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(l to r) Sampha, Willow Smith, NAO and Kaytranada and more are on the Afropunk 2017 lineup On August 26 and 27, Brooklyn will host the 13th annual Afropunk Festival as they welcome a new wave of dynamic musical performances and events.

Are you over it already? I mean, the whole wacky presidential situation has become a frickin' pain in the Putin.

photo credit: rtmagazine.com Joy Lauver has a life-threatening lung condition called pulmonary hypertension, a side effect of the chemotherapy she received for an earlier bout of leukemia.

photo credit: 6sqft.com A Bed-Stuy parking lot has been transformed to an urban farming accelerator by the new agricultural enterprise Square Roots .

"bein alive & bein a woman & bein colored is a metaphysical dilemma/ i havent conquered yet.

photo credit: dailyhover.com As part of a government initiative to overcome the increasing cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in the nation, various U.S. states have started providing free baby boxes to the parents of newborn babies.

Photo: Rachel Elkind On International Women's Day, Headchop Salon in Williamsburg closed for the day and volunteered its beauty services to pamper six ladies from Brooklyn Community Services ' Transitional Living Community.

image credit: Hanna Barczyk/ NPR On Christmas Day, I found out that I was pregnant. It was the best present I could have hoped for. My husband and I have wanted to start a family for years, and we could not wait to share the news with our loved ones.

The By My Side Birth Support program recently celebrated its 500th birth. This celebratory spot was held by Lisa Johnson, a bouncing bundle of joy, weighing in at a loving 6 pounds.

photo credit: Curbed NY Alloy Development announced a massive project to bring two schools, a cultural institution, office and retail space, and 900 mixed-income apartments to Downtown Brooklyn.