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There were several protests during the Democratic Mayoral Forum on the Black Agenda at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn on Wednesday, April 23. At the beginning one protestor was questioning why there was only eight candidates and not nine participating in the event and called for the ninth person to be included. The protestor was later removed by security. Later another protestor crashed the stage just as Scott Stringer took […]

When I think of Pope Francis, the first thoughts that come to mind are: a holy man, a humble man, and a human being. A holy man: To be holy in the eyes of God is to be like God, who loves all the human beings He created. Humble because Pope Francis believed we are all equal in the eyes of God, and that he was no more entitled or […]

Methodists in the Brooklyn Downtown South Cooperative Parish of the United Methodist Church (UMC), otherwise known as Bold United Soul Seekers (BUSS), heard the “Seven Last Words of Christ” in a three-hour worship service at St. Marks United Methodist Church in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on Good Friday, March 18. Preachers from Ghana Wesley, Vanderveer Park, Fenimore Street, St. Mark’s, St. Paul’s, and Kings Highway UMCs delivered the message during the perennial […]

A Washington DC-based non-governmental organization (NGO) has released documents alleging the Cuban government gets the hog of the pay of medical professionals working in the Caribbean, appearing to back up assertions by the Trump administration that Havana is efficiently working around economic sanctions imposed by the US decades ago. The Free Society Project, or Archivo Cuba, recently released data from research into the scheme under which Cuban doctors, nurses, and […]

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday, April 21, directed flags to be lowered at half-staff to honor the life and legacy of His Holiness Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday at 88. “I join everyone around the world in mourning the loss of His Holiness Pope Francis, as his leadership transcended religious boundaries,” Hochul said. “He embodied the values Christ taught us every day: helping the less fortunate, calling for […]

New York City's affordable housing crisis is the most challenging problem facing the Big Apple in decades, and the numbers tell the story. Leila Bezorg, New York City's executive director for housing, cited the 1.4% vacancy rate, 120,000 people sleeping in shelters the prior night, and more than 50,773 homeless children last year as proof that New York City is experiencing an unprecedented housing crisis. “Unrelated to the federal government, […]