Paul Anthony

Juneteenth: A Celebration

On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people there were free, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Texas, the most remote Confederate state, had remained largely untouched by its enforcement. That delayed but undeniable arrival of freedom became Juneteenth, also

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How a Bronx Family is Keeping Their 90-Year-Old Business Alive

Walk into Borgatti’s on East 187th Street and you’re standing in a shop that’s been there since 1935. The company uses many of the same recipes cofounder Maria Borgatti brought from Bologna, maintaining the same dedication to handmade pasta that defined the business nine decades ago. What makes Borgatti’s remarkable is that the business is

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The Harlem Renaissance of Seafood: Make My Fish Founders on Friendship, Foot Traffic, and a $100 Million Vision

THT: Hi, I’m Paul Jackson from The Harlem Times. I’m here in Yonkers at Make My Fish (MMF) with co-founders Joe Watson and Pat Ellerbe. Tell me a little bit about your background and how this dynamic partnership began. Joe Watson: Pat and I go way back. I was born and raised right here in Harlem, and so was

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Why Finding Companionship in the 21st Century is Not as Easy as It Was for Our Parents

By The Harlem Times The social fabric of American life is undergoing a quiet but profound unraveling. While our parents and grandparents often found life partners through neighborhood dances, religious institutions, or local community hubs, those organic “third spaces” have largely been replaced by digital gatekeepers. Today, nearly 30% of Americans—approximately 100 million people—report being

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