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Media Stakeout by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ghana, following the vote in the General Assembly on the Resolution declaring the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and the Racialised Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity.

News

UN vote asserts Israel/US alliance in denouncing Transatlantic Slave Trade

By Vinette K. Pryce

A coalition of organizations, elected officials, on on March 8, demanded funding and resources to end gun violence, after a mass shooting outside Richard's Restaurant & Bar on Avenue L, in Canarsie, Brooklyn, over the weekend. From left, are Senator Roxanne Persaud’s Chief of Staff Tanequa Strong, a representative from Enough is Enough, NYS Assembly Member (AD59) Jamie Williams, organizer, Jibreel Jalloh (sixth from left), a speaker from Save Our Streets (SOS), and Founder & CEO of Man Up Inc. Andre T. Mitchell.

Brooklyn

Community, NYPD join call for action after Canarsie shooting

By Tangerine Clarke

Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn (center) with honorees.

People

Ten years strong: Bichotte Hermelyn honors eight Women of Distinction

By Nelson A. King

Attendees participate in a Pilates session during IYKYK Collective’s second annual Women’s Wellness Day, celebrating International Women’s Month.

News

Inside IYKYK Collective’s Women’s Wellness Day: A celebration of connection, care and community

By Tracey Khan

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are present as passengers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint after hundreds of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were ordered to deploy to airports to help fill TSA staffing gaps, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 23, 2026.

Immigration advocates condemn Trump ‘erroneously’ justifying court house arrests of Caribbean migrants

By Nelson A. King

New York State Senator James Sanders, Jr., speaks alongside Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn.

Politics

State lawmakers call communities to Albany for 2026 MWBE Advocacy Day

By Orlande Fleury

A vintage car passes by the Calixto Garcia hospital as Cuba’s once-vaunted healthcare system, long hailed as a cornerstone of the 1959 revolution, has deteriorated amid years of economic crisis and U.S. sanctions, a decline that has accelerated this year with U.S. restrictions on oil supplies, in Havana, Cuba, March 24, 2026.

News

Caribbean moves to aid Cuba amid crisis

By Bert Wilkinson

Barbados' Mia Amor Mottley was elected the 8th prime minister of Barbados in 2018.

Barbados

Reggae royals battle for Crown and country; world leaders in the spotlight for Women’s History Month

By Vinette K. Pryce

Guyanese-born Michelle R. DeSouza-Forte, Esq. addresses congregation at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church (FSUMC) in Brooklyn on Sunday, Mar. 15.

Guyana

Guyanese-born Attorney Michelle DeSouza-Forte seeks seat on Kings County Civil Court bench

By Nelson A. King

Port Au Prince, Haiti.

News

Troops from Chad replacing Kenyans in Haiti

By Bert Wilkinson

Philip "Brave" Davis has confirmed that a general election in The Bahamas will be held soon, but he stopped short of announcing a specific date.

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

A view of St. George's in Grenada.

Grenada

Trump adds Grenada to countries requiring visa bond

By Bert Wilkinson

Murad Awawdeh

Immigration advocates welcome release of Dylan Lopez Contreras, first NYC high schooler abducted by ICE

By Nelson A. King

Demonstrators hold signs during the March4Democracy rally and march in Washington D.C., U.S., February 28, 2026.

National

Month-end ‘No Kings’ protest set to rally third nationwide anti-Trump movement

By Vinette K. Pryce

group of people in a bar cheering a sports team

AMNY

Score! Here’s where to watch 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in NYC

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar alongside Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meetings in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, February 25, 2026.

Trinidad & Tobago

US removes military radar from Tobago as opposition slams government

By Bert Wilkinson

More from Around NYC

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces historic $31 million penalty against Bronx landlords Karan Singh and Rajmattie Persaud, who operate Robert Fulton Terrace and Fordham Towers in the Bronx.

Mayor Mamdani, HPD announce historic $31M penalty against Bronx landlords over long-running building neglect

Zahir Davis was escorted out of the 113th Precinct on April 25 and taken to his arraignment, where he was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Jaden Pierre at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans on April 16.

Springfield Gardens teen held without bail for murder of 15-year-old Jaden Pierre at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans: DA

NYPD clashed with protestors.

Protest over Israeli real estate event at Manhattan synagogue tests NYPD perimeter strategy as officer hospitalized, demonstrators pepper-sprayed

facade of Columbia University

Class action alleges Columbia University ‘allowed’ ex-NFL player Marcellus Wiley to rape woman on campus