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- New York Amsterdam News
The Blacklight Unit Statement of Purpose Leer en español Since before the founding of our republic there has been a narrative struggle for its soul. Our nation’s founding document asked us to believe ...
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Nina Greene is a retired NYPD police officer who is physically disabled from a line of duty injury. She worked with the city’s evidence collection team, a skillset that has proved useful in her battle to try and keep her family home.
One Long Island family’s hellish journey to foreclosure
The Greene family has lost their years-long struggle to keep their house from foreclosure and were swept into a scam.
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May 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Nina Greene is a retired NYPD police officer who is physically disabled from a line of duty injury. She worked with the city’s evidence collection team, a skillset that has proved useful in her battle to try and keep her family home.
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Our very own Herb Boyd appeared on PIX 11 News to discuss former Congressman Charles B. Rangel's legacy. Go to amsterdamnews.com/pix11 to see the full video.
May 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our very own Herb Boyd appeared on PIX 11 News to discuss former Congressman Charles B. Rangel's legacy. Go to amsterdamnews.com/pix11 to see the full video.
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JOB POSTING: We are currently hiring for an Executive Editor. Go to amsterdamnews.com/editor for more info and to apply.
May 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
JOB POSTING: We are currently hiring for an Executive Editor. Go to amsterdamnews.com/editor for more info and to apply.
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It’s almost that time of year again. New York City’s voters will be using Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) to determine their new city leaders in the upcoming 2025 elections season, so now is a great time for a ‘how to’ review of the voting process.
NYC Ranked Choice Voting Refresher
It’s almost that time of year again. New York City’s voters will be using Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) to determine their new city leaders.
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June 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It’s almost that time of year again. New York City’s voters will be using Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) to determine their new city leaders in the upcoming 2025 elections season, so now is a great time for a ‘how to’ review of the voting process.
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From corrections to correcting the record, twelve prison and jail officials and administrators pushed back against Congressional narratives connecting solitary confinement to safety in a letter obtained by the AmNews penned to Sen. Dick Durbin last December.
Solitary confinement does not make prisons safer, say correctional heads
The United Nation’s Mandela Laws defines solitary confinement as 22 hours or more a day “without meaningful human contact.”
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June 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
From corrections to correcting the record, twelve prison and jail officials and administrators pushed back against Congressional narratives connecting solitary confinement to safety in a letter obtained by the AmNews penned to Sen. Dick Durbin last December.
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Congratulations to our very own Helina Selemon, Shannon Chaffers, Noy Thrupkaew, Damaso Reyes for winning the Best Feature Reporting - NYC Metro award from the New York Press Club for the series “Hidden Costs: The Financial Toll of Gun Violence." Check out the series here: amsterdamnews.com/cost
June 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Congratulations to our very own Helina Selemon, Shannon Chaffers, Noy Thrupkaew, Damaso Reyes for winning the Best Feature Reporting - NYC Metro award from the New York Press Club for the series “Hidden Costs: The Financial Toll of Gun Violence." Check out the series here: amsterdamnews.com/cost
Great reporting by @missroxscott.bsky.social !
Harlem Renaissance High School was one of the five schools from across the city whose students left their pencils and textbooks behind to come to this southern Brooklyn beach to touch grass and help blunt the impact of climate change.
NYC high schoolers work to protect Brooklyn’s shoreline
Harlem Renaissance High School students went to Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn to help blunt the impact of climate change.
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June 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Great reporting by @missroxscott.bsky.social !
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EDITORIAL: "We are elated to learn that Monroe Nichols, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s first black mayor, is planning to honor his promise to award the city $105m to address the destruction in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921."
EDITORIAL: Reparations gets another boost
Tulsa mayor Monroe Nichols is planning to award the city $105m to address the destruction in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
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June 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
EDITORIAL: "We are elated to learn that Monroe Nichols, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s first black mayor, is planning to honor his promise to award the city $105m to address the destruction in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921."
