Northeast / New York - 1 week ago
Mount Vernon – A Mount Vernon man was stabbed to death Wednesday afternoon. While details are still sketchy, police officials tell Black Westchester that one man was in fact dead. Officials would not elaborate more than that and officers on the...
Northeast / New York - 1 week ago
Retiring Baby Boomers Set To Boost The Interior Design Industry By 2030 Mar 13, 2019Featured News An unexpected demographic is set to drive the interior design industry in the next decade. According to Forbes, the baby boomer generation will be...
Northeast / New York - 1 week ago
Attorney General and State Education Department Release Joint Report on Findings of Investigation Into The Tragic Death Of Trevyan Rowe Mar 12, 2019Hot News, Local News, Top Stories Trevyan Rowe New York Attorney General Letitia James and State...
Northeast / New York - 1 week ago
Faith, Character Driving Force Behind the World Youth Champion Rochester Rams Football Team Mar 12, 2019Hot News, Top Stories Rochester Rams, 2018 PeeWee Division World Champions By Tracie Isaac – Rochester City Council recently recognized the...
Northeast / New York - 1 week ago
Gloria Winston Op-Ed by Gloria Winston – Back in the day when the Rochester City School District was teaching ALL students, those who may have dropped out and failed to graduate at least left school with survival skills. They could read, write a...
Northeast / New York - 1 week ago
Congress Member Karen Bass By Maitefa Angaza In last week’s issue we shared some of the enlightened voices raised and salient points made at the recent Annual Malcolm X Commemorative Session of the Pan-African Unity Dialogue (PAUD). There was so m...
Northeast / New York - 1 week ago
A monument of famed blues siner Billie Holiday will be placed in Queens. Photo by William P. Gottlieb from Wikimedia Commons.  Billie Holiday Photo by William P. Gottlieb from Wikipedia Commons. By Kings County Politics  Women’s History month is st...
Northeast / New York - 1 week ago
NEW YORK/CHICAGOÂ Alexandria Ocasio-CortezWho made the City & State Power 100 List for 2019? If you are interested in the NY Power elite, a cross-section of politicos, business and union leaders and media muckity-mucks, visit cityandstateny.com....
Northeast / New York - 1 week ago
Black Westchester presents The People Before Politics Radio Show Criminal Justice Reform Three Part Special With your host Damon K. Jones and AJ Woodson and cohosts Lorraine Lopez and Dr. Robert Baskerville We stated the series off on Sunday....
Northeast / New York - 2 weeks ago
Young people auditioning for roles in Ward-Wilder’s new TV Pilot Series at RCTV By Tracie Isaac – Local author, Karen Ward-Wilder is holding auditions locally for a television pilot based on her current book Jack Wentworth – The Real Belt. Youth...
Northeast / New York - 2 weeks ago
Linda Dickey, Sharitta Gross Linda Dickey has been named Chair and Sharitta F. Gross has been named Vice Chair of the Cheryl Speranza Leadership Institute. With locations in Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women as well as East High School, t...
Northeast / New York - 3 weeks ago
An Inclusive Wedding Site Is Making Waves In A Heternormative Industry Mar 01, 2019Featured News An inclusive publication is making waves in the wedding industry. According to Forbes, the U.S. wedding industry is still largely heteronormative de...
Northeast / New York - 3 weeks ago
Monroe County Jail By Staff – Monroe County will be launching a new substance abuse treatment program for inmates at the Monroe County Jail. The initiative, funded through a state grant through the Monroe County Office of Mental Health, was anno...
Northeast / New York - 3 weeks ago
Her Voice Carries a film highlighting visual testimonial and public exhibition of women’s voices, produced by local Rochesterians David Marshall and Christine Christopher of Blue Sky Project Films premieres Friday, March 1, 2019 on PBS/WXXI-TV at...
Northeast / New York - 3 weeks ago
George Payne Op-ed by George Payne: The pain across the country is real. What Jussie Smollett supposedly did is unspeakable. He staged his own assault and blamed it on white people. If true, it is one of the most notorious acts of racism in rece...