Viola Davis has opened up about her prediabetes diagnosis, sharing that she comes from a family with a history of type 2 diabetes.
Academy Award winner Viola Davis has opened up about her prediabetes diagnosis, sharing that she comes from a family with a history of type 2 diabetes.
As a woman, Kris Keys carries herself with the quiet confidence of someone who set off to see the world while managing a chronic blood disorder.
As a fashion illustrator, Kris Keys creates art from real life, in real time.
Eric Garner's family continues their quest for justice.
“God knows I need the support,” said Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, while addressing the media at One Police Plaza in lower Manhattan on Monday, May 13.
Bill de Blasio is running for president.
Reports indicate that Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to announce a run for U.S. President.
Entrepreneur Michael "Mikey" Cole founded Mickey Likes It with hopes to fill a void in communities where Black people are mostly misrepresented.
Everyone in New York City seems to love the world's first and only pop-cultured inspired ice cream shop called Mikey Likes It Ice Cream and it's creating quite a buzz across the whole nation as well.
The newly appointed federal monitor overseeing NYCHA is telling frustrated tenants that help is on the way.
For the second time in three months, Bart Schwartz - the newly appointed federal monitor charged with overseeing the ailing New York Housing Authority -- essentially told a crowd of frustrated tenants that help is on the way, but they must be patient.
Outrage continues over the police shooting of a Black woman in Texas who said she was pregnant before being shot.
A police officer shot and killed a woman at a Houston-area apartment complex after she hit him with his Taser during a struggle, shocking him, police said.
PODCAST: NAACP President Derrick Johnson shares his views on President Trump and his message to white supremacists.
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson speaks on the New York Amsterdam News Podcast about the 2020 election and America's current racial climate.
Numbers reveal that more African Americans are heading to state and national parks to go camping. Thinking about a vacation to the great outdoors? Check out these tips.
Great Outdoors Month, celebrated in June, is the perfect opportunity for a camping expedition.
"Empire" is on the chopping block as Fox revamps its programing for the 2019-20 season.
“Empire” will return for its final season this fall on Fox — with Jussie Smollett a question mark — and should count itself lucky.
The future of the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn is again in question as a budget shortfall threatens to force it to close.
Weeksville could have vanished altogether once before.
Daniel Pantaleo's lawyers say a lawful maneuver was used on Eric Garner and not a chokehold.
The New York City police department on Monday began a long-awaited public examination...
As the departmental trial begins for the NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner, protesters are mobilizing.
Protestors demanding that the officer accused in Eric Garner’s 2014 chokehold death be fired blocked traffic on the FDR Drive during the rush-hour commute Monday morning.
A proposed rule would only allow families in which every member is a citizen or legal resident to qualify for subsidized housing.
Democratic members of Congress from New York called Friday for federal housing officials to withdraw a new rule that could kick tens of thousands of immigrants out of subsidized housing.
The internal disciplinary trial could result in Daniel Pantaleo's termination from the NYPD
The deadly confrontation five summers ago flickers in Gwen Carr's mind, competing for attention with warm, happy memories of her late son Eric Garner's life.
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Black Americans have the highest incidence of high blood pressure, with one out of two adults having some form of hypertension.
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and it is very significant to me, because I am a stroke survivor.
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson speaks on the New York Amsterdam News Podcast.
The Rev. Al Sharpton hosted the family of the Harlem fire victims. A GoFundMe has been set up to help.
Saturday morning, Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network hosted family members coping with the deadly Harlem fire early Wednesday that claimed the lives of six people, including four children.
Happy Mother's Day! Tell us your plans for Mother's Day and why your mom is so great!
OP-ED: African-American workers are dramatically underrepresented in non-union shops, and non-union Hispanic workers earn 34.5 percent less than those in unions.
There’s a push in Albany right now to make sure that construction workers who work on projects funded with taxpayer money are paid a fair wage.
PODCAST: NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson talks with us about the civil rights organization's recent activity.
Corey and Tamara Galloway own an arena football team and PacPlex in Brooklyn.
Power couple Corey and Tamara Galloway are transforming East New York and Brownsville by investing in the Brooklyn communities. With th...
TODAY: The Bronx Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta is hosting a Black college fair today in Baychester. Check out our story for details.
The Bronx Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. is hosting a historically Black college and university fair and Career Event.
Trump has often chided the media for manufacturing “fake news” about him and his policies, but the numbers he boasted about are now back to haunt him.
For Trump, numbers are what really count. Numbers in the billions as he once boasted of his wealth and a claim back in 2015 that he was the richest, most successful candidate to ever seek the Oval Office.
Does school diversity go beyond specialized high schools? What can be done to level the playing field in all public schools?
New York City Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio won’t let angry parents get in the way of their desire to remake specialized high schools in their image.
PODCAST: NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson discusses several issues on this week's episode of our podcast.
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson speaks on the New York Amsterdam News Podcast about the 2020 election and America's current racial climate.
Several candidates are running for the City Council seat in Brooklyn vacated by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams.
When Jumaane Williams won the special election for New York City public advocate, he left a void in his old New York City Council seat.
PODCAST: Our interview with NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson will be posted on Friday, May 10.
