Month: February 2025

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The life of a star, in her own words

“Fearless and Free: A Memoir” by Josephine Baker, translated by Anam Zafar and Sophie Lewis, foreword by Ijeoma Oluo c.2025, Tiny Reparations Books                                         $32.00                                   304 pages   You march to the tun of your own drummer because you like the beat. It’s the same cadence you carry in your heart and soul, and it sets your pace and your path. No one else’s pulse matches yours, no one […]

todayFebruary 10, 2025

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UN welcomes nominations for Nelson Mandela Prize

Every five years the United Nations acknowledge individuals who dedicate their lives to service humanity. With that purposeful intent, a Feb. 28 deadline nears for a select committee to decide the 2025 winners. According to the UN Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery, two eligible individuals — a male and female from different geographical areas will qualify for the coveted Nelson Mandela Rolihlahia Mandela Prize. In order […]

todayFebruary 10, 2025

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Caribbean immigration advocates rally against ICE enforcement at sensitive locations

Legislators and community leaders on Thursday joined the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella policy and advocacy organization that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York, in rallying at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery against what they characterized as “the devastating new federal directive that strips longstanding protections from immigrant New Yorkers who seek resources in sensitive locations including hospitals, schools and houses of worship.” “The […]

todayFebruary 7, 2025

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Clarke ‘devastated, infuriated’ over Trump’s plan to end TPS for over 1 million immigrants

Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke said on Thursday that she was “devastated and infuriated” over President Trump’s plans to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 1 million immigrants from multiple countries. Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, who represents the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, said these immigrants are seeking refuge from political violence, war, natural disasters, and extreme weather events due to the impacts of climate change.  […]

todayFebruary 7, 2025

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Hundreds of families, labor and pols protest shutdown of four childcare centers in Brooklyn

Over 250 parents, childcare providers, labor leaders and elected officials rallied on Thursday on the steps of City Hall against what they described as “Mayor Adams’ sudden and misinformed decision to force four” of Brooklyn’s “beloved childcare centers to close.” The Office of Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso said the rally was organized by Reynoso and Council Members Jeniffer Gutiérrez, Sandy Nurse, Crystal Hudson and Chi Ossé.  Speakers included Public […]

todayFebruary 7, 2025

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