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LIAACC President Phil Andrews addresses business owners at LIAACC's launch in Long Island On Wednesday, March 25, at Brooklyn Borough Hall, the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

New Yorkers can't agree on many things, but for sure we can come together on one thing-THE MTA FARE INCREASE. It's happening this weekend, and it should be making everyone angry! I mean, it's easy to be angry in New York.

LaShawn Allen-Muhammad, Deputy Executive Director for the Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation and the Brooklyn Director of the Long Island African-American Chamber of Commerce Photo: The Brooklyn Reader "Bedford-Stuyvesant is done," sai

Arts education in public schools may be seeing its final days, but a group of young local arts advocates are pushing back... and bringing the masters with them.

If you haven't been checking out B-Side, the Thursday night, live music series down at BRIC House, which is located at 647 Fulton Street, in the downtown part of Fort Greene, then you're playing yourself.

In the five years since the introduction of Common Core standardized testing, a growing number of parents and teachers in the state have expressed concern around over-testing of children.

Filmmaker and Director Nefertite Nguvu Photo: The Brooklyn Reader What a difference three years have made for Nefertite Nguvu.

The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival , one of the longest running and largest hip hop cultural events in New York City, has announced its headliner for this year's festival-- Chicago-born MC Common.

A new report released today by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer found that, overall, New Yorkers are the hardest workers in America. For most New Yorkers, the news is no spoiler alert.

On Thursday, March 24, Brooklyn Historical Society will hold a special farewell meeting and discussion for two culture leaders in Central Brooklyn who are retiring: Karen Brooks Hopkins , president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), where she ha