News for Harlem and the Harlems of the World
by Ramona Maben ALL VIDEOS, PHOTOGRAPHY AND INTERVIEWS CREATED BY RAMONA MABEN In a day and age where corporations are running the world, one has to ask, where are the good old days; the neighborhoods embedded with Mom-and-Pop stores? Missing are the once abundant minority owned businesses, shops where you could get original, tailor made, […]
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Sponsored by JPMorganChase While there is a lot of uncertainty around the housing market in 2025, affordability still remains a top challenge for homebuyers – especially first-time home buyers who, according to a 2025 Bankrate survey, often cite the upfront costs of homeownership as the biggest barrier to homeownership. And a 2023 study from LendingTree
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As JPMorganChase’s Harlem Community Center Branch on 125th Street reached its fifth anniversary this past fall, we look back at the impact of this unique neighborhood resource. Opened in 2019, Chase’s flagship Community Center Branch in Harlem was the first of its kind in the nation, pioneering a new model of community-focused banking. The facility
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By Daniel Rose On November 4, 2025, New York’s registered voters will choose their next Mayor, and present indications are that Zohran Mamdani, the charismatic 33-year-old self-described (small “d”) democratic socialist – who believes that free-market capitalism is “theft” – is in line to lead our country’s largest city and the world’s financial capital. Jamie
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by David Ellis I first opened the doors of Saint Mark the Evangelist School in September 2002. Fresh out of graduating from college, it was my first real job and I was both nervous and excited. As soon as I walked in I could feel the history, the energy and the love. Sister Nora was
by Jan Gloor Charles Bernard Rangel, whose remarkable life and work touched countless individuals in Harlem and beyond, leaves behind an enduring legacy of service, advocacy, and commitment to his community. Born on June 11, 1930, in Harlem, Rangel never forgot the streets that shaped him. From his time as a young man in the
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By Tate Hutchinson On the morning of the BIG EAST Media Day, coaches of the conference’s eleven teams gathered to vote for how they predicted the final standings would shake out. Leading the pack was defending champion UConn, with the underdog St. John’s University in a distant fifth. Now as the calendar has turned to
Harlem’s New Heritage Theatre Group (NHTG) (est. 1964), New York State’s oldest Black nonprofit theater, is honored that its youth division, Grammy and Oscar nominated IMPACT Repertory Theatre (IMPACT,) was selected to be a beneficiary of donations to be received from Japan’s 2025 Super Choir Charity Concert. The 2025 Super Choir Charity Concert “Blessing Juneteenth from Japan” will
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By Daniel Rose Richard Dean Parsons (April 4, 1948 – December 26, 2024) was an authentic American hero of colossal stature, an individual whose professional accomplishments were formidable and whose contributions to our national life were even greater as a role model, mentor, and inspiration for countless others. How does one write objectively and impartially
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by Mashari Grissom Dedicated to uplifting communities through the transformative power of art and storytelling, New Heritage Theatre Group (NHTG), New York state’s oldest Black non-profit theater, recently held its 60th Anniversary Gala at the Marian Anderson Theatre at Aaron Davis Hall, City College of New York on Monday, December 16, 2024. There were also