Month: September 2025

The San Diego, CA-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) has welcomed a United States Appeals Court ruling challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to strip Temporary Protected Status (TPS) from Venezuelans. A three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Los Angeles, CA, on Friday unanimously upheld a federal district judge’s ruling that concluded the unprecedented termination of TPS for an estimated 600,000 Venezuelans is illegal. The […]

A new report by two United Nations agencies warns that climate change could push at least 5.9 million more children and young people in Latin America and the Caribbean into poverty by 2030 unless governments act now. “Even worse, the number could triple if countries do not meet their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to ensure that climate financing prioritizes social and climate resilience services for children,” […]

Internationally acclaimed artist Sydnéi SmithJordan, whose work has appeared in exhibitions across the US and Europe and in the collections of cultural icons such as Denzel Washington, Whoopi Goldberg and Sylvester Stallone, has launched her most ambitious project to date: The Legacy Link Mobile Art Studio. The 32-foot converted RV is a traveling classroom designed to deliver art as a tool for healing, connection and storytelling directly into communities.  Renowned […]

Despite very heavy police presence, the NYPD reported late Monday that at least seven people were shot along the massive West Indian-American Day Carnival Parade route on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway — bringing a sad end to an otherwise grand extravaganza in picture-perfect weather. As millions of spectators and hundreds of thousands of masqueraders and revelers converged on Labor Day Monday along one of Brooklyn’s major thoroughfares, for the 58th Annual […]

Black History & Memoirs by various authors c.2025, various publishers     $28.99 - $35.00   various page counts Summer is done, school’s back in session, fall is here, and it’s time to get serious. And guess what? You can still do that, and enjoy reading these great history books… First off, think about your ancestors and all they did. Now read, “The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, […]

A bevy of Caribbean-American legislators were on hand on Saturday in welcoming Democratic mayoral nominee and Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani to the Little Caribbean community in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Among the elected officials on hand were state Assembly Members Monique Chandler-Waterman, the daughter of Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants, who represents the 58th Assembly District; Brian Cunningham, the son of Jamaican immigrants, who represents the 43rd Assembly District; and Phara […]

Caribbean pride was on full display as hundreds of thousands of revelers lined Eastern Parkway on Sept. 1 for the 58th annual West Indian Day Parade. Held under the theme "Vive Le Carnivale," or "Long Live Carnival," the celebration featured floats, dancers, marching bands, and the customary parade of politicians — among them, Gov. Kathy Hochul and mayoral candidates Eric Adams, Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo, and Curtis Sliwa. At the […]

Days before the start of the Annual West Indian American Day Carnival Week in Brooklyn, the Family Life Committee at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church (FSUMC) in Brooklyn on Saturday, Aug. 23, ensured that the community and families were kept in the carnival spirit with mas, models, Jazz, sumptuous food and pure entertainment during the church’s third annual Block Party. Wesley Millington, the Vincentian-born band leader and designer of the […]

On August 30, the dazzling and vibrant colors of the Caribbean were seen in thousands of children's costumes, as the young revelers kicked off the Junior Carnival with energy and excitement, setting the tone for what was a fantastic presentation under beautiful weather in Brooklyn. The road march moved off promptly at 9:30am from St. John’s Place – Carlos Lezama Way - after the kids from as young as 18-monts […]