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Protests over immigration raids pop up across the US, with more planned
Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids and President Donald Trump's move to mobilize the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles are spreading nationwide and are expected to continue into the weekend.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Ex-lawyer convicted of deed theft; faces September sentencing
A disbarred attorney has been found guilty of unlawfully obtaining the property deeds of Black and Brown homeowners in Brooklyn. Sanford “Sandy” Solny was tried and convicted in Downtown Brooklyn for stealing 11 residential properties and defrauding a total of 15 victims.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The Jazz Gallery, Craig Harris, Sista's Place, Dionne Warwick
The Jazz Gallery (1158 Broadway, 5th floor), whose repertoire reflects the eclectic side of jazz beyond its ordinary confines, welcomes multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey for a moving four-day engagement June 11-14.
4 min |
June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Bribery allegations surface in efforts to form Surinamese government
After the May 25 general elections in the Caribbean Community nation of Suriname, six political parties came together to form a new government coalition, ensuring the previous government was sent to the opposition benches after a single five-year term.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
St. John's Jamora Alves earns a return trip to the NCAA Championships
For the second time in her collegiate career, St. John's University junior Jamora Alves has qualified for the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., which began yesterday. She earned her spot in the discus with an outstanding performance at the NCAA East Regional. She previously competed in the championships her freshman year.
1 min |
June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Keyshawn Davis' career in chaos after being stripped of WBO title
Keyshawn Davis is in trouble again. After a majority decision victory over Nahir Albright in October 2023 was ruled a no-contest after he tested positive for marijuana, the Norfolk, Virginia native was stripped of his WBO lightweight world championship this past weekend.
1 min |
June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Juneteenth and defiance?
Juneteenth is just around the corner in some places and facing cancellation in others — like the holiday parade slated to run through downtown Indianapolis.
1 min |
June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Stop + frisk monitor: Secretive NYPD unit overwhelmingly stops Black and Brown people
The Community Response Team (CRT) announced itself to the world in 2022 — not by press conference or an official launch — but through a now-unlisted YouTube short titled “True Blue: NYPD’s Finest.”
4 min |
June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Black Pride on film at Maysles Documentary Center
With their series “Pride at Maysles” amplifying and celebrating Queer Black culture, perception, and perspective, Harlem's Maysles Documentary Center reprises the Homo-Harlem film festival I ran here 15 years ago with funding from State Senator Bill Perkins.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Cuomo strangles Black student education
When Andrew Cuomo took office as New York's governor, one of his first actions was sold as a major win for homeowners: a property tax cap under the guise of curbing runaway local property taxes. But behind that policy was a decision that would effectively strangle school funding, devastating public schools, especially in low-income, immigrant, and Black and Brown communities.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Athletes Unlimited Softball League receives impactful investment from MLB
Opening day for the Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) was Saturday, June 7, but the grand slam news preceded the first pitch when it was announced that Major League Baseball (MLB) was making a strategic investment in the league.
1 min |
June 12, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The 9-0 Liberty remain unblemished with superlative season kickoff
Despite significant roster changes, the New York Liberty are off to the best start in franchise history.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
Scoop USA Newspaper
AAWIC celebrates 25 years of trailblazing cinema with encore presentation, special honors, and a call to support the future of the arts
The 25th Annual African American Women in Cinema (AAWIC) Film Festival marked a historic milestone this spring, celebrating its 25th anniversary with a dynamic three-day hybrid festival held May 15-17, 2025, at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, NY.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
Scoop USA Newspaper
'It's the bond market, stupid' - Just ask Moody's
Back in the early 1990s when I was running as a Republican candidate for Congress, a governor from Arkansas, Bill Clinton, once said during a three-way race for president the following, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Well, today, I would change that slightly to: “It’s the bond market, stupid.” (It must be noted that President Clinton was the last president to balance our budget.)
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
Scoop USA Newspaper
Stop the Double Standard
Lord, We Thank You For Waking Us Up This Morning. Give Us The Will To Live And Think Today By Your Standards. Amen.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
Scoop USA Newspaper
Sixty Years of Head Start
\"The bread that is cast upon these waters will surely return many thousandfold. What a sense of achievement, and what great pride, and how happy that will make all of us who love America feel about this undertaking.”
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
Scoop USA Newspaper
How to protect our judges
American Voices
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
Scoop USA Newspaper
Black Wall Street
ScoopUSA Newspaper Black History Archives This article was originally published in ScoopUSA Newspaper in June 2009 and was published every June until 2016. We need to tell these stories...
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
Scoop USA Newspaper
Marian Wright Edleman
Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939) is an American lawyer, educator, and children's rights activist.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
Scoop USA Newspaper
Tulsa's new Black mayor proposes $100M trust to 'repair' impact of 1921 Race Massacre
Tulsa's new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre scholarships and housing help in a city-backed bid to make amends for one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
Scoop USA Newspaper
New national study by ByBlack and fund for social equity finds Black-owned business seals boost consumer spending
A groundbreaking national study found that when Black-owned brands lead with their identity and market themselves as certified Black-owned businesses, consumer likelihood to purchase their products rose as much as 30%.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 17
New York Amsterdam News
Kara Young on 'Purpose,' Harlem, and Broadway history
With the Tony Awards just days away, this Sunday, June 8, at Radio City Music Hall, one Harlem daughter is poised to make theater history again.
6 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Queens community packs District 28 City Council forum
More than 250 community members packed Liberty Palace Banquet Hall in Richmond Hill on Thursday, May 22, eager to hear from five City Council candidates in the Queens District 28 race.
5 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Chinatown residents propose new location for Manhattan jail in Rikers' closure plan
Manhattan Chinatown advocates seek a middle ground on 124-25 White Street before machinery breaks literal ground.
7 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
No safe haven: Venezuelan migrants caught between Maduro's brutal regime and Trump's immigration crackdown.
For Hiowanka Avila Rivas, the torture her brother experienced at the hands of Venezuelan authorities is proof of the danger that Venezuelans face if deported from the United States.
5 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
A conversation with 'The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery' author Clarence A. Haynes
Clarence A. Haynes knows books. Which is to say that he doesn't just write them, but actively cultivates them. He's established himself in middle-grade nonfiction with his 2022 authoring of “The Legacy of Jim Crow,” and has made his mark in science fiction by collaborating with actor/producer Omar Epps to co-author the teen fiction companion works “Nubia: The Awakening” and “Nubia: The Reckoning.” Meanwhile, as a freelance editor, he regularly burnishes the offerings of fellow writers.
10+ min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Beyoncé blends genres on 'Cowboy Carter' tour
Music genres seemingly blend to Beyoncé’s will during the “Cowboy Carter” tour.
3 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Primary Care: Democratic mayoral hopefuls talk civil rights at Cooper Union
Eight mayoral candidates in the upcoming democratic primary took the stage at Cooper Union for a forum on how they would protect civil rights hosted by the New York Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP New York State Conference on Monday, June 2.
2 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
So you want to learn about Harlem?
Books on Harlem's real and fictional histories
7 min |
June 05, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
'So Drunk a Tooth's Gotta Go'
Writer Joy Alicia shares a humorous take on life, love, and the gig economy
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