Category: Politics

Black Lives Matter Co-Creator Launches the Black Futures Lab and the Black Census Project to Build and Mobilize Black Political Power

By newyorktrend on Mar 16, 2018 in Lifestyle, Politics

Alicia Garza, co-creator of Black Lives Matter, launched on Monday the Black Futures Lab (BFL), a new mobilization effort that will engage Black people, legislators, and community-based organizations to build political power and push for policies that help strengthen Black communities. Launched in partnership with Demos, Color of Change, Center for Third World Organizing, Socioanalitica […]

Shutdown Looming

By Justin Williams on Feb 06, 2018 in Featured, Political Crossfire, Politics

Shutdown. It’s possibly happening and it could become something to seriously loathe. A government shutdown like the one that has been making headlines threatens to prevent government paid services from stopping until there is legislation that states how the government will be funded. In the short term, that means government operations and the post office; […]

Trailblazing US Ambassador Reflects on Her Life & Career as Remnants of America’s Ugly Past Resurface

By newyorktrend on Jan 26, 2018 in Books, Politics

After a four-decades-long career at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service including being appointed as U.S. Ambassador to Senegal in 2000, Harriet Lee Elam-Thomas is now looking back on her remarkable career and life. In time for Black History Month, her new memoir, Diversifying Diplomacy: My Journey from Roxbury to Dakar (Potomac Books, 2017), […]

The “Donald” Trump Card

By Justin Williams on Jan 19, 2018 in Featured, Political Crossfire, Politics

*Political Commentary* The Trump card. It is an age old cliché but it has garnered new meaning in American politics. This particular reference speaks to a specific type of card, found in many board games and card games, which is able to pull rank over and above other cards. It is valuable, it is conducive […]

Statement by Attorneys for Khari Noerdlinger Pertaining Decision by the Judge

By newyorktrend on Jan 03, 2018 in Local News, Politics

“Today was complete vindication for Khari Noerdlinger, having lied-repeatedly-to the grand jury and engaged in gross prosecutorial misconduct, the state voluntarily dismissed the manslaughter charge and agreed to dismiss the remaining charges after the successful completion of six months of the pretrial intervention program. Now that the case is over, we will initiate a lawsuit […]

High Profile Black Brooklynites are Ambassadors for Brooklyn Community Services

By newyorktrend on Oct 06, 2017 in Local News, Politics

The Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) ONE Brooklyn Community public service poster campaign, seen on 36 Brooklyn subway stations, feature several high profile Black Brooklynites like AFROPUNK co-founder and partner Jocelyn Cooper, renowned educator Principal Nadia Lopez, MTV and Comedy Central comedian Franchesca Ramsey and Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi speaking out about Brooklynites who […]

Federal Court Holds That Garden City, New York Zoning Decision Had Unjustified Disparate Impact on African Americans and Latinos

By newyorktrend on Oct 04, 2017 in Lifestyle, Local News, Politics

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has recognized that a 2004 zoning decision by the Village of Garden City had an unjustified disparate impact on African Americans and Latinos in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act. The court’s decision in the case, MHANY Management Inc. v. Village of Garden […]

Largest Centennial Celebration Underway for Fannie Lou Hamer

By newyorktrend on Sep 18, 2017 in Lifestyle, Politics

October 6 would have been Civil Rights hero Fannie Lou Hamer’s 100th birthday and GirlTrek, the largest national public health nonprofit and movement for Black women and girls, is celebrating her legacy by hosting 100 national walks. “In the iconic words of Fannie Lou Hamer, we’re ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired.’ She […]

One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York on Charlottesville and Kenneth Frazier

By newyorktrend on Aug 15, 2017 in Politics

One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York (OHBM), the founding chapter of the nationwide organization, 100 Black Men of America, strongly condemns the horrific violence that took place in Charlottesville, Va. and denounces all overt and covert forms of white supremacy that lead to ongoing displays of bigotry and racism in this country. OHBM […]

Van Jones Announces Nationwide “We Rise Tour”

By newyorktrend on Jun 16, 2017 in Politics

Van Jones & Roc Nation are proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership and nationwide event tour: WE RISE TOUR powered by #LoveArmy. WE RISE will bring an array of artists, athletes, thought leaders and local leaders to cities across the country this summer. Van Jones, a renowned activist, CNN commentator and two-time New York Times […]

Loretta Lynch to be Honored with The Women In Public Life Award at New-York Historical Society’s Strawberry Festival on June 20th

By newyorktrend on May 12, 2017 in Local News, Politics

Loretta Lynch, who served as the 83rd Attorney General of the United States of America, will be honored at New-York Historical’s 2017 Strawberry Festival benefit luncheon, an annual event that dates back to 1856. Ms. Lynch will receive the Women in Public Life Award for her outstanding public service. The luncheon will take place on […]

Becoming The Change You Want To See

By Brittney Grimes on Feb 01, 2017 in Featured, Health & Wellness, Lifestyle, Politics

What is change? Is it deviating away from something? Is it a chance to make things better, perhaps improve on a situation, with your own finishing touches? Is it finding a new path that has yet to be taken and to make your individual road, making a way for generations to come. Is […]

GirlTrek Presents a Day of #BlackGirlHealing on Inauguration Day

By newyorktrend on Dec 06, 2016 in Health & Wellness, Politics, Your Mind Matters

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” — Audre Lord There is a health crisis in America and Black women and girls are among the hardest hit. Black women die younger and at higher rates than any other group of women in the country. […]

Rapper Jeezy has a Candid Discussion with Larry King [VIDEO]

By newyorktrend on Nov 17, 2016 in Entertainment, Featured, Music, Politics, Television

Grammy nominated rapper and entrepreneur Jeezy sits down with Larry King on the Emmy-nominated series, “Larry King Now” for an in-depth and wide-ranging interview about his new album ‘Trap or Die 3’, homophobia in hip-hop, and the recent spate of Black men killed by police. Plus, he opens up about his own run-ins with the […]

Journalist Gwen Ifill Passes Away at Age 61

By newyorktrend on Nov 14, 2016 in Featured, Politics, Television

Gwen Ifill, a trailblazing political journalist, died on Monday at a hospice in Washington. She was 61. The cause was complications of uterine cancer, her brother Roberto said. Ms. Ifill broke barriers as a black woman in a field dominated by white men. She achieved her highest visibility most recently, as the moderator and managing editor of the […]

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