Should Bill de Blasio run for President? Tell us what you think!
Does he think he’d make a good president or is he running away from his problems?
Be sure to check out a Special Edition of our podcast with our guest NAACP National President Derrick Johnson.
Public housing residents and pastors with Metro Industrial Areas Foundation( Metro IAF) and East Brooklyn Congregations are calling on the mayor to allocate money to NYCHA or resign.
More than a dozen NYCHA senior centers across the city are set to be closed or consolidated and tenants are not happy.
Tragedy hits Harlem as a fire rips through an apartment killing six people.
Six people, including four children, are dead after a fire tore through a NYCHA apartment in Harlem early Wednesday.
Be sure to check out a Special Edition of the "New York Amsterdam News Podcast" this Thursday featuring NAACP President Derrick Johnson.
Delucca Rolle was pepper-sprayed, punched and had his head slammed against concrete by Broward County Sheriff’s deputies. The Black teen suffered a fractured nose in the incident which occurred after the teen attempted to recover a cell phone of another teen after a fight.
Delucca “Lucca” Rolle, the 15-year-old high school student who was punched and had his head slammed against the concrete by law enforcement officers last month, joined his attorney and several prominent civil rights activists in a peaceful demonstration in Florida to denounce police brutality.
The nonprofit Black & Missing Foundation compiled statistics from the FBI which noted that in 2016 alone, 242,295 individuals of color were reported missing in the United States.
The epidemic of missing and mostly forgotten African American girls continues to spread throughout the United States.
Be sure to check out a Special Edition of the "New York Amsterdam News Podcast" this Thursday featuring NAACP President Derrick Johnson.
FedEx is supporting 75 black entrepreneurs wanting to grow their small businesses through a public/private partnership.
“Grow or die,” says Richard Smith referring to future economic growth in Memphis.
In 2000, Black women were incarcerated at six times the rate of white women, but in 2017, black women were imprisoned at less than double the rate of white women.
Although the number of people in prisons and jails in America has slightly declined, numbers released on Thursday, April 25, by the Bureau of Justice Statistics still show that nearly 1.5 million individuals were in prison by the end of 2017.
Brotherhood/Sister Sol is hosting their annual gala later this month.
Harlem-based nonprofit and youth development organization Brotherhood/Sister Sol is honoring choreographer Bill T. Jones and Black Girls Rock founder Beverly Bond organization’s upcoming 15th annual VOICES benefit on May 21.
A private funeral service for John Singleton is set for Monday. A larger public memorial service will take place in the coming weeks.
Entertainment columnist Flo Anthony shares her thoughts on the recent passing of filmmaker John Singleton on this week's episode of our podcast.
HISTORY MADE: Black women are reining in all three national pageants! 👑
For the first time, America’s top beauty pageants — Miss USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss America — have crowned Black women as their winners at the same time.
Plainfield Mayor Adrian O. Mapp touts the city's progression at his recent gala.
The mayor of Plainfield, Adrian O. Mapp, hosted his annual gala Friday, May 3, at Deewan Banquet in Piscataway Township.
A fateful 2004 night in the northern Los Angeles County city of Lancaster, quickly turned Juan Rayford Jr.'s dreams into a lifelong nightmare.
At 17, Juan Rayford Jr. was like so many other teens with big dreams – he wanted to escape his hardscrabble neighborhood and play college football and perhaps make it into the NFL.
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The deadline is extended to May 6th to apply for Discover the Unexpected 2018! This 8-week summer journalism fellowship offers a $10,000 scholarship, a $5,000 stipend, professional mentorship, a chance to celebrate our African-American community heroes and a 4-city road trip adventure in the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. Visit http://www.nnpa.org/dtu for more info and apply today!
The deadline is extended to May 6th to apply for Discover the Unexpected 2018! This 8-week summer journalism fellowship offers a $10,000 scholarship, a $5,000 stipend, professional mentorship, a chance to celebrate our African-American community heroes and a 4-city road trip adventure in the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. Visit http://www.nnpa.org/dtu for more info and apply today!
The deadline is extended to May 6th to apply for Discover the Unexpected 2018! This 8-week summer journalism fellowship offers a $10,000 scholarship, a $5,000 stipend, professional mentorship, a chance to celebrate our African-American community heroes and a 4-city road trip adventure in the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. Visit http://www.nnpa.org/dtu for more info and apply today!
