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Just as Memorial Day festivities were settling down and students prepared to re-enter school on Tuesday, one group of students at Medgar Evers College Prep decided to stand up for what they believe in.

Until the story of the hunt is told by the lion, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter   ~Ewe-Mina proverb

Gentrification. It's not just a "Brooklyn thing;" it's become a national phenomenon, spreading like a virus through most major cities and some suburban communities across the country.

Award-winning Novelist Edwidge Danticat will be honored at the 13th Annual Black Writers Conference at Medgar Evers Few will argue the tremendous impact award-winning novelist and short story writer Edwidge Danticat has made on the contemporary, lite

Lead has been on our minds since the people of Flint began to speak out about the unconscionable mismanagement of that city's water system and its effect on residents.

In the past year alone, a slew of new businesses have opened up along Malcolm X Boulevard in Bed-Stuy-- including three new eateries-- and Bridge Street Development Corporation hopes to highlight them all.

The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, announces the 13th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) to be held from Thursday, March 31, to Sunday, April 3, 2016, on the campus of Medgar Evers College, 1650 Bedford Ave.

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.

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.

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.