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11/13/2025

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11/09/2025

By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large

“Thank you,” an incredibly energized new NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani told his joyous crowd on election night. “Hope is alive…Hope over tyranny.”

He spoke with eloquence and fiery conviction “We have toppled a political dynasty.”

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By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-Large “Thank you,” an incredibly energized new NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani told his joyous crowd on election night. “Hope

11/09/2025

By Eddie CastroThe 2025 Major League Baseball season is over and once again, the Los Angeles Dodgers were crowned once again as World Champions, becoming the first team to win back-to-back World Series Titles since the Yankees did it from 1998-2000.

https://ourtimepress.com/2025-mets-wrap-up/

MIAMI, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 28: Edwin Díaz #39 of the New York Mets pitches against the Miami Marlins during the fifth inning at loanDepot park on September 28, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Tomas Diniz Santos/Getty Images)

11/09/2025

By Kazembe Batts IG: Fasher, Darfur in the western part of Sudan has been captured by the Rapid Support Forces who are rebelling against the Sudan Armed Forces and challenging the need for a unified Sudan nation.

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Displaced Sudanese women who fled El-Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), stand in front of their makeshift shelter in the Um Yanqur camp, located on the southwestern edge of Tawila, in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on November 3, 2025. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AF...

11/09/2025

By Fern GillespieDance not only centers Cheryl Todmann, dance is at the center of her life. Todmann, the founder and executive producer of Brooklyn’s popular entertainment fundraiser, The Stars of New York Dance, discovered the thrill of being a dancer at age 30

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Cheryl Todmann

11/09/2025

Not only did I greatly admire Garvey, but his conviction also represented one of the most poignant examples of the injustice that the law can exert on an individual’s life trajectory and indeed the trajectory of thousands of people who follow that person if the individual is a political leader.Justin Hansford, Professor of Law, Howard University School of LawExecutive Director, Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center

There have been many books written about Marcus Mosiah Garvey; Justice for Marcus Garvey, Look For Me In The Whirlwind (Broadleaf, 2024), a book of essays with a foreword by TaNehisi Coates and edited by Julius Garvey the son of Marcus Garvey, presents readers with an update on the rationale for pardoning Garvey and on the history, analysis, and impact of Marcus Garvey, an international social justice leader committed to a Pan Africanist philosophy embedded in the principles of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).

Not only did I greatly admire Garvey, but his conviction also represented one of the most poignant examples of the injustice that the law can exert on an indivi

11/09/2025

By Mary Alice MillerThe next mayor of New York City made history on Tuesday. At 34 years old Zohran Mamdani became the youngest NYC mayor-elect in 100 years. He is the first Muslim, first South Asian, and the first born in Africa (Uganda) to be elected mayor of New York City.Mamdani’s campaign rested on four pillars: affordable food, housing, transportation, and childcare. By contrast, Cuomo focused on crime.

Democratic Socialist Mamdani won with 50.4% over moderate Cuomo’s 41.6% and Sliwa’s 7.1%, more than twice his opponents combined. Mayor Eric Adams, who had dropped out of the race but was still on the ballot, garnered 0.3% of the vote.

The election itself also broke historical records. Almost 750,000 came out to vote during the General Election’s nine-day Early Voting period, with Brooklyn once again taking the lead in turnout. Overall, more than 2 million voted, including Tuesday’s General Election, the most since 1969.

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, alongside his mayoral transition team, speaks during a news conference at Flushing MeadowsCorona Park in the Queens borough of New York City on November 5, 2025. Mamdani, 34, is the city's first Muslim mayor and the youngest to serve in more than a century.....

11/05/2025

The Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s second largest political party, a partner in a governing coalition with the African National Congress (ANC) since 2024, has introduced legislation to end Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment, the ANC’s flagship affirmative action program, and replace it with a policy called Economic Inclusion for All.
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By Kazembe Batts IG: Democratic Alliance (DA), South Africa’s second largest political party, a partner in a governing coalition with the African

11/05/2025

By Mary Alice MillerHouse Speaker Mike Johnson announced in a press conference on Monday that House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (both from Louisiana) is working to craft a Republican health care plan with the chairs of three House committees. The committees with jurisdiction over health care plans are Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce.
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By Mary Alice MillerHouse Speaker Mike Johnson announced in a press conference on Monday that House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (both from Louisiana) is worki

11/05/2025

Fern GillespieBrooklyn youth creatively learn the African Diaspora legacy dance and drum through Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation’s School of the Arts. This artistic inspirational instruction encompasses history, arts, and culture for young people from ages 2 to 18.
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Fern GillespieBrooklyn youth creatively learn the African Diaspora legacy dance and drum through Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation’s School of the Arts. This

11/05/2025

As we enter the final days of one of the most consequential political campaigns in New York City’s history, an election the nation and world are watching, voters of African heritage are being called to discern between two distinct visions for our city’s future.

https://ourtimepress.com/zohran-mamdani-versus-the-economic-royalists/

By Roger L. GreenAs we enter the final days of one of the most consequential political campaigns in New York City’s history, an election the nation and world

11/05/2025

Bridge Street Development Corporation Gala Celebrates Legacy and Renewal

On the evening of September 18, 2025, the Bridge Street Development Corporation (BSDC) gathered at Industry City in Brooklyn, NY for a gala honoring the organization’s three decades of service in Bedford–Stuyvesant and Central Brooklyn.
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Bridge Street Development Corporation Gala Celebrates Legacy and Renewal On the evening of September 18, 2025, the Bridge Street Development Corporation