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Our Time Press The Local Newspaper With the Global View Our Time Press is the largest African American fully owned and operated weekly newspaper in Brooklyn, New York.

Founded in 1996 as a monthly periodical by husband and
wife team David Mark Greaves and Bernice Elizabeth Green, the multi-award winning, family-run paper
is published by DBG Media and enjoys a diverse readership of 40,000 weekly throughout New York
City, Westchester, the Capital Region and beyond.

By Eddie CastroThe wait is finally over. This past weekend, the 2025-26 NFL season for both the Jets and Giants kicked o...
09/15/2025

By Eddie CastroThe wait is finally over. This past weekend, the 2025-26 NFL season for both the Jets and Giants kicked off. Both franchises are looking to improve from their lackluster seasons a year ago in which both teams finished third and last place in their respective divisions.
Read more: https://ourtimepress.com/new-york-football/

By Eddie CastroThe wait is finally over. This past weekend, the 2025-26 NFL season for both the Jets and Giants kicked off. Both franchises are looking to impro

By Dr. Segun Shabaka - Part IOn Sunday afternoon, September 7, the Organization Us celebrated the 60th anniversary of it...
09/15/2025

By Dr. Segun Shabaka - Part IOn Sunday afternoon, September 7, the Organization Us celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding. This historic event took place at the organization’s headquarters, The African American Cultural Center, in South Central Los Angeles, California. This community has been its home and the center of its work and struggle since its inception. The Organization Us was founded on September 7, 1965, when Dr. Maulana Karenga called its founding meeting with seven other brothers and sisters at his home. It is one of only a few Black Power organizations from the 1960s that remains intact and active while still unapologetic and unbudging in its Blackness. We have to ask ourselves why?

The answer is in the three characteristics that defines the Organization Us: Leadership, Doctrine and Organization. The leadership speaks to the central vision, values and work of Dr.

By Dr. Segun Shabaka - Part IOn Sunday afternoon, September 7, the Organization Us celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding. This historic event took pla

by Pojanee FleuryThe stretch of Marcus Garvey Blvd between MacDonough Street and Decatur Street shut down for the block'...
09/15/2025

by Pojanee FleuryThe stretch of Marcus Garvey Blvd between MacDonough Street and Decatur Street shut down for the block's first party. What started as one barber's vision to bring people together became a testament to the power of local initiative. Mike Ife, the owner of Yankee Boy Barber Shop, explained that it began with wanting to celebrate a friend's birthday that quickly transformed to a block wide party that everyone could come out to enjoy.The aroma of grilled corn, jerk chicken, and fresh baked cookies filled the air as activities and games were set up for the children. Ife commented on the legacy he carries, growing up right around the corner from the barber shop he now operates, recalling fond memories of hanging out with friends and learning from the elders.

Yankee Boy's motto is, "Cuts are Ancestor Approved." It is clear that Ife and his fellow barbers pay homage to those that came before them, continuing to build and pass on wisdom to the youth.

by Pojanee FleuryThe stretch of Marcus Garvey Blvd between MacDonough Street and Decatur Street shut down for the block's first party. What started as one barbe

Fern GillespieFor almost 30 years, Elizabeth Yeampierre, an internationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney of Black an...
09/15/2025

Fern GillespieFor almost 30 years, Elizabeth Yeampierre, an internationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney of Black and Indigenous ancestry, has been on the frontline advocating environmental justice for Black and Brown communities. As the executive director of UPROSE, Brooklyn's oldest Puerto Rican community-based organization (established in 1966), Yeampierre has been advocate and trailblazer for community organizing sustainable development, environmental justice, community-led climate adaptation, multi-generation advocacy and community resiliency.

Yeampierre, a lifelong New Yorker who has lived in neighborhoods from the South Bronx to Brooklyn, holds a bachelor’s degree from Fordham and law degree from Northeastern University.

Fern GillespieFor almost 30 years, Elizabeth Yeampierre, an internationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney of Black and Indigenous ancestry, has been on the f

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeThe NYC mayoral race may come down to questions over boots and baggage. CUNY constitution...
09/15/2025

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large

The NYC mayoral race may come down to questions over boots and baggage. CUNY constitutional law professor Gloria J. Browne-Marshall told Our Time Press that the electorate has a choice of a candidate with President Donald Trump’s boot on their neck, or others with a whole bunch of political baggage.She posed the question regarding frontrunners Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani and former NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo, “Do you want to go with the questionable parts that you already know, or the questionable parts that you don’t know?”On Tuesday, the New York Times published a poll calculating a Zohran Mamdani win if current percentages remain. The Democratic nominee is 20 points ahead currently, in the four man race. In the polling of 1,284 likely New York City voters from Sept.

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large The NYC mayoral race may come down to questions over boots and baggage. CUNY constitutional law professor Gloria J. Browne-Ma

View From HereLocal Brooklyn-born political leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Attorney General Letitia James are ahead of the ...
09/15/2025

View From HereLocal Brooklyn-born political leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Attorney General Letitia James are ahead of the pack. They are speaking to kitchen table concerns of their base. And with inflation, rising prices, critical concerns about losing health care and food benefits, andHakeem Jeffries, (D-NY-8) House Democratic Caucus Leader, has put together an A-Team of committee members with Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23), Eric Swalwell, (D-CA-14), Jaime Raskin (D-MD-8) and Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30). And he also has an A-Team of community leaders on the ground working hard, the American Way. He is not out of touch.

Same for Attorney General James.

