Howie Evans was a proverbial giant. Even though standing just 5-10, he was a towering sports and cultural icon.

We at the Amsterdam News wanted to take a second to talk about the U.S. Constitution, one of the most influential and “living ...

The news mainstream media just doesn’t cover. Racial justice journalism since 1909.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she and the State Legislature reached an agreement on the budget for fiscal year 2026.

As of now, the city law, passed in 2019 under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, mandates that Rikers be closed by 2027 and replaced by borough-based jails. Adams has been slammed for “abandoning” the plan.

There’s something inherently dangerous about traveling alone across the country. America is wide, vast, and in many ways experiencing a constitutional crisis. Throw in the added layers of being female ...

Brown spent 23 years out of a 40-year sentence in prison for a 1999 shooting which injured two men, leaving one victim paralyzed. During the original trial, his previous lawyer failed to mention a leg ...

The book is essentially about a success story, the realization of a dream Lonnie had after re-reading Albion Tourgee’s 1879 novel “A Fool’s Errand.” Lonnie said that he saw “the journey to build a ...

To get Venezuela off its back and to cease it from scaring away investors by threatening to invade and take the Essequibo, Guyana had back in 2018 approached the Court for a once and for all ruling.

Child abuse investigations by NYC’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) often target low-income Black and Latino women.

The nominations are out for the 78th Annual Tony Awards, and Black and Latinx people are beautifully represented.

The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation is changing the name of its annual Legacy Awards for literature to the Zora Awards.