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Current members and alumni of the BSU/AHCCC, along with faculty, staff, and the Sisters of Saint Joseph (CSJ), gather in front of the original convent — once home to the CSJ educators who led TMLA for decades — during the May 2025 TMLA Black Student Union / African Heritage and Caribbean Culture Club five-year anniversary celebration.

Jamaica

From classrooms to community: NYC teens lead Hurricane Melissa relief for Jamaica

By Milette Millington

The May 2025 TMLA Black Student Union/African Heritage and Caribbean Culture Club's 5-year anniversary celebration.

Jamaica

Local NYC high school students mobilize support for Hurricane Melissa recovery in Jamaica

By Milette Millington

Fans enjoy Jamaica Strong.

News

Music, fashion, food collide at Jamaica Strong Benefit Concert

By Nelson A. King

State Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie.

Politics

Myrie introduces white collar crime overhaul

By Nelson A. King

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves while holding the hand of his wife Cilia Flores during a ceremony to swear in new community-based organizations, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up pressure on Maduro’s government, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 1, 2025.

Venezuela

Trump imposes more sanctions on Maduro’s ‘insiders’ and Venezuela’s oil sector

By Nelson A. King

Admiral Alvin Holsey.

Caribbean

Navy admiral overseeing US forces in the Caribbean retires early

By Nelson A. King

Haitian Bridge Alliance Executive Director Guerline Jozef.

Cuba

Haitian group condemns Trump’s termination of family reunification parole for Haitians, Cubans

By Nelson A. King

Maxanne Rock's Global Temperature acrylic on canvas.

Arts & Entertainment

Artists for Action: Exhibition on climate change awareness in the Americas on display in Harlem

By Tangerine Clarke

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson-Smith present the CD insignia to husband Omar Wilson. Sharing the occasion is Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (left) and Shaune Anthony Brown (right), family friend.

News

Alsion Wilson, Jamaica’s consul general to New York, laid to rest at heartfelt farewell funeral

By Tangerine Clarke

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the U.S. economy and affordability at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, U.S. December 9, 2025.

Haitian group ‘unequivocally’ condemns Trump’s anti-Black, anti-immigrant attacks

By Nelson A. King

Leslie Fields-Cruz.

Movies

Black Public Media makes urgent GivingTuesday plea

By Nelson A. King

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a cabinet meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 2, 2025.

Haiti

CBC echoes criticism of Trump’s termination of TPS for Haitians

By Nelson A. King

Farrel Liger.

Haitian Farrel Liger on mission to improve financial literacy in immigrant communities

By Nelson A. King

Crystal Hudson, right, assists with a Thanksgiving bag.

News

1,300 families benefit from Hudson’s Fourth Annual Turkey Giveaway

By Nelson A. King

A Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, New York City.

News

City lights festive nod to Christmas, Chanukkah and Kwanzaa

By Vinette K. Pryce

Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke addresses a town hall meeting at George Wingate High School Auditorium in Brooklyn on Jun. 16, 2025.

NYIC, Clarke strongly condemn Trump’s ‘hold’ on immigration applications from Haiti, non-European countries

By Nelson A. King

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Yula Corporation

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens, Jan. 7.

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