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A new program by domestic violence transitional housing provide the Urban Resource Institute offers financial literacy workshops, job readiness training, and career counseling to help individuals regain control over their lives and futures.
Program builds economic empowerment for domestic violence shelter residents
Urban Resource Institute rolled out an Economic Empowerment Program in the Big Apple in 2018, which now serves 24 shelters.
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June 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A new program by domestic violence transitional housing provide the Urban Resource Institute offers financial literacy workshops, job readiness training, and career counseling to help individuals regain control over their lives and futures.
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BLACK NEW YROKER: Husein Yatabarry, 32, is Muslim Community Network’s (MCN) Executive Director –– the youngest and first Black American to hold the position.
Breaking barriers with MCN Exec. Dir. Husein Yatabarry
Husein Yatabarry, 32, is Muslim Community Network’s (MCN) Executive Director –– the youngest and first Black American to hold the position.
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May 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
BLACK NEW YROKER: Husein Yatabarry, 32, is Muslim Community Network’s (MCN) Executive Director –– the youngest and first Black American to hold the position.
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The low-cost solution of planting grass on the beach is one way to subdue the force of inevitable storms to come, as well as engage young community members who will one day be stewards of this shoreland. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4kyQS21
May 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The low-cost solution of planting grass on the beach is one way to subdue the force of inevitable storms to come, as well as engage young community members who will one day be stewards of this shoreland. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4kyQS21
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IMMIGRATION COLUMN: "White South Africans are not persecuted. They are not fleeing genocide. They are not stateless. Despite making up just 7% of South Africa’s population, they own more than 70% of the land and maintain outsized control over the economy."
Why Trump’s America welcomes white South Africans while deporting Black and Brown immigrants
The U.S. government welcomed white Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch and German colonizers who enforced South Africa’s apartheid regime.
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May 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
IMMIGRATION COLUMN: "White South Africans are not persecuted. They are not fleeing genocide. They are not stateless. Despite making up just 7% of South Africa’s population, they own more than 70% of the land and maintain outsized control over the economy."
Dr. Michelle Morse, MD, MPH, Acting Commissioner, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, spoke with the Amsterdam News for a Q&A about the 5th anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Dr. Michelle Morse on the 5th anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdown
Dr. Michelle Morse spoke with the Amsterdam News for a Q&A about the 5th anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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May 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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On this month's Amsterdam News spotlight on PIX 11 News, Publisher and Editor in Chief Elinor Tatum discusses the legacy of the late Charlie Rangel. Watch the full interview at amsterdamnews.com/pix11.
May 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
On this month's Amsterdam News spotlight on PIX 11 News, Publisher and Editor in Chief Elinor Tatum discusses the legacy of the late Charlie Rangel. Watch the full interview at amsterdamnews.com/pix11.
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Harlem Renaissance High School students left their pencils and textbooks behind to come to this southern Brooklyn beach to thelp blunt the impact of climate change by planting beach grass. (Gerard Gaskin photo) Read more here: https://bit.ly/4kyQS21
May 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Harlem Renaissance High School students left their pencils and textbooks behind to come to this southern Brooklyn beach to thelp blunt the impact of climate change by planting beach grass. (Gerard Gaskin photo) Read more here: https://bit.ly/4kyQS21
We're excited to announce that we've won a New York Press Club Award!
Feature Reporting - NYC Metro
Newspaper
“Hidden Costs: The Financial Toll of Gun Violence”
Congrats to @heyhelina.bsky.social, @sechaffers.bsky.social, Noy Thrupkaew!
amsterdamnews.com/cost/
Feature Reporting - NYC Metro
Newspaper
“Hidden Costs: The Financial Toll of Gun Violence”
Congrats to @heyhelina.bsky.social, @sechaffers.bsky.social, Noy Thrupkaew!
amsterdamnews.com/cost/
Hidden Costs: The Financial Toll of Gun Violence
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May 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We're excited to announce that we've won a New York Press Club Award!
