Poverty is getting worse by all indications, and yet those who it affects most are still rendered socially invisible. The poverty rate during this Great Recession is so dire, that […]
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An award winning writer from New York City.
Boycotting Essence: What Would That Accomplish?
Editor’s Note: The article below is a guest post by Femi Lewis. It is a response to an opinion piece in the Washington Times written by Armstrong Williams about the […]
Read moreSchomburg Center Premieres “Blogging While Writing”
Blogging has become more prominent in the past couple of years. Once thought of in a diminutive fashion as the realm of computer nerds and people that shut in and […]
Read moreShooting at Midnight Opening of Batman in Colorado; 12 Dead
This feels like Columbine all over again. There was a mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado at the midnight premier of The Dark Night Rises. At this moment, news sources are […]
Read moreLiteracy Across Harlem Event Scheduled For This Saturday
The Harlem Book Fair is the literary event of the summer in New York City. There are many organizations that partner with the Book Fair to make it successful. One […]
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