Brooklyn News
-
'Brooklyn's Finest' is flawed but fiercely entertaining
8:03 AM on 03/05/2010
REVIEW - As a piece of entertainment Antoine Fuqua's new film is first-rate but as food for thought it falls short...
> read more -
_sm-thumb-160xauto-6887.jpg)
Brooklyn DA: ACORN video activities not a crime
2:19 PM on 03/02/2010
NEW YORK (AP) - ACORN employees videotaped by conservative activists did not commit a crime, the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office said Monday...
> read more -
Afro-centric brides on parade
5:16 PM on 02/23/2010
From The Local - Brooklyn, NY - The ceremony started with a bang as the drum processional proceeded down St. James Place, onto Lafayette Avenue and through the doors of the church...
> read more -
Michael Jackson mural to adorn 'Bad' Brooklyn subway station
3:28 PM on 02/16/2010
The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership negotiated an agreement to create a mural of the late King of Pop at the entrance of the Hoyt-Schermerhorn train station, the New York Post reports...
> read more -
Black Santas make Christmas a little less white
7:53 AM on 12/24/2009
VIDEO - Like shopping for gifts then wrapping them up, some Christmas traditions rarely change. But there's one classic image of the holiday season that seems to be...
> read more -
Medics accused of refusing to help pregnant woman suspended
9:30 AM on 12/22/2009
NEW YORK (AP) - Two EMTs accused of refusing to help a pregnant woman who collapsed in the coffee shop where they were taking a break were suspended...
> read more -
NY Post: EMT duo on break let pregnant mom die
9:31 AM on 12/21/2009
A pregnant Brooklyn woman suffering a fatal seizure in a coffee shop in the shadow of FDNY Headquarters was ignored by two callous city medics who continued to buy their breakfast...
> read more -
Debate teams help black students find their voice
8:20 AM on 12/15/2009
VIDEO - High school juniors Devonte Escoffery and Stephon Adams have made their school's debate team their number one priority...
> read more -
Facebook message frees NYC robbery suspect
8:18 AM on 11/12/2009
NEW YORK (AP) - A 19-year-old New York City man arrested on robbery charges has been exonerated thanks to his Facebook page...
> read more -
Jay-Z will open World Series with 'Empire State of Mind'
9:00 AM on 10/27/2009
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Yankees have been blasting Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" during their playoff run...
> read more -
African American owned cake shops offer delicious treats
8:00 AM on 07/04/2009
Sweet potato cheesecake, strawberry buttercream, and, of course, red velvet. These are just a few of the freshly baked desserts available at three African American owned cake shops in Brooklyn and Washington, D.C. While Shakoor Watson, Warren Brown, and Raven Patrick De'Sean Dennis, III (who goes by Cake Man Raven...
> read more
- 1
Top Stories
-
Prosecutor pursuing 'all black people should leave Wal-Mart' remark
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - A racial comment made over the public-address system at a Wal-Mart store in southern New Jersey is being investigated as a possible bias crime...
more
- Maryland trying to secede from the South
- Ex-porn star reveals purported Tiger texts
- Providence police chief under fire for lack of minority hiring
- The 15 most memorable 'March Madness' moments
- Colorectal cancer doesn't discriminate
- Robert Townsend turns serious with 'Diary of a Single Mom'
- An 'Immortal Life': How one woman's cells helped cure a generation
- Presidential disrespect goes prime-time in Obama's Fox interview
- Baller-in-chief: Obama's 'March Madness' bracket scores well
- Conservatives use abortion issue to court African-Americans
- Will Michael Jackson's new music be a thriller for fans?
- Could 2010 be the year of the black Republican?
- DMX sentenced to six months in Phoenix jail
- Oprah to appear in sex-abuse, defamation trial
- Slideshow: TV's black child stars - where are they now?
- Todd Bridges buries troubled past in 'Killing Willis'
- Jackson estate lands largest recording deal ever
- Ray Charles musical heading for Broadway
- Obama effigy hung at RI school with fired teachers
- Paterson claims he made initial scandal leak
- Obama signs jobs bill: 'By no means enough'
- House Dems on track for vote on $940 billion health bill
- Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates
- Senate votes to change cocaine sentencing rules
- Certain carnival dances said to come from the days of slavery
- Smithsonian receives rare Harriet Tubman items
- Selma, a town rich with history, seeks new legacy
- 'Black Ski' gets a lift from the First Family
- Slideshow: A glimpse of Hawaii's gorgeous landscape
- How to celebrate Black History Month in the Big Apple
- Lawmakers fight to finish health reform
- Kucinich switches vote, will back health reform
- Late-innings hardball in health care push
- Michelle Obama talks to anti-obesity food giants
- It's 'do or die' week for health care reform - how did we get here?
- Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care
- Made in America: Black-owned businesses blaze trails on our soil
- GOP questions Boys & Girls Clubs' executive salaries
- Is the average single black woman really worth just $5?
- 'March Madness' isn't amateur, it's big league exploitation
- Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs
- Wealth gap greatest for black and Latino women
- Barbershop Buzz: Should 'No Child Left Behind' be left behind?
- Teen dies after being pushed into traffic
- Children help mother deliver fourth child
- Missing woman's body found stuffed into bedframe
- Congressional Black Caucus calls current jobs bill 'inadequate'
- Paterson's press secretary resigns amid scandal
- 'Brooklyn's Finest' is flawed but fiercely entertaining
- Why audiences should opt-out of 'Cop Out'
- Black music without borders: Five artists you need to hear
- 'Ameriville': Stories of Hurricane Katrina still alive onstage
- Sade's return is worth the wait
- Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians
- TheGrio Reflects: Malcolm X rails against complacent civil rights activists
- TheGrio Reflects: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
- TheGrio Reflects: Muhammad Ali on Vietnam
- theGrio Reflects: The Story Of Emmett Till
- theGrio Reflects: the Underground Railroad
- theGrio Reflects: The 14th Amendment is adopted
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Myspace
Flickr
Podcast
Wordpress
Linkedin
Last.fm
Tumblr
Identi.ca
Plurk
