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‘More than Shakespearean’: Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio on Giuliani’s downfall
Politico via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNEW YORK — In October 1989, New Yorkers woke up to a 30-second campaign ad featuring Anna Venditti,...
Eric Adams was once Al Sharpton’s bodyguard. Now they talk weekly.
Politico via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNEW YORK — Rev. Al Sharpton remembers first meeting Eric Adams, then a transit cop, at one of his...
Editorial: Black mayors lead America’s 4 largest cities, but their skin color is largely beside the...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt is historically significant that America’s four largest cities have Black mayors. Eric Adams of New York, Karen Bass of Los Angeles, Lori Lightfoot of Chicago and Sylvester Turner of Houston ...
Luis A. Miranda's New Memoir 'Relentless' is a Case Study of Philanthropy and Politics in America
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLuis A. Miranda Releases New MemoirCorey Nickols "Reading this book makes me want to work harder,"...
Obituary: Esta-Ann Baitler, champion for people with developmental disabilities, community
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEsta-Ann Baitler, a champion of the causes she believed in, has died. She demonstrated daily the value and contributions of people with developmental disabilities. Baitler, a longtime Rockland ...
Black Leaders Should Focus on Economic Mobility, Not Crime
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyIn January, Black political leaders in New...
Bill Perkins, a force in Harlem politics, is dead at 74; ‘Harlem has lost a giant,’ says Mayor Adams
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBill Perkins, a hard-charging, reform-minded city and state lawmaker who championed equality in health care and criminal justice as an energetic force in Harlem politics across three decades ...
When Black men gather | GUEST COMMENTARY
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLast year Camille Busette, a senior fellow at the Brookings institute wrote that “to be male, poor, and either African-American is to confront, on a daily basis, a deeply held racism that exists ...