Caricom completes busy year for elections
In the past week, the 15-nation Caribbean Community witnessed what was likely the last two of nearly a dozen general elections in the bloc this...
SCOTUS justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasts Trump admin case over termination of non-loyalists
by Lois Bogan
The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Rebecca Slaughter, who served for seven years as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump’s birthday
by Lois Bogan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service will offer free admission to U.S. residents on President Donald Trump’s birthday next year — which also happens...
In ‘Iron Forums,’ Two Black Women CEOs Find a Faith Community
by Lois Bogan
Given the responsibility of strategic and personnel decision-making, it’s often said that leadership of a company, a large organization, or even a small company can...
Judge rules against sending Bronx father Andre Brown back to prison
by Lois Bogan
Andre Brown spent last Christmas Eve blindsided by an appellate court reinstating his previously overturned attempted murder conviction and potentially resuming the second half of...
How Harlemite Helen Taylor became NYC’s poster child for supportive housing
by Lois Bogan
“My new life is going to cost me my old one,” recited Harlemite Helen Taylor in a poem she wrote about moving on. Today, her...
Another political upstart? Darializa Avila Chevalier challenges U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat
by Lois Bogan
East Harlem community organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier is campaigning for Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s seat in New York’s 13th Congressional district. But in a current field...
NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani visits Bronx Christmas Tree Lighting
by Lois Bogan
The Christmas season is here, and Bronx Borough President (BP) Vanessa Gibson is decorating the borough’s holiday tree at this year’s annual Tree Lighting Extravaganza...
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett makes decision on U.S. Senate run in Texas
by Lois Bogan
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett launched a campaign Monday for the U.S. Senate in Texas, bringing a national profile to a race that may be critical...
FBI surveillance files on MLK to remain sealed, judge rules
by Lois Bogan
A federal judge has denied the early unsealing of decades-old FBI surveillance files involving Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Bernard S. Lee, and the Southern...