View From HereLocal Brooklyn-born political leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Attorney General Letitia James are ahead of the pack. They are speaking to kitchen table

By Eddie CastroSeptember is here. The 90-degree days and Pina colada days will be replaced with Fall leaves and Pumpkin ...
09/06/2025

By Eddie Castro
September is here. The 90-degree days and Pina colada days will be replaced with Fall leaves and Pumpkin Spice flavored products. For the New York Yankees, September is going to be a very pivotal month for the team as far as where they will stand in the playoff picture.

The team’s offense has gotten better to go along with receiving length from their starting rotation albeit their recent 7-game winning streak featured some of the worst teams in the league. As we go to press, The Yankees will be tested this month especially the first games coming against teams who are expected to make the playoffs in the American League.

The team drew some luck during their seven-game winning streak as they’ve gotten closer to stealing the American League East crown from the Toronto Blue Jays who have struggled of late.

By Eddie CastroSeptember is here. The 90-degree days and Pina colada days will be replaced with Fall leaves and Pumpkin Spice flavored products. For the New Yor

By Lyndon TaylorThe 58th staging of the annual West Indian Labor Day Parade transformed Eastern Parkway into a sea of co...
09/06/2025

By Lyndon Taylor
The 58th staging of the annual West Indian Labor Day Parade transformed Eastern Parkway into a sea of color, music, and culture on Labor Day, as more than 2.5 million revelers came out to celebrate Caribbean heritage.

The festivities began earlier in the day with an invitation-only breakfast, which brought together a wide cross-section of leaders — among them Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams, members of Congress, mayoral hopefuls, state and city officials, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, labor unions, clergy, and representatives of civil society.

In her remarks, Governor Hochul struck a balance between celebration and resolve.

By Lyndon TaylorThe 58th staging of the annual West Indian Labor Day Parade transformed Eastern Parkway into a sea of color, music, and culture on Labor Day, as

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: Fall is approaching, and school is back in session. While many prepare to start learning in ...
09/06/2025

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG:
Fall is approaching, and school is back in session. While many prepare to start learning in academic institutions, most of the world has already been miseducated about basic geography. “Africa No Filter” and “Speak Up Africa”, along with the African Union, are working to change common knowledge about the size of the various continents, with a “Correct the Map Campaign”. For centuries, the world has been misled about the relative size of the seven continents commonly recognized as Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Africa and South America are shrunk in the widely used Mercator projection maps. AU Deputy Chairperson Selma Malika Haddadi told Reuters that the Mercator map falsely portrays Africa as “marginal.” The African Union plans to address this misleading view of the planet at an upcoming African Union summit.

By Jeffery Kazembe BattsIG: is approaching, and school is back in session. While many prepare to start learning in academic institutions, most of

by Pojanee FleuryI had the pleasure of contributing to Our Time Press' summer long series covering Brooklyn's block part...
09/06/2025

by Pojanee Fleury
I had the pleasure of contributing to Our Time Press' summer long series covering Brooklyn's block parties. Not only did I have a great time - as the joy in the air was absolutely contagious - but I learned something very important, Brooklyn is not the one sided picture painted by the news or pop culture. I truly began to understand what Biggie meant in his infamous line, "Spread love, that's the Brooklyn way."

Although certain areas of Brooklyn are associated with crime and violence, I witnessed residents love and care for their block. They were focused on building community, not just living on a street in Brooklyn. They viewed the whole block as a space they could have an effect on not just for themselves but for the most important people on the block- the children.

All block associations' representatives spoke to me about how important it was for the children to play freely on their blocks. In a busy city, you are taught from a young age to beware of the street.

by Pojanee FleuryI had the pleasure of contributing to Our Time Press' summer long series covering Brooklyn's block parties. Not only did I have a great time -

Everybody talks about how he’ll change race in America. Erase it or whatever. By this they mean he’ll change white peopl...
09/06/2025

Everybody talks about how he’ll change race in America. Erase it or whatever. By this they mean he’ll change white people, which if it happened, would be amazing enough. But nobody mentions the better thing, Dave. How he could absolutely abolish, all at once, with one big stroke, end black politics forever. -From Great Expectationsby Vinson Cunningham

Vinson Cunningham’s debut novel Great Expectations (Hogarth Press, 2024) explores the personal journey of the protagonist David Hammond, a young Black man who is working on the campaign of a man referred to as “the Senator.” From the very beginning it is clear that “the Senator” is presidential elect Barack Obama. Vinson Cunningham is a former staffer on Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign. He is currently a staff writer for The New Yorker, co-host of the magazine’s weekly arts and culture podcast Critics at Large, and a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Criticism.

Everybody talks about how he’ll change race in America. Erase it or whatever. By this they mean he’ll change white people, which if it happened, would be am

Fern GillespieOur Time Press spoke to the leadership of the Association for the Study of African American Life and Histo...
09/06/2025

Fern GillespieOur Time Press spoke to the leadership of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the founding organization of Black History Month for insights on “Trump 2.0 Impact on Black Americans.” Leading Black History historians Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead, the president of the ASALH and a professor of communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland and Brooklyn resident Dr. Zebulon Miletsky, an associate professor of Africana Studies at Stony Brook and ASALH Chair of Communications discussed their concerns about this presidential administration in Part 2 of the Our Time Press conversation.

OTP: What are your thoughts about the Supreme Court greenlighting the Trump administration’s destruction of multiculturalism and diversity?DR. WHITEHEAD: I think that when you look at the steps and I go back to Project 2025, which if people use that as a handbook, it talks about how every step to get you to this point.

Fern GillespieOur Time Press spoke to the leadership of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the founding organization of Black H

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