War Powers Vote Fails in the Senate: What the Numbers Actually Show
The United States Senate held a vote this week on a War Powers Resolution intended to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military...
Mount Vernon Cannot Afford Fiscal Romanticism
Affordability for Whom? The Fiscal Case for Scrutiny in Mount Vernon
Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced more than $240 million in tax credits and subsidies...
Forty-One Years of Service, Two Weeks from Retirement: Honoring Sergeant Harold Preston and the Reality of the Badge
Nationwide — Sergeant Harold Preston of the Houston Police Department was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call at an apartment complex on...
41 MILLION ARPA FUNDING: WHO DID IT HELP
A police officer who became permanently ill serving during COVID is waiting for a legal determination that was designed to be routine.
Officer Derek Williams...
Epstein Files Flood Timelines — While One Black City in New York Faces a High Concentration of Sex Offenders
Public debates tell us what people feel. Outcomes tell us what people prioritize.
For weeks, timelines have been dominated by outrage over the Epstein files...
The 80/20 Problem: Why Fighting Voter ID Is Political Self-Sabotage
One of the strangest habits in modern American politics is watching parties choose to fight the public on issues where the public already agrees...
We Celebrate Black History Month — But Ignore the Man Who Created It
Carter G. Woodson, the founder of what began as Negro History Week and later became Black History Month, did not intend for it to...
Sanctuary Without Limits Is Not a Budget — It’s a Bet
New York City’s fiscal crisis is being discussed as if it were a misunderstanding rather than a consequence. That confusion is not accidental. It...
A Black Mother of Five Was Killed—But It Didn’t Fit the Media’s Agenda
When Kiara Jenkins, a 36-year-old Black mother of five, was shot multiple times and left dead in a Chicago alley while heading to early-morning church,...
Trump’s Board of Peace, U.S. Power, and the Emerging Shape of Global Order : What It Means for Black America
https://youtu.be/XVQtUU60-Sc
When the United States organizes the world, it rarely does so through charters or ceremonial rooms. It organizes through leverage — economic, military, and...
U.S. Revamps Food Pyramid: What It Means for Black Health in America
https://youtu.be/Nqksqba9Dgc
For decades, Black America has followed federal nutrition advice and still ended up with the worst health outcomes in the nation. Higher rates of diabetes....
The Erasure of Reparations: How History Was Traded for Talking Points
From Republican Policy to Political Taboo
One of the curiosities of modern American politics is not what is debated, but what is carefully avoided. Reparations...
Israeli Spyware Might Be On Your Phone — And You’d Never Know
For years, people brushed off the idea that governments or foreign intelligence networks could break into the average person’s cellphone. That denial died the...
THE MAMDANI FACTOR: HOW NEW YORK’S “TAX THE RICH” AGENDA IS BOXING IN GOVERNOR HOCHUL
New York politics has always been a tug-of-war between ambition and arithmetic. But with the rise of Zohran Mamdani, that tension has reached a...
Two Historic Victories: What Ken Jenkins and Zohran Mamdani Reveal About the Future of New York Politics
I wouldn’t have believed the day would come when a Black man in Westchester would be the stewarding voice of governing for change. Is...
Two Icons Gone Too Soon: Ace Frehley and D’Angelo Leave Music World in Mourning
The world of music is in shock after losing two legends from completely different genres within the same week. On October 14, 2025, neo-soul...
Black Westchester Magazine – October 2025 Issue
The October 2025 issue of Black Westchester Magazine delivers hard-hitting journalism and unapologetic commentary on the issues shaping Black America today. From local Westchester politics to...
The Real Divide: How the Powers That Be Keep Us Separate
I keep coming back to a moment in American history most people have never been taught: when the Black Panthers sat down with poor...
Gov. Hochul’s Endorsement of Zohran Mamdani: What It Really Means for Black New Yorkers
Governor Kathy Hochul’s endorsement of Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor is being celebrated as a bold move by progressives. But before anyone...
This Is Not Black America’s Fight: It’s a Struggle Between White Liberals and White Conservatives
When you cut through the noise of today’s politics, you quickly see one truth: the loudest fights in America are not about Black people—they...
