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Hakeem Jeffries at National Action Network's MLK Day Public Policy Forum.

News

Jeffries urges unity, justice at MLK Day events

By Nelson A. King

The Rev. Melvin Boone, senior pastor at Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church (UMC) in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, says it’s “Time to Wake Up.”

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Pastor Melvin Boone urges ‘Time to Wake Up’ during BUSS Rev. Dr. MLK celebration

By Nelson A. King

President of the New Jersey-based Guyana Heritage Foundation Inc, Lady Ira Lewis flashes a big smile, as the happy kids looks on during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the Lady Ira Family Empowerment (LIFE) Library in the small Agricola Village, on the East Bank of Demerara in Guyana. The very first public reading room was launched on Jan. 10, 2026.

Guyana

First public library opens in Agricola Village, boosting literacy in Guyana

By Tangerine Clarke

Brian Cunningham with Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.

Caribbean

Trump administration’s visa freeze sparks Caribbean outrage

By Nelson A. King

Claudette Colvin, who was attending Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in 1955 when she was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery city bus, visits the school in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. Feb. 3, 2005.

News

‘Drum Major for Justice’ and denied Civil Rights trailblazer passes

By Vinette K. Pryce

Mayor Mamdani Appoints Rafael Espinal as Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.

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Mayor appoints Rafael Espinal as Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment

By Nelson A. King

Council Members Rita Joseph, left, front row, and Crystal Hudson, second from left, front row, among attendees at town hall meeting by Caribbean-American US Representative Yvette D. Clarke in Brooklyn on Monday, June 16, 2025.

National

Brooklyn, Bronx leaders honor MLK’s legacy ahead of holiday

By Nelson A. King

City Council Member Mercedes Narcisse

News

Narcisse, Clarke stand with striking nurses

By Nelson A. King

Nancy Hagans, president of the New York State Nurses Association, speaks during a press conference as New York State Nurses Association union members walk the picket line outside NewYork-Presbyterian Milstein hospital, during their strike in New York City, U.S., Jan. 12, 2026.

Health

NYC nurses strike despite agreements with several hospitals

By Dawn Plummer

Sam Curran of England hits out for six runs watched by West Indies wicketkeeper Nicholas Pooran during the 3rd International t20 between the West Indies and England at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium on Nov. 14, 2024 in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.

News

Pollard’s MI Emirates lose ILT20 Final

By Devika Ragoonanan

Jamaican deejay Sister Carol performing during Central Park Summerstage.

News

Mother Culture plans benefit to victims of Mother Nature

By Vinette K. Pryce

Former Council Speaker Adrienne Adams administers the oath to Council Member Tyrell Hankerson as his mother holds the Bible during the swearing-in ceremony.

Politics

Tyrell Hankerson sworn in to lead Queens’ ‘Great 28’

By Orlande Fleury

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar replies to the media after being asked about the presence of U.S. military in the southern Caribbean, at the Red House, parliamentary building, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 12, 2025.

Bahamas

Caribbean governments fight illegal gun trafficking network

By Bert Wilkinson

Grenada PM Dickon Mitchell addresses town hall at Brooklyn College on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022.

Grenada

Grenada pushes back against US advisory

By Bert Wilkinson

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne.

Antigua

Antigua, Dominica citizens to post whopping visa bond

By Bert Wilkinson

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest against U.S. strikes against Venezuela and the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, outside the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse as he makes an initial appearance to face U.S. federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others in New York City, U.S., January 5, 2026.

Venezuela

Brooklyn Dems chair denounces Trump’s actions in Venezuela

By Nelson A. King

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