LAST DAY! HBCU students can apply today to Discover the Unexpected (DTU) 2018 presented by the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox in partnership with the National Newspaper Publishers Association. http://bit.ly/2HlzonA
HBCU students can still apply to Discover the Unexpected (DTU) 2018 presented by the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox in partnership with the National Newspaper Publishers Association. The deadline to apply is Monday, April 30. http://bit.ly/2HlzonA
HBCU students can still apply to Discover the Unexpected (DTU) 2018 presented by the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox in partnership with the National Newspaper Publishers Association. The deadline to apply is Monday, April 30. http://bit.ly/2HlzonA
HBCU students can now apply to Discover the Unexpected (DTU) 2018 presented by the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox in partnership with the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Apply today for a summer journalism fellowship that offers you a $10,000 scholarship, a $5,000 stipend, professional mentorship, a chance to explore our African-American culture and a road trip adventure in the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. This is a fellowship opportunity you don't want to miss! Make sure to tell a friend. http://bit.ly/2HlzonA
HBCU students can now apply to Discover the Unexpected (DTU) 2018 presented by the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox in partnership with the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Apply today for a summer journalism fellowship that offers you a $10,000 scholarship, a $5,000 stipend, professional mentorship, a chance to explore our African-American culture and a road trip adventure in the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. This is a fellowship opportunity you don't want to miss! Make sure to tell a friend. http://bit.ly/2HlzonA
HBCU students can now apply to Discover the Unexpected (DTU) 2018 presented by the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox in partnership with the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Apply today for a summer journalism fellowship that offers you a $10,000 scholarship, a $5,000 stipend, professional mentorship, a chance to explore our African-American culture and a road trip adventure in the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. This is a fellowship opportunity you don't want to miss! Make sure to tell a friend. http://www.nnpa.org/dtu/online-application/
HBCU students can now apply to Discover the Unexpected (DTU) 2018 presented by the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox in partnership with the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Apply today for a summer journalism fellowship that offers you a $10,000 scholarship, a $5,000 stipend, professional mentorship, a chance to explore our African-American culture and a road trip adventure in the all-new 2018 Chevrolet Equinox. This is a fellowship opportunity you don't want to miss! Make sure to tell a friend. http://www.nnpa.org/dtu/online-application/
Be sure to check out our Jazz Appreciation Month special section http://bit.ly/2HjjkGo
Disney World hosted 100 high school students for the Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and ESSENCE Magazine. Check out our video and story about the event and find out how your child can apply to be part of next year's Dreamers Academy. http://bit.ly/2FFkSdy
Disney World hosted 100 high school students for the Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey and ESSENCE Magazine. Check out our video and story about the event and find out how your child can apply to be part of next year's Dreamers Academy. http://bit.ly/2FFkSdy
10th Disney Dreamers Academy #ddaDisney
Awesome, fantastic, terrific!" These kids agree—MOTHER AFRICA: MY HOME is a holiday spectacular not to be missed! Experience the joy and excitement of Circus der Sinne, now through January 1 at The New Victory Theater. Tickets start at $20! http://bit.ly/2h0Uz1b
"Awesome, fantastic, terrific!" These kids agree—MOTHER AFRICA: MY HOME is a holiday spectacular not to be missed! Experience the joy and excitement of Circus der Sinne, now through January 1 at The New Victory Theater. Tickets start at $20! http://bit.ly/2h0Uz1b
"Awesome, fantastic, terrific!" These kids agree—MOTHER AFRICA: MY HOME is a holiday spectacular not to be missed! Experience the joy and excitement of Circus der Sinne, now through January 1 at The New Victory Theater. Tickets start at $20! http://bit.ly/2h0Uz1b
"Awesome, fantastic, terrific!" These kids agree—MOTHER AFRICA: MY HOME is a holiday spectacular not to be missed! Experience the joy and excitement of Circus der Sinne, now through January 1 at The New Victory Theater. Tickets start at $20! http://bit.ly/2h0Uz1b
After a sold-out run in 2013, Circus der Sinne is back at The New Victory Theater with MOTHER AFRICA: MY HOME! With performers from Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe to South Africa and Ivory Coast, this holiday circus spectacular shines with joy and zest for life! Tickets start at just $20: bit.ly/2gYJTRe
After a sold-out run in 2013, Circus der Sinne is back at The New Victory Theater with MOTHER AFRICA: MY HOME! With performers from Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe to South Africa and Ivory Coast, this holiday circus spectacular shines with joy and zest for life! Tickets start at just $20: bit.ly/2gYJTRe
After a sold-out run in 2013, Circus der Sinne is back at The New Victory Theater with MOTHER AFRICA: MY HOME! With performers from Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe to South Africa and Ivory Coast, this holiday circus spectacular shines with joy and zest for life! Tickets start at just $20: bit.ly/2gYJTRe
After a sold-out run in 2013, Circus der Sinne is back at The New Victory Theater with MOTHER AFRICA: MY HOME! With performers from Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe to South Africa and Ivory Coast, this holiday circus spectacular shines with joy and zest for life! Tickets start at just $20: bit.ly/2gYJTRe
Danny Glover speaks at the Amsterdam News Labor Breakfast
Video of a deadly police shooting in Chicago has been released. Cedrick Chatman, 17, was shot as he fled from two officers January 7, 2013.
Assemblyman Charles Barron at today's State of the State Address in Albany. Barron says that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is not tending to the needs of New York's poorest neighborhoods. Video by L. Joy Williams
Christmas Tree Lighting at the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building Plaza in Harlem
Police release dashcam video that shows a police officer shooting 17-year-old #LaquanMcDonald 16 times in 2014. WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC MATERIAL
Video footage shot in Midtown Manhattan just moments after police gun down the man suspected of several recent hammer attacks. (WARNING: Graphic footage and language) http://bit.ly/1HhlIat
Fairfax Music: "In The Tradition & Beyond"
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