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Mount Vernon’s Intellectus Prep Creates Early College Pathway Through Westchester Community College Partnership

Black Westchester - September 15, 20260

MOUNT VERNON, NY — Intellectus Preparatory Charter School, a tuition-free public charter school located at 175-177 Gramatan Avenue in Mount Vernon, New York, has...

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AACCHV’s First CRA Comment Lab Turned Banking Policy Into a Conversation About Access, Accountability, and Community Power

Larnez Kinsey - September 12, 20260

Thirty-two people logged onto Zoom Thursday night for the first African American Chamber of Commerce of the Hudson Valley CRA Comment Lab, presented in...

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BW News Brief: Mount Vernon Arts & Cultural Society Launches “The Art of Voting Challenge”

AJ Woodson - September 7, 20260

MOUNT VERNON, NY — The Mt. Vernon Arts & Cultural Society, in partnership with the Mount Vernon Public Library, is calling on emerging and...

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Mount Vernon Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Firearms Sales, Storage Unit Burglaries

AJ Woodson - September 4, 20260

A Mount Vernon man who admitted to burglarizing storage units in New Rochelle and later selling stolen firearms to an undercover state trooper has...

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BW NEWS BRIEF: Mount Vernon Woman Charged After Allegedly Taking Vehicle With 1-Year-Old Child Inside

AJ Woodson - September 2, 20260

MOUNT VERNON, NY — The Mount Vernon Police Department arrested Tiauna Crump, 52, of Mount Vernon, following an incident in which she allegedly took...

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Yonkers Has the Village. Now We Have to Move Like One.

Larnez Kinsey - August 23, 20260

Project RISE showed me something I haven’t seen enough of in seven years of living in Yonkers: organizations actually moving together. Now we have...

914 POLITICS

914 Politics

Two Battles, One City: Mayor Shawyn Fought Cancer, But What Is Mount Vernon Fighting Within City Hall?

Larnez Kinsey - August 17, 2026 15

Her illness deserves compassion. Her leadership still demands accountability. I watched Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard go live, reveal her cancer journey, and announce being cancer-free for...

914 Politics

FREEDOM: I Volunteered to Wear One Hat, Then Found Myself Wearing a Thousand

Larnez Kinsey - August 13, 2026 5

What Working on a Westchester County Political Campaign Taught Me About Unpaid Labor, Leadership, Power, Accountability, Boundaries, and Having the Strength to Close a...

BW - Mount Vernon

Blacks in Law Enforcement: Mount Vernon Mayor’s Office Lied About Who Hired Jennifer Lackard — It Wasn’t Glenn Scott

DAMON K JONES - August 7, 2026 1

BLEA says City Hall’s handling of the Lackard controversy is damaging the reputation of hardworking Mount Vernon police officers and undermining an opportunity to...

914 Politics

Mount Vernon Owes the Public More Than a Press Release By Kenneth Chamberlain Jr.

Black Westchester - August 6, 2026 0

There are certain incidents that immediately take me back to another place and another time and the recent officer involved shooting in Mount Vernon...

Cinquemani Condemns “Institutional Excuses,” Calls for Community-First Public Safety Reform in Mount Vernon

August 5, 2026

What Have Westchester County Police Departments Learned from the Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.?

August 4, 2026

Black Law Enforcement: The Mount Vernon Mayor Must Be Held Accountable for the Continued Failures of the Mount Vernon Police Department

August 4, 2026

NY-17 Race Remains One of the Nation’s Closest as New Poll Shows Lawler Ahead

July 24, 2026

ACROSS THE NATION

Across The Nation

Saving Justice: From Reparations to Racial Equity, the Movement Grows by Dr. James Fairbanks

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The 19th Annual Jazz in the Gardens (JITG) Music Festival

BLACK FINANCE

No Tax on Tips? Let’s Talk About No Tax on Survival Wages

Across The Nation

Rep. Jasmine Crockett Launches Campaign For Texas Democratic Senate primary

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Black Politics

The Amendment That Forgot Who It Was Written For

International Politics

Congress Votes to Keep Sexual Misconduct Complaints Secret — Here’s How Your New York Congressmen and Congresswomen Voted for it

International News

Trump Signals Cuba Could Be Next After Iran Operation, Raising Questions Across the Caribbean

International News

Inside the Congressional Briefing: What Lawmakers Were Told About Iran

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Tiesha Heath Make History First Female Officer In Elmsford Police Department

BW News March 19, 2026 0

The Village of Elmsford made history on Tuesday, January...

