News for Harlem and the Harlems of the World
When people ask First Lady Michelle Obama to describe herself, she doesn’t hesitate to say that first and foremost, she is Malia and Sasha’s mom. But before she was a mother — or a wife, lawyer or public servant — she was Fraser and Marian Robinson’s daughter. The Robinsons lived in a brick bungalow on […]
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Washington, D.C. — Congressman Charles B. Rangel released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union before Joint Session of the Congress where he discussed three key principles: opportunity, action, and optimism: “Today the President has reminded the country that, with optimism for the future and action on all of
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There are some very intriguing things to look out for in the world of sports in 2014. Will LeBron James opt out of his contract and leave the Miami Heat? Just as it was in the summer of 2010, the NBA world will be waiting to see what LeBron James decides to do. Four years
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Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) is an educational construct designed to facilitate higher learning in the schools and communities of urban America. “It’s official,” said HEAF president and CEO, Ruth Rathblott. On February 1st, HEAF launched its first class in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn — with 11 families attending the event. “We have learned a lot
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Essex, NY — “You can come from anywhere and succeed in what you believe,” said Edna McCants, graduate of Harlem’s Wadleigh Secondary School. McCants, who graduated from Mercy College last May, is giving back through College For Every Student (CFES), the same program that helped her prepare for, gain access to, and succeed in college.
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This Tuesday, President Obama will make economic inequality central to his State of the Union, building on his 2013 description of economic mobility as “the defining challenge of our time … a fundamental threat to the American Dream, our way of life, and what we stand for around the globe.” Our nation was uniquely founded
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International House is an example of American philanthropy at its best. It provides an important service that the free market cannot provide as inexpensively and that government cannot or will not. And it provides that service competently and imaginatively for over 700 scholars from 100 countries who could not find it elsewhere. Many Americans feel
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Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, cosmologist, and celebrated science author and educator. Tyson recently talked with the Harlem Times on a number of topics — including the importance of science literacy, the upcoming sequel to Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, and the enigma of dark energy that keeps him blissfully scratching his head each morning.
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Spice up this Valentine’s Day with these unique, yet romantic, date ideas that are sure to leave your special someone feeling warm and fuzzy. The Suite Experience Turn your living room in to a hotel suite. Start the evening off with a relaxing in-house couple’s massage, companies like Zeel offer reasonable rates and masseuses provide
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Harlem is associated with a history of innovation in the arts — serving as a home base and creative source for geniuses like W.E.B. Du Bois and Duke Ellington. Harlem Biospace (Hb), a new biotech incubator on 127th Street in West Harlem, is now making waves in the life sciences. Hb is a diverse community
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