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Special Report: Reporting Black America

Challenges persist for Black women who seek degrees in STEM

Only 2 percent of practicing scientists and engineers in the U.S. are Black women.

Special Report: Reporting Black America

Some Black Parents are Choosing Afrocentric Preschools for their Children

I"’d love to see what this new generation of super confident Black kids from Afrocentric preschools is going to look like when they grow up.”

Special Report: Reporting Black America

The quest to diversify NYC’s specialized high schools 

Black and Latinx students make up 3.9 percent of Stuyvesant High School’s student body according to recent statistics by U.S. News.

Special Report: Reporting Black America

Healthcare disparities hurts African immigrants

Other key challenges of African immigrants’ access to the health care system range from a language barrier, inundation with excessive information and paperwork and hostile services experience, according to PubMed. 

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African Women Migrating to Escape Oppression

Like many other African women, the advanced feminist landscape in the U.S.—compared to Nigeria—played a significant role in Yongo-Okochi’s choice to migrate and remain in America.

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Black New Yorkers Want Manhattan’s First Black District Attorney To Be ‘Tough’

Bragg, Manhattan’s first Black DA, is welcomed by many New Yorkers as being home-grown, and for confronting issues important to the community.

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The only woman of color in Nashua’s city council is reelected

Shoshanna Kelly wins a second term as Nashua, New Hampshire's Alderwoman at-large.

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After a double digit loss in the NYC mayor’s race, Sliwa concedes to Adams

After a contentious race for NYC mayor, Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa conceded to rival Eric Adams just 40 minutes after […]

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A cat, a jacket and a jammed ballot makes voting a headache for NYC Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa

“I’ll be going to polling locations all day until the final tally at nine, and I will hear stories from Democrats, Independents and Republicans that their name wasn’t in the book even though they voted in the presidential election"

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Inhumane conditions at Rikers Island lead to protests

Today protestors again rallied to close "Torture Island."