MaryAnn Carr – the first African American Town Supervisor in Westchester County

914 Spotlight March 16, 2026 0

In a brief masked and socially distant ceremony, with immediate...

This Day In Black History – March 11th Lorraine Hansberry Makes History As 1st Black Woman To Produce A Broadway Play

BW Black History March 11, 2026 0

A Raisin in the Sun, the first Broadway play...

Women’s Month Spotlight: Dr. Traci Gardner Makes History 1st Woman & African American Chief Medical Officer/Medical Dir. of Children’s Village

BW Black History March 6, 2026 1

The Children’s Village Organization in Dobbs Ferry, NY, announced...

Before the Civil Rights Act, Dr. Jane Cooke Wright Was Already Changing Cancer Treatment By Derek H. Suite, M.D.

BW Black History March 3, 2026 2

The physician whose research helped bring scientific precision to...

Entertainment

RUN HIDE FIGHT: INFIDELS — IS JONATHAN MAJORS’ NEW MOVIE ISLAMOPHOBIC, OR IS HOLLYWOOD AFRAID OF THE CONVERSATION?

Jonathan Majors is returning, but the fact that he's coming back to the films might cause almost as much controversy as the circumstances which brought...

Black Culture

Fat Joe, Hip-Hop Doesn’t Make You Black—and It Doesn’t Give You a Pass on the N-Word

I would like to start off with a point...

BW - Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Firearms Sales, Storage Unit Burglaries

A Mount Vernon man who admitted to burglarizing storage...

BLACK 2 BUSINESS

Black To Business

Jasmine Clarke, Founder of So Jazzed Esthetics Wins 2025 Business Leader Award

March 24, 2025 4

Black Westchester has always been an advocate for supporting...

Black To Business

Local Bakery Celebrates Sweet Success: Cupcake Cutie Boutique Marks 9 Years in Business

October 18, 2024 0

MOUNT VERNON, NY - In a testament to the...

Black To Business

Toss’t And Press’t – Salad & Sandwich Shop

September 14, 2024 0

“Since 2021, our salad bar has been inspired by...

Black To Business

LOST BOROUGH ICE CREAM, YONKERS, NY

September 4, 2024 0

Lost Borough Ice Cream features Small-Batch, Hand-Crafted Ice Cream....

Black To Business

Westchester’s First Black-Owned Dispensary

May 18, 2024 1

Kings House of Fire, co-founded by mother/son duo Joan...

Black To Business

Westchester’s First Recreational Cannabis Dispensary Opens In Mount Vernon

February 21, 2024 0

Elevate Cannabis Dispensary, located at 127 S. Terrace Ave....

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

Four Hours in the Smoking Room: Labor Day, the Pullman Porters, and the Fight for Sleep By Derek H. Suite, M.D.

Features

Breathing While Black: The Sleep Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight

Health & Wellness

Sleep Deprivation in Black Communities: When Exhaustion Becomes a Measure of Worth by Derek H. Suite, M.D., M.S.

Black Health

Still Exhausted After Sleeping? Understanding Mental Fatigue and What to Do About It By Derek H. Suite. M.D.

Health & Wellness

Sleep as Strategy: Why 2026 Belongs to the Well-Rested By Derek H. Suite, M.D.

Health & Wellness

Holding It Together Through the Holidays – Why Sleep May Be the Most Meaningful Gift We Give Ourselves This Season By Dr. Derek H....

Health & Wellness

The Medicine You Are Not Taking – How Sleep Deprivation Is Quietly Undermining Your Health By Derek H. Suite, M.D.

Health and Wellness

The Stress Reset Your Grandmother Already Knew: How Gratitude Rewires Sleep and Resilience By Derek H. Suite, M.D.

