“50 Years After Dr. MLK: A Dream Deferred”

Theater in the Village of Harlem and WNYC are partnering for the 5th  year to present WNYC’s 12th  annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, “50 Years After MLK: A Dream Deferred,” as part of the Apollo’s Uptown Hall series. WNYC’s Peabody Award-winning host […]

Trump, the NFL

When President Donald Trump urged NFL owners to “fire or suspend” protesting players at an Alabama rally on September 22, 2017, many wondered how the league’s players would respond entering Week 3 of the NFL season. Would the players kneel or stand? If players protested, […]

Senator Doug Jones hires Black Chief of Staff

    U.S. Senator-elect Doug Jones of Alabama this week hired Dana Gresham, an African-American Washington, D.C. insider, as his chief of staff. Jones, who was set to be sworn in Wednesday, Jan. 3, will be the only Democratic U.S. Senator with a black chief of […]

Yale psychiatrist:  (Trump is) ‘going to unravel.’

A group of congressional lawmakers met recently on Capitol Hill with a prominent psychiatric expert who briefed them on President Donald Trump’s mental state. Dr. Bandy X. Lee reportedly met two days behind closed doors with the lawmakers and warned that the President is “going […]