Feature Reporting - NYC Metro
Newspaper
“Hidden Costs: The Financial Toll of Gun Violence”
Congrats to @heyhelina.bsky.social, @sechaffers.bsky.social, Noy Thrupkaew!
amsterdamnews.com/cost/
Feature Reporting - NYC Metro
Newspaper
“Hidden Costs: The Financial Toll of Gun Violence”
Congrats to @heyhelina.bsky.social, @sechaffers.bsky.social, Noy Thrupkaew!
amsterdamnews.com/cost/
Congrats to @sechaffers.bsky.social & @heyhelina.bsky.social for winning a 1st Place Headliner Club Award!
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May 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Congrats to @sechaffers.bsky.social & @heyhelina.bsky.social for winning a 1st Place Headliner Club Award!
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Did you hear are our feature yesterday on 1010 WINS? Check out this clip featuring our Publisher and Editor in Chief Elinor Tatum speaking about the up coming Amsterdam News museum. Shout out to anchor Larry Mullins for doing the story!
April 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Did you hear are our feature yesterday on 1010 WINS? Check out this clip featuring our Publisher and Editor in Chief Elinor Tatum speaking about the up coming Amsterdam News museum. Shout out to anchor Larry Mullins for doing the story!
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If #American life is a river, #povertyrelief & strife sits on its banks. The #AmericanDream sits back from its edge. Few can plant their feet in the soil to have no fear of it leaving. Most start out in the water & must make it across. #HenryHoltCo
The White Bonus: The cash value of racism in America
If American life is a river, relief from poverty and strife sits atop one of its slippery banks, and the American Dream sits safely back from its edge.
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April 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If #American life is a river, #povertyrelief & strife sits on its banks. The #AmericanDream sits back from its edge. Few can plant their feet in the soil to have no fear of it leaving. Most start out in the water & must make it across. #HenryHoltCo
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Please join me in congratulating @missroxscott.bsky.social on her 3rd place Headliner Club Award!! She did amazing reporting for the @nyamnews.bsky.social on the impact of climate change on Black homeowners in Queens
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May 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Please join me in congratulating @missroxscott.bsky.social on her 3rd place Headliner Club Award!! She did amazing reporting for the @nyamnews.bsky.social on the impact of climate change on Black homeowners in Queens
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Vital reporting on guns and schools by @sechaffers.bsky.social for @nyamnews.bsky.social
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The legacy of Zero-Tolerance Part 2: The search for alternative responses
Restorative justice is a process that involves repairing harms between victims and offenders, rather than simply or only punishing offenders.
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April 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Vital reporting on guns and schools by @sechaffers.bsky.social for @nyamnews.bsky.social
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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
April 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
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New York’s Victim Compensation program has awarded funds to victims and survivors of violent crime since the federal law was enacted in 1984. Life for many is thrown into chaos after surviving a gun injury or losing a loved one to gun violence.
How the financial costs of gun violence hurt loved ones left behind
Gun violence victims are left with grief, trauma… and bills. For many, compensation comes too late – or never at all.
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April 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New York’s Victim Compensation program has awarded funds to victims and survivors of violent crime since the federal law was enacted in 1984. Life for many is thrown into chaos after surviving a gun injury or losing a loved one to gun violence.
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New York State could raise a conservative estimate of $13 to $20 billion from a slumbering sales tax on #WallStreet to fund public services and programs for everyday New Yorkers in what the Corporate Campaign founder calls “greed vs. need.
Movement prods New York’s dormant multi-billion-dollar sales tax on Wall Street
Critics for reinstating the Stock Transfer Tax fear the bill will drive the city’s financial heart toward other states, just as they did in 1905.
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April 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New York State could raise a conservative estimate of $13 to $20 billion from a slumbering sales tax on #WallStreet to fund public services and programs for everyday New Yorkers in what the Corporate Campaign founder calls “greed vs. need.