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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.

Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo: Alleged Brownsville Rape, My Thoughts on Dismissal of Charges

AP Photo: Bebeto Matthews By Laurie A.

Affordable(ish) Housing: Rising Rents in Brooklyn and What the City is Trying to do about it

Average Rent Increases Highest in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights In Brooklyn, the rent is too damn high! Let's give a warm "thank you" to Jimmy McMillan for publicly declaring it first, because really, there is no more graceful way to put it.

Photos: Mayor de Blasio Pays Surprise Visit to Bed-Stuy, Campaigns his Affordable Housing Bills

Mayor Bill de Blasio was at Cherry's Unisex Hair Salon on Saturday to garner support around two bills out of his office addressing the affordable housing crisis.