Today was the ninth day an all-Black crew was denied work at a construction site in their backyard.At 6:45 a.m. sharp on Sept. 24, a group of 12 men and women in hard hats and work boots gathered on the corner of Beatrice Lane and Espanola Street in Hunters Point. Some walked over from their homes a...
Ta-Nehisi Coates, the public intellectual whose writing has sparked national conversations about reparations and race in the United States, has written a book indicting Israel for its mistreatment of Palestinians and occupation of their territory. “The Message,” which comes out Tuesday, is Coates’...
Tony award-winner Cynthia Erivo is making history as the first Black actress to play Elphaba in “Wicked,” but not everyone is cheering. The Broadway star, who has transitioned to the big screen as Harriet Tubman in “Harriet” (2019) and Aretha Franklin in “Genius” (2021), has come under fire over sev...
In April 1952, W. E. B. Du Bois stepped onto the stage of the ballroom of the Hotel Diplomat in Midtown Manhattan. His beard was grizzled and he was still working out how to lecture through new dentures. In a word, he was old. During his long life, he’d witnessed the dawn of Jim Crow and the glow o...
The NAACP launched a $200 million initiative to restore the economy through Black businesses. The NAACP has launched a $200 million initiative to strengthen Black businesses through a focused investment fund.The new NAACP...
No, you didn’t imagine it. Kim Kardashian was seen snuggled up to a Tesla robot this week, and the backlash from her beleaguered fans has been hilarious and swift. The scantily-clad SKIMS founder was seen on social media seemingly flirting with a gold Tesla robot named Optimus in a series of ph...
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By Zara Nasir\The People’s Plan NYC Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia CommonsToday, Mayor Eric Adams released his November 2024 budget update, once again demonstrating a failure to prioritize the needs of New Yorkers over years of his administration’s reckless austerity measures. This update doe...
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The operation to increase school security in Saint Lucia remains a timely and essential undertaking. During a pre-cabinet briefing last week, Education Minister Shawn Edward revealed that a former inspector had been recruited to strengthen the Ministry of Education’s efforts. “Very recently we rec...
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As part of its ongoing “Art for All” ethos, Uniqlo is supporting the Museum of the City of New York’s “Above Ground: Art From the Martin Wong Graffiti Collection” exhibition. While the show highlights how artists have gone from writing illegally on subway cars to having their work exhibited in g...
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