Brooklyn U.S. Representative Yvette Clarke was elected to chair the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) for the 119th Congress.

Planetwalker" traces Dr. John Francis’s evolution from a young environmentalist into a global ambassador for change.

Charizma Jones’s family expected her to return home from Rikers Island by the holiday season, says their lawyer MK Kaishian. Instead, a Board of Correction (BOC) report released on Dec. 30 expanded on ...

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In three seasons as the Giants general manager and head coach, Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll have been the stewards of the franchise.

New York City officials are racing to scale back the use of National Guard members in migrant shelter operations before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, THE CITY has learned. The incoming ...

Cult of Love,” playing at the Second Stage/Hayes Theater (W. 44th Street), is serving up family dysfunction on a silver platter.

Clarice Taylor was a stage, film and television actress best known for playing Cousin the mother of Cliff Huxtable, Anna Huxtable on The Cosby Show.

President Joe Biden traveled to New Orleans to commiserate with the families who lost loved ones in the terrorist attack on New Year’s Day.

Black characters and stories have long existed in the classical canon, but they are too often overlooked, obscured by a Western-centric lens.

Ayana George Jackson is one actor that has been with the show since it opened and continues to shine on the stage. Making an incredible Broadway debut, she plays the character of Katherine Jackson, ...

The Knicks were unable to counter the liveliness of their opponents as head coach Tom Thibodeau has pushed his starters.