Health & Wellness

Westchester Leaders Confront Asthma Crisis in Black Communities at Mount Vernon Forum

Health & Wellness

Fourteen Years in the Fog By Dr. Derek H. Suite, M.D.

Black Health

What Really Happened to SNAP: Intentions, Incentives, and the Lessons We Refuse to Learn

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The ACA Offer and the Counteroffer: Would Cutting Out Big Insurance Finally Put People First?

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While Black students already face difficulties, New York is changing the Regents requirement — where are the checks and balances?

DAMON K JONES - September 17, 2026 0

For many generations, New York has used the Regents examination system as a standalone way to measure what students know. The system goes back...

Criminal Justice

THE LINDSAY CLANCY CASE: WHAT DID THE ONLY BLACK JUROR SEE?

DAMON K JONES - September 14, 2026 4

https://youtu.be/_dsLXsTUwr8 What happens when twelve Americans enter a jury room, eleven reach the same conclusion, and one refuses to go along? Legally, when unanimity is...

FOLLOW THE MONEY Part Two: The Rules Are Changing, This Is Your Window to Speak

September 1, 2026

Two Reports Expose the Failure of NY Attorney General Letitia James

August 31, 2026

FOLLOW THE MONEY – Westchester’s Banking Numbers Under the Microscope, Part One: Apple Bank

August 29, 2026

If You Felt That, You’re Not Wrong – Your Collaborators Are Your Competitors, and That’s Not a Bad Thing

August 25, 2026

Who Is Policing Black Journalism? The Stephen A. Smith Controversy Exposes a Bigger Problem

August 18, 2026

Black Civic Leadership Has Always Been Central to Progressive Change by Dr. Haley Pilgrim

August 13, 2026

FREEDOM: I Volunteered to Wear One Hat, Then Found Myself Wearing a Thousand

August 13, 2026

City & State Magazine Confirms It: NYC-DSA Is 60% White — So Who Is Really Speaking for Black New Yorkers?

August 11, 2026

When Silence Is Mistaken for Guilt: An Editorial on Truth, Grace, and the Whole Story by Kathie Brewington

August 9, 2026

Why Socialism and Communism Can’t Build Black Generational Wealth

August 9, 2026

Cori Bush’s Defeat Is a Warning to Progressives—and the Democratic Party

August 5, 2026

The Rise of Black Republicans: Traitors or Trailblazers?

August 1, 2026

The Root Failed Black America: This Interview Asked the Questions—But Never Demanded the Answers

July 29, 2026

A City-Owned Grocery Store Sounds Good—But Economics Doesn’t Care About Good Intentions

July 28, 2026

The Jack and Jill National Convention Through a Grandfather’s Eyes

July 27, 2026

Melat Kiros Proves the Erasure of the Historical Black Struggle with Her “Global South” Narrative

July 27, 2026

LATINO EMPOWERMENT

Escalation Isn’t New. It’s the Same Story, Told Louder By Larnez Kinsey

International News Larnez Kinsey - January 14, 2026 0

For families like mine, Puerto Rico is not a headline. It’s a grandmother’s voice that still lives in the ear. It’s land that remembers footsteps even...

Three Kings Day – When The Stars Find You

BW News Larnez Kinsey - January 8, 2026 0

January 6, 2026. Early evening. And surprisingly warm, especially compared to the frigid stretch January had been putting us through. Not warm enough to...

Adriana Erin Rivera Shares Excerpt of Her Book “Paloma’s Song,” Dedicated to 1898 Conquest of Puerto Rico at MV Gallery

BW - Mount Vernon AJ Woodson - July 31, 2025 0

Adriana Erin Rivera, an award-winning New Jersey-raised author of Puerto Rican descent, shared excerpts of her first book published by the Smithsonian Institute, "Paloma's...

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Entertainment News

Hip-Hop Documentary Headlines Second Annual LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival

AJ Woodson - September 18, 2026 0

Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall Of Fame (LIMEHOF) Music Documentary Film Festival Returns September 26 With Hip-Hop Film and Star-Studded Performance Hip Hop musicians...

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