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When Rory’s Room, a preschool in Windsor Terrace, closed its doors in October, parents were given just days to find new childcare options. Now families say they are owed thousands in tuition refunds.

Hakeem Jeffries was elected unopposed as House Democratic Leader for the 118th Congress in November 2022, becoming the first African American to lead a party caucus in either chamber of Congress.

Business owners on Ralph Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant have joined forces to create the Ralph Avenue Businesses (RAB) coalition, to increase foot traffic and preserve the community's identity.

The Center for Brooklyn History's "Trace/s" exhibition reveals the history of slavery in Brooklyn, shedding light on the untold stories of those who shaped the borough’s past.

The singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has been ranked among the 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.

Raised in Crown Heights, Dr. McKinney Steward was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in New York.

Wallace was one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time.

Jeanette Bigelson, who celebrated her 105th birthday on Feb. 7, credits her long life to not smoking, enjoying an occasional drink and not holding grudges.

The Richard Beavers Gallery returns to its Brooklyn roots with the exhibit "American Fiction," with works by Brooklyn-native Clarence Heyward that confronts the complexities of Black identity and media representation in America.

Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968, and the first woman and African American to run for president.