The story behind Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday
June 19, 2025
Americans will celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free.
Americans will celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free.
The Brooklyn-born Democrat told the Times that it “was time for a changing of the guard” to a younger generation.
The number of ghost guns found at crime scenes around the country has also soared, according to federal data.
California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania joined forces to create the Clean Rides Network.
Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from prison after then-President Biden commuted his life sentence to home confinement.
A BROOKLYNITE honored for his immigration advocacy was among those whom former President Joe Biden granted clemency.
ONE OF THE PERSONS whom former President Biden pardoned in his closing hours is native Brooklynite Dr. Anthony Fauci.
AT LEAST 15 PEOPLE were killed on New Orleans’ famous Bourbon Street on Wednesday morning in an apparent attack inspired by terror group ISIS.
BROOKLYN CONGRESSMEMBER Yvette D. Clarke (D-09) commended President Joe Biden for using his clemency authority on Monday, Dec. 23.
President Joe Biden’s commitment to diversifying the federal judiciary has brought significant change to courts across the country.
PUBLIC ADVOCATE JUMAANE Williams took aim at Mayor Adams online on Thursday, calling him the “Trump of Brooklyn.”
What will it take to break the present national divide, between the narrow but solid Republican majority and a Democratic party trapped?
MAYOR ERIC ADAMS faced a barrage of questions during Tuesday’s weekly press conference regarding reports that he is pressuring…
The U.S. remembered the lives taken and those reshaped by 9/11, marking an anniversary laced with presidential campaign politics.
To curb this flow, 175 nations are negotiating a binding international treaty on plastic pollution, with a completion target of late 2024.
WASHINGTON — PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN on Monday called for significant reforms to the Supreme Court in the wake of several controversial rulings and ethics issues, reports the Associated Press. The
Reactions to President Joe Biden’s decision not to run for a second term, and to the rise of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s new heir apparent, were
CITYWIDE — SAYING THAT ‘AMERICA OWES A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO PRESIDENT BIDEN for his decades of service,’ NYC Mayor Eric Adams pledged to work with fellow Democrats to prioritize
WASHINGTON, D.C. — ELECTION LAW EXPERTS REFUTED GOP House Speaker Michael Johnson’s claim that Vice President Kamala Harris replacing President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket could pose legal challenges,
STATEWIDE — “PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS LED THE MOST PRO-WORKER ADMINISTRATION in U.S. history,” wrote George Gresham, president of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, in a statement released
NATIONWIDE — President Joe Biden announced that he is ending his re-election campaign against GOP nominee Donald Trump on Sunday afternoon, July 21. After speaking with Vice President Harris on
The Environmental Protection Agency will not be able to enforce a key rule limiting air pollution in nearly a dozen states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country, under
Plenty of outlets have suggested Biden step down due to his age. But it’s been four days since Trump was convicted and so far, it’s crickets.
Renowned civil rights attorney, former mayoral candidate and Brooklyn resident Maya Wiley has been appointed as an inaugural member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security
A new five-year schedule to lease federal offshore tracts for wind energy production was announced Wednesday by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, with up to a dozen lease sales anticipated beginning
MARINE PARK — Hundreds from all over the city rallied in solidarity outside the Kings Plaza Mall Sunday afternoon in an effort to make their collective voices heard — hoping
MARINE PARK — Solidarity was vocal and highly visible in a rally outside the Kings Plaza Mall Sunday afternoon in an effort to make their collective voices heard — hoping
The Biden administration greenlit the seventh large offshore wind project in the United States Tuesday. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility Eversource plan to build a 924-megawatt project,
America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and
Magistrate Judge Sanket Bulsara is on his way for a promotion after he was recommended last week by Sen. Charles Schumer for the position of district judge at the United
President Joe Biden on Wednesday approved Gov. Kathy Hochul’s request for a major disaster declaration to provide federal assistance to Brooklyn as well as Nassau and Westchester counties — all
WASHINGTON — More than 500 gun purchases have been blocked since a new gun law requiring stricter background checks for young people went into effect in 2022, Attorney General Merrick
NEW YORK — Criminal prosecutors may soon get to see over 900 documents pertaining to the alleged theft of a diary belonging to President Joe Biden’s daughter after a judge rejected
The Biden administration will issue $200 million in grants to modernize the country’s ferry systems, officials announced Thursday. The grant program will focus on expanding ferry service in rural communities,
President Joe Biden has renominated Judge John Gleeson to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, a bipartisan independent agency tasked with reducing sentencing disparities and promoting transparency in criminal sentencing. The move
President Joe Biden flew into Kennedy Airport Sunday night, then traveled by Marine One or Two to the heliport in Downtown Manhattan, where he landed at roughly 6:55 p.m. Biden