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The results are in from yesterday’s general election for U.S. rep and state senate and assembly races ... and there were no surprises

BK Reader will be running live updates on the 2020 Elections between noon and 10:00pm

BK Reader asked Brooklyn voters why they felt this year's election had attracted record turn out both in mail-in, early voting and now, on Election Day.

The outdoor film uses The New York Times headlines to show the symbiotic relationship between the media and President Donald Trump

Winter is looming, but the McCarren Park gathering has no intention of stopping its programs dedicated to building an abolitionist community.

More than one million New Yorkers stood in sometimes hours long lines to cast their ballots early in this year's general election

A Clinton Hill teacher is preparing her students to become civically engaged voters

As the country looks towards next week's presidential election, it has hit a record 9 million COVID-19 cases. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has said he would institute a mask mandate and President Trump says the country is tired of hearing about the virus?

By: Councilmember Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. The statistics on intimate partner violence (IPV) are harrowing. The CDC reports that one in four adult women and one in seven men report being the victim of IPV in their lifetime.

Despite Brooklyn’s high early voter turnout, participation is lower in some neighborhoods than others and community leaders are trying to rectify that.