For many who are not fans of the Jamaican Dancehall genre, superstar performer Vybz Kartel was a detested convicted murderer facing a lengthy sentence in a local jail for a murder committed back in 2011. was a detested convicted murderer facing a lengthy sentence in a local jail for a murder committed back in 2011. However, for the millions of fans in the Caribbean and worldwide, Kartel is a superhero […]
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On Jan. 13, the Brooklyn Public Library's Center for Brooklyn History (BPL-CBH) hosted an in-person and virtual conversation with Michelle Adams, who discussed her debut book "The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North" (MacMillan, 2025). Aaron Robertson, author of "The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America" (MacMillan, 2024), moderated the event. An excerpt of the book description […]
From the moment I was sworn in as your mayor three years ago, our primary mission has been to create safer streets, safer subways, and a safer city for New York families. That means tackling the issue of gun violence head-on and working to get illegal guns out of the hands of criminals before they can cause more harm. The numbers are in, and I am proud to say that […]
Caribbean The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and the immigrant advocacy group Make the Road New York (MRNY), are calling on the New York City Public Schools (NY- CPS) Chancellor to take "immediate, decisive steps to better protect Caribbean and other immigrant students against potential United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforcement actions." They have sent a letter to the NYCPS Chancellor, Melissa Aviles-Ramos, urging her to protect […]
Two senior Caribbean Community diplomats have warned regional governments and nationals to prepare for larger than unusual numbers of deportees in the coming months, given moves by the Donald Trump administration to get rid of thousands of so-called undocumented or illegal immigrants, some of whom will undoubtedly come from the Caribbean. Sir Ronald Sanders, Antigua’s Ambassador to the US, and David Commissiong, Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM, have suggested that governments […]
Celebration of Cool: As the Apollo Theater kicks off Black History Month with an Open House: Celebration of Cool on Saturday, Feb. 1 from 1 p.m. during its 90th Anniversary, African Americans, and others across the boroughs will observe the month-long celebration with music, art, food, and history, under the theme: African American and Labor. https://www.apollotheater.org/posts/apollo-theater-kicks-off-black-history-month-with-a-free-open-house-february-1st Book Swap: Sisters in Public Health, New York City and Long Island Chapter, will […]
“In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space” by Irvin Weathersby Jr. c.2025, Viking $30.00 256 pages The issue appears to be permanent. It’s been happening for a long time. It doesn’t look like it’ll stop any time soon, either, and though you’ve been able to work around it, you shouldn’t have to. Some say it might be better some day but you’re not holding your […]
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