Local Voices

A few nights ago, as I turned on the TV to spend my Saturday night relaxing, I caught an old episode of one of my favorite shows, Bones .

There is a growing movement in early childhood education that prioritizes teacher-directed instruction over imaginative play, such as inventing new worlds out of blocks and art materials, storytelling, and navigating friendships and social roles thro

By Richard Estime, a senior at Medgar Evers College and intern at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. Meet 45-year-old Daryl Huggins.

By Clarisa James DIVAS for Social Justice is seeking cross-generational entrepreneurs for its remixed program, DIBS (Digital Inter-Generational Bridges to Success).

By Renée D. Roberts, MPH, Caribbean Women's Health Association, Inc.

Natural landscape and sun rising at skyline I never understood the conversation about the Light. Your light. "She shines so bright." Your presence lights up the room. She brings the light.

Today turned out to be a great day. It started at 5:15am when I woke up with the beginnings of a migraine. I decided that I would not let a migraine steal my joy and went to all out war.

Painting By Harriet Faith. Quote By W. Somerset Maugham. "The Secret To Life Is Meaningless Unless We Discover It Ourselves." W.

Joy finds working at a men's homeless shelter in an armory quite taxing psychically. She looks forward to some reward for all she goes through.

Painting By Harriet Faith. Buddhist Proverb.