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Sen. Cleare pushes for fully funded long-term care in state budget
As New York State's budgeting season is underway, concerns about a shortfall in nursing home funding have surfaced — especially when it comes to long-term care in Black and Brown communities.
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March 19, 2026
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LIFE AT THE SALON
Places of beauty, be they spas or salons, are once again taking the power of aesthetics seriously. So take your time in the waiting room after your facial: The chairs might be midcentury.
5 min |
April 2026
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MASTER OF HIS DOMAIN
Art dealer Larry Gagosian redefined what galleries look like in our era. Now he is reinventing things once again with a new space on Madison Avenue.
5 min |
April 2026
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FACADE LIFT
In her most ambitious work yet, artist Tschabalala Self's installation unites the New Museum's original building with a new $82M OMA-designed addition.
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April 2026
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New leadership for HARLEM WEEK is here to ‘honor our legacy'
HARLEM WEEK announced the appointment of multiple new leaders on their executive committee.
3 min |
March 19, 2026
New York Amsterdam News
Rev. Robert Turner takes reparations fight nationwide after years-long protest
For 40 months, Rev. Robert Turner has diligently walked nearly 43 miles from Baltimore to the White House in Washington, D.C.
4 min |
March 19, 2026
New York Amsterdam News
NYC 2025 graduation rate dips, fueled by declines among students with disabilities and English learners
Graduation rates dipped last year across New York City by just over two percentage points to 81.2% — the largest year-over-year decline in more than two decades — as officials have reinstated requirements that were loosened during the pandemic.
4 min |
March 19, 2026
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UN panel says racist hate speech by Trump and other U.S. leaders has led to human rights violations
A UN-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial discrimination says racist hate speech by U.S. President Donald Trump and other American political leaders, along with a crackdown on immigration in the United States, have led to “grave human rights violations.”
3 min |
March 19, 2026
New York Amsterdam News
Roella Oloro at Jazz Forum; opening weekend for new club Jazzcultural
Regardless of how high the bar of expectation is extended by legendary artists like Alice Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Geri Allen, and Mary Lou Williams, there's always space in the galaxy for aspiring generations to reach the sky.
4 min |
March 19, 2026
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Rod Strickland and Speedy Claxton take LIU and Hofstra to the dance
Bronx-bred Rod Strickland is New York City basketball royalty.
2 min |
March 19, 2026
New York Amsterdam News
Action, service, and leadership: A message from a four-time Olympian and businesswoman
Leadership is action. It is how you live, how you serve, and how you show up every day.
3 min |
March 19, 2026
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The cultural power of one Harlem school's natural hair afterschool club
The afro, bold and political like activist Angela Davis.
3 min |
March 19, 2026
New York Amsterdam News
At the Governors Ball, the Oscars receive their final names
Here's a peek inside the most influential party on Oscar night - the one where you rub elbows with winners, nominees, and gifted people from every corner of the film industry to celebrate the power of storytellers who dare.
4 min |
March 19, 2026
New York Amsterdam News
New data hub looks at how Black families thrive
Most of the information we have about Black families in the United States focuses on deficits and negativity, says Dr. Chrishana M. Lloyd, principal investigator of the newly launched Black Families Flourishing (BFF) project.
3 min |
March 19, 2026
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History and heart: Ryan Coogler and 'Sinners' mark a powerful Oscar Night
Inside the Dolby Theatre on Sunday night, the applause for “Sinners” felt less like a routine celebration and more like something deeper.
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March 19, 2026
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With NIL growing, tampering becomes a prevalent issue in college athletics
With the official advent of the name, image, and likeness (NIL) policy in college athletics in July 2021, it had a demonstrable effect on the NCAA Transfer Portal, which began on Oct. 15, 2018.
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March 19, 2026
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The Knicks' schedule is about to ramp up after a favorable stretch
Dating back to March 11, when the Knicks defeated the Utah Jazz 134-107 on the road, each of their past three opponents had losing records (they've played the Indiana Pacers twice).
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March 19, 2026
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Maia Charles and WSSU's magical run ends in the Division II Sweet 16
The Winston-Salem State University women’s basketball team had its most remarkable season in the history of the North Carolina historically Black university (HBCU).
2 min |
March 19, 2026
New York Amsterdam News
Where do things stand in the WNBA with the players and owners divided?
This article was written on Tuesday, before it was known whether a new WNBA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) had been agreed upon or whether the players would strike.
2 min |
March 19, 2026
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GREEN WITH ENVY
The secret life of plants has taken root in our columnist's psyche-and decor. How do some know how to unearth the power of foliage to make a room come brilliantly alive? Let's dig deep.
3 min |
April 2026
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JEWELRY HOUSE
This is your last chance to visit the Art Deco exhibition at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris (it closes April 26).
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April 2026
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SALONE, SALONE, SALONE!
It's that time of year again, the design fair we've been waiting for: Salone del Mobile in Milan.
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April 2026
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NOW MORE THAN EVER
How has Ralph Lauren remained perfectly timeless while also becoming, as they say, the moment? As a new home collection debuts, we learned the secret to it all directly from the man himself.
4 min |
April 2026
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BIOGRAPHY OF A ROOM
There is perhaps no more quintessentially British restaurant than Simpson's in the Strand, the 200-year-old institution that has hosted Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, Winston Churchill, and even Sherlock Holmes and Watson in one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mysteries.
2 min |
April 2026
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LOVE ON THE LAKE
Working across an ocean, navigating the shoals of family history and treasured heirlooms, New York-based Studio DB granted a Lake Como villa new glory.
4 min |
April 2026
New York Amsterdam News
Councilmember Sandy Nurse intros ‘$30 for Our City’ bill to raise minimum wage by 2030
In an effort to nearly double the city’s minimum wage to $30 an hour by 2030, New York City Councilmember Sandy Nurse recently introduced the “$30 for Our City” Act.
4 min |
March 19, 2026
New York Amsterdam News
Filling the budget void: Can a wealth tax save New York's Black and Brown homeowners?
Solutions That Empower is an editorial series spotlighting financial empowerment and racial equity. We'll feature changemakers, community voices, and practical tools that help our readers build wealth, access resources, and drive real change.
6 min |
March 19, 2026
New York Amsterdam News
Remembering the legacy of Civil Rights icon, Rev. Dr. Bernard Lafayette
In his book, “The Making of Black Revolutionaries,” James Forman wrote that Rev. Bernard Lafayette authored “one of the finest accounts of just what it meant to be a SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) field worker in June of 1963 from Selma, Ala.”
3 min |
March 19, 2026
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ARCHITECTURE OF TIME
The phrase “one small step” hits different when you're talking about the first watch worn on the moon.
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April 2026
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ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, RESERVE!
Post-Salone, pre-Venice Biennale (or this summer), stop for a well-designed reprieve at any of Italy's newest hotels.
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