By Audrey J. Bernard Her name is Tymisha Harris and she’s driving theatergoers bananas starring in the sexy one woman’s play, JOSEPHINE a burlesque cabaret dream play based on the life of Josephine Baker running for a limited engagement through February 11 at the […]
By Kam Williams Senior Movie Critic “Where’s Daddy?” Today, there’s a cultural consensus that the criminal justice system aggressively targets and imprisons African-Americans. Might the family courts be just as racist and rigged against Black men? That is the question explored in thought-provoking fashion […]
By Vinette K. Pryce Special Assignment When a woman in the third row at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) took a knee during the singing of the national anthem on the day honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. it clued the audience that […]
By Kam Williams Zenzile Miriam Makeba had the misfortune of being born Black in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1932, which relegated her to second-class citizenship. In fact, she spent the first six months of her life behind bars with her mother, a Sangoma (witch doctor), […]
By J. Zamgba Browne Chief Correspondent An estimated 1,500 unsheltered homeless New Yorkers so far were helped off the streets and into safer, more stable environment, including transitional programs and permanent housing, according to City Hall. The success of the program was due in part […]
By J. Zamgba Browne Chief Correspondent Mayor Bill de Blasio has earmarked a $13 investment plan to help New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) rapidly respond to heating emergencies and replace failing equipment. He said this funding will replace several boiler systems experiencing chronic outages, […]
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