This video from the AP shows a press conference featuring Bob Rowley, spokesperson for Northwestern University, arguing that students are simply students, and scholarships suffice as compensation. John Adam is also featured representing the “employees” of the College Athlete’s Players […]
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted the borough’s official Dominican Heritage Celebration Wednesday at the Grand Slam Foundation in celebration of Dominican culture. Borough President Diaz honored leaders from the Dominican Republic at the East Tremont eatery who have […]
Former Mayor and Future Felon Ray Nagin. Photo c/o huffingtonpost.com Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, 57, who took the national stage during the Katrina disaster in 2005, was found guilty of twenty counts of corruption, as well as taking […]
Photo c/o Chad Sisneros (Humanesociety.org) The Farm Bill has had it’s share of controversies, but a lesser known and laudable provision was added to the bill that is a victory for animal welfare. Last Friday President Obama signed the final […]
Statewide Earth Day Poster Contest Promotes Environmental Awareness BRONX, NY– Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) announced the launch of the New York State Senate’s Annual Earth Day Poster Contest. Students from across the Bronx and Westchester are encouraged to participate in […]
New York City Councilman Andy King and the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program hosted a “Celebrating Our History” program at 11 a.m Wednesday at Evander Childs High School Campus in the Northeast Bronx, honoring former Mayor David Dinkins and activist NAACP New […]
Highlighting features such as well-priced co-ops in an Art Deco building along the northernmost stretch of the Grand Concourse and the area’s few Victorian-era single-family homes, The Times talks up Bedford Park in a Tuesday article, interviewing brokers about what would-be […]
Video c/o The Associated Press. If you haven’t heard by now, Russia has this lovely practice of KILLING STRAY DOGS that are “out of place” if you will in the general vicinity of the Olympics. So, obviously, this has caused […]
The Bronx Chamber of Commerce is hosting its Second Annual African Heritage Celebration later today and will honor Council Member and former Assemblywoman Vanessa Gibson, among others, at a luncheon at F & J Pine Tavern at 11:30 a.m. “I […]
Video c/o The White House.
The FBI released this statement about the raids today that took down a drug ring that reportedly attempted to sell cocaine in Italy and heroin in the US, with major players headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and Calabria, Italy:
The Finale, Into the Woods, Preston High School. Video c/o youtube.com Two Bronx Catholic schools put on Broadway classics this weekend, with Into the Woods coming to Preston High School in Throggs Neck and Godspell taking stage at Fordham Preparartory on the university […]
Attorney General and city native Eric Holder made his position clear yesterday in a speech outlining the need to allow citizens who have served their time to have a voice in voting, the most basic American right. The Huffington Post […]
Photo c/o nbcnews.com Longtime NBC News Anchor Tom Brokaw, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting blood cells in the bone marrow, in August at the Mayo Clinic, released this statement this afternoon: “With the exceptional support of my […]
Photo c/o Biography.com Shirley Temple Black, one of the most well known child stars in Hollywood, died at 85 on Monday night in her Woodside, California home. Her publicist, Cheryl Kagan, said that Temple Black died of natural causes and […]
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