller Stringer Honors Local 'Trailblazers' at BHM Ceremony

l to r: Makeisha Rampersant, Youth Director, Coney Island Generation Gap (CIGG); Rocco Brescia, Executive Director, CIGG; Assembly Member Pamela Harris, CIGG Founder; Jamilah Lemieux, Senior Editor, EBONY; New York City Comptroller Scott M.

Why is Available Mitchell-Lama Housing Steadily Decreasing? BP Adams Holds Hearing

Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, chair of the Committee on Housing and Buildings, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L.

651 ARTS Presents its 'Classically Black' Season of Dance, Music and Spoken Word

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Beginning March 5-May 6, 2016 651 ARTS will kick off its 28th spring season by presenting four Classically Black evenings of dance, poetry and music.