The NAACP names Brooklynite and ex-DOJ civil rights chief Kristen Clarke as its top lawyer
March 25, 2026
Kristen Clarke was the first woman and the first Black woman appointed to lead the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
Kristen Clarke was the first woman and the first Black woman appointed to lead the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
WASHINGTON — A divided federal appeals court on Monday ruled that private individuals and groups such as the NAACP do not have the ability to
The nation’s oldest civil rights organization said it will propose a sweeping plan meant to protect Black Americans from white supremacist violence in response to
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden nominated Natasha Merle to serve as a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York,
Two 100-year-old subway stations in Brooklyn now have new co-names: Franklin Avenue-Medgar Evers College and President Street-Medgar Evers College. The stations have been renamed by
A high-profile coalition of educators, activists and philanthropists — including the American Federation of Teachers, the NAACP and the charity World Central Kitchen — is
On this day, Green-Wood joins with our city and our country in honoring the events of June 19, 1865. History is created by individuals who
Following a week where some of the local bar associations spoke out in support of the peaceful protests going on in Brooklyn and across the country, the New York State
Computer algorithms are increasingly making decisions affecting New Yorkers’ lives, but the city is struggling to get a handle on how fair those systems are and who — if anyone
Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on February 8, that he, along with Lu-Shawn Thompson, the widow of late District Attorney Ken Thompson, would be joining forces with various
Some good news for the students, parents and teachers in SunsetPark!
Students from Sunset Park High School (SPHS) and BrooklynProspect Charter School (BPCS) will not be sharing a schoolbuilding come September. Instead, students from Brooklyn Prospectwill be moving into empty classrooms at …