Lucky Daye stands on business as ‘ALOUD!’ album hits #1
Two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Lucky Daye released his fourth album, “ALOUD!,” last month on Oct. 16, marking his first album since leaving RCA Records. Now...
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Kool DJ Red Alert announces radio retirement, farewell gala
An era is coming to an end: On Monday, Nov. 2, Kool DJ Red Alert announced his plans to retire from his radio career. The renowned hip-hop legend, who currently has...
EDITORIAL: A Blue wave, Black firsts, and Trumpism trampled
The Blue wave that many political pundits and prognosticators predicted arrived Tuesday evening with a resounding boom, and a clear rebuke of Donald Trump and his...
Mike Brown mixes and matches lineups to get the Knicks in harmony
Knicks head coach Mike Brown might as well wear a lab coat and latex gloves instead of casual athletic attire while leading his team on the sidelines. He has become...
The New York Amsterdam News: Propelled into the future as a Center of Black Journalism History
There can be few people more excited than I am by plans afoot for New York’s oldest African American journal. Ms. Elinor Ruth Tatum, its publisher, is leading the New...
Is the NFC East set up for the Giants to seize the division title?
There is still a lot of football remaining in the NFL season. Fortunes can change in a moment of misfortune, exemplified by Lamar Jackson, the Baltimore Ravens’...
At hearing, council presses City Hall over community media’s disappearing ad dollars
At an Oct. 28 oversight hearing, City Council members grilled the new director of the Mayor’s Office of Ethnic and Community Media (MOECM) about why the office, which...
Brooklyn homeowners, churches pushing back and organizing against property loss
Brooklyn residents facing the loss of their properties are trying to come together and form a unified defense. Two separate gatherings over the past week brought...
Chef Melba Wilson brings Harlem mana to Hawai‘i Food ＆ Wine Festival
Aloha! I had the honor of traveling to Maui to sous-chef for Harlem’s legendary Chef Melba Wilson of Melba’s at the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival . I knew it would be...
November 2026 Dance Calendar
Kyle Marshall Choreography tops this month’s packed calendar. Marshall and company will premiere “Bound,” using text by Fredrick Douglass and visual design by KMC...
Garth Fagan Dance returns to the Joyce Theater
Garth Fagan Dance , the Rochester-based company known for its signature electrifying fusion of dance forms that includes Afro-Caribbean, modern, post-modern, and...
NYC voters approve all 5 ballot proposals from City Hall
While much of the attention from the Nov. 3 election was focused locally on the gubernatorial race, and local congressional and state wide races, New York City also...
‘Harlem Chaplain’ Robert Rice uses past struggles in 30-year fight against gun violence
At age 22, Robert Rice’s life was changed forever when a deacon from the Bethel Gospel Assembly Church in Harlem stopped him on 124th Street, offering a prayer and an...
A giving campaign to help people who have lost SNAP benefits
Since the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act went into effect in July 2025, more than 5 million people have lost federal food assistance benefits, according to the Center...
NYS elects women leaders, first Black woman Lt. Governor; Jeffries poised to become House Speaker
In an unprecedented move for New York State, voters have elected two woman candidates for its highest office in this year’s general election. Governor Kathy Hochul...
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms makes history in Georgia as 1st Black woman to be elected governor
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected governor of Georgia on Tuesday, making history as the first Black woman to be elected governor in the United...
HOPE Center Harlem hosts Sneaker Ball V: “Behind the Velvet Rope”
In Harlem, too many of our neighbors quietly carry their pain. Some cannot afford therapy or lack adequate insurance, and others struggle to find a provider who...
Weather keeping you grounded this season? These 4 tips can help you plan a holiday “staycation” in New York City
Holiday travel can be exciting, but winter weather, crowded airports and packed schedules can sometimes make the idea of staying at home much more appealing. If you...
Ghanaian diaspora group demands justice after the killing of Javits Frimpong
The Ghana Diaspora Public Affairs Collective (GHPAC) is demanding justice for 15-year-old Javits Frimpong, who was killed just steps away from his home. Frimpong was...
Rep. Jeffries angered by Michigan Senate race shocker, will discuss ‘next steps’ for Haley Stevens
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted Rep. Haley Stevens after her bombshell endorsement of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers—a complete reversal...
Mamdani says Trump agrees to grant visa to mother of Ghanian teen killed in Bronx shooting
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Saturday in a social media post that after talking to President Donald Trump, he has agreed to grant a visa...
HBCU Football Schedule: Games to watch Nov. 7
Frostburg State at West Virginia State Saturday, 12 p.m., Institute, W.Va. North Carolina A&T at Monmouth Saturday, 12 p.m., West Long Branch, N.J. North Carolina...
Black literary luminary Ralph Ellison’s works have a new home at Bard College
NEW YORK (AP) — Bard College, the private liberal arts school in New York’s Hudson Valley, is now home to the legacy of Ralph Ellison, whose exploration of race,...
PHOTOS: CCNY hosts 9th annual Halloween Scarefest
The City College of New York (CCNY) brought students, families and members of the Harlem community together Friday for its ninth annual Halloween Scarefest. The event...
Knicks try to regain championship form in a rocky start to the season
Call it a championship hangover or just misaligned biorhythms (the latter, by the way, is an unproven theory). For whatever reason, the Knicks have played well below...
The Nets still hunt an elusive first win of the 2026-27 season
On paper, the Brooklyn Nets should be better this season than they were in their last campaign, when they finished 20-62, 13th in the Eastern Conference among the 15...
A decade later, NYPD officer will fight for his job for killing Delrawn Small
NAACP Legal Defense Fund senior community organizer Victor Dempsey remembers his brother Delrawn Small as a charismatic gentle giant. Today, a decade after off-duty...
WalletHub report reveals stark divide in U.S. job market — especially in states with more Black workers
A new report by the financial technology company WalletHub shows that access to good jobs is often determined by where you live. In its “Best & Worst States for Jobs”...
Overflow crowd at Harlem memorial remembers five Young Lords trailblazers
Hundreds came out to celebrate the lives of five women known for their work with the Puerto Rican civil rights group, the Young Lords Organization on Saturday, Oct....
