With God Loves Uganda, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams explores the role of the American Evangelical movement in fueling Uganda's terrifying turn towards biblical law and the proposed death penalty for homosexuality. Continue reading

By Hadasah Ingrid

March 7th, 2014. The Center for Health Equity & Urban Science Education (CHEUSE) held its 6th Annual Health Disparities Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University in West Harlem, New York. Continue reading

Susan L. Taylor, founder of the National CARES Mentoring Movement and former Editor in Chief of Essence Magazine, is scheduled to give the keynote address at the day-long health expo on April 26^th from 12 – 7pm at the Taino Towers of El Barrio/East Harlem. The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) has partnered with Entering the Holy of Holies, An Institute of Learning and Healing, Inc. and the joint practice of Back to the Middle and New York Sports Acupuncture, to produce a day – featuring vendors, workshops, storytelling, live demos, and performances - dedicated to body, mind, spirit and heart healing.Continue reading

One should not think that there is not knuckle head racists around the world. So, when we read that Harlem singer Kelis recounted a recent racist attack she suffered in a Spanish airport three years ago - we were not surprised.Continue reading

"It's nice to be important, But more important to be nice." - words of the late great Mr. Hal Jackson WBLS Radio (from Harlem songstress and Harlemite Melba Moore on Facebook)Continue reading

As Michelle Kwan chats with members of Figure Skating in Harlem, she sees a whole lot of herself in the young girls.Continue reading

Meet Al Sharpton, “Confidential Informant No. 7.” The longtime agitator, civil-rights activist and TV host was exposed Monday as an alleged former key FBI informant whose tips helped take down some of the biggest names in New York Mafia history.Continue reading

NoMAA (The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance) announces a call for artists for the 11th annual Uptown Arts Stroll in Washington Heights-Inwood from West 155th to 220th St. in June.Continue reading

A true landmark of American cinema and African-American screen representation, Nothing But a Man portrays the poignant relationship between a preacher's daughter (jazz singer Abbey Lincoln) and a railroad man and single dad (Ivan Dixon). Continue reading