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Op Ed: Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza on Parent Engagement for a Remote World

By Richard A.
African Royalty Character Company Your Queens Is Standing With Protestors in Nigeria

African Royalty Character Company Your Queens Is Standing With Protestors in Nigeria

By: Alexis Stewart Your Queens, Inc., a Brooklyn-based African royalty character company, plans to use their voice to amplify protestors in Nigeria to bring an end to police brutality with the Special Anti-Robbery Squad's involvement (SARS).
Encore of Virtual Bed-Stuy Film Festival to be Extended to November 23

Encore of Virtual Bed-Stuy Film Festival to be Extended to November 23

By: Alexis Stewart The Bed-Stuy Film Festival (BSFF) will be extending its contemporary display of art and cinema, to November 23! After its original release running from October 23-25, GoodGirl PR is so excited to be announcing an encore of these br
ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE DARK

ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE DARK

"The Art of Seeing" by Michael Milton The stork is voiceless because, really, there is nothing to say ~Will Cuppy Six years back, I approached Clara Zawadi Morris--the editor of Brooklyn Reader--with an idea.
Are we Witnessing the Last days of President Donald Trump and White-Supremacy?

Are we Witnessing the Last days of President Donald Trump and White-Supremacy?

By Dr.
Op Ed: Councilmember Robert Cornegy on Intimate Partner Violence & COVID-19

Op Ed: Councilmember Robert Cornegy on Intimate Partner Violence & COVID-19

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.
A Letter to Our Elected Officials Re: Persistent Violence in Bedford Stuyvesant

A Letter to Our Elected Officials Re: Persistent Violence in Bedford Stuyvesant

We are tired of empty rhetoric and an ineffective response to ongoing violence and escalating trauma in our neighborhood.
Requiem for Breonna Taylor and The Third Black Reconstruction

Requiem for Breonna Taylor and The Third Black Reconstruction

Breonna Taylor is the latest victim of an enduring legacy of American racialism.  
Op-Ed: Jumaane Williams on COVID-19 Safety in Hasidic Communities

Op-Ed: Jumaane Williams on COVID-19 Safety in Hasidic Communities

Failures by the Mayor and Governor to adequately work with the community, or hear from its leaders, have helped create the tense and untenable moment in which we find ourselves.
A Statement From the President and CEO of The Eagle Academy Foundation, on NYC DOE Schools Reopening

A Statement From the President and CEO of The Eagle Academy Foundation, on NYC DOE Schools Reopening

The Mayor’s response to schools reopening is simply unacceptable