Governor Kathy Hochul gave her fourth State of the State address to a packed crowd at the Egg in Albany. In her 2025 address, she focused on making the state safer and more affordable for families, ...

The United Nations has launched a second International Decade for People of African Descent. This new decade — which officially began January 1, 2025, and will continue until December 31, 2034 — will ...

New year, new chance for New York City candidates to vie for power in the 2025 citywide elections, with the biggest, most controversial contender being the incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. He will be ...

Publisher Elinor “Elly” Tatum That is only possible with support from you our readers, our Amsterdam News family! Welcome to the family! The Broadway production of “ A Wonderful World: The Louis ...

On a sidewalk near the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, I met Jaqueline Smith, a long-term resident of the motel until she was forcibly evicted in 1988. For 36 years, ...

CM Nantasha Williams and Sen. James Sanders Jr. both of Queens are determined to keep the investigation into Malcolm X's assassination alive ...

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen are expected to finish first and second in this season’s MVP race.

We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective since 1909 – bringing you the news that mainstream media just doesn’t. I’m honored to be Amsterdam News ‘ Publisher and my father, ...

I’m also honored to be E&P ‘s 2024 Publisher of the Year, the first time in the 125 years of this award it has been given to a Black woman publisher – We are proud to provide no paywall journalism for ...

A report released by NYU reveals that the state parole board was significantly more likely to deny non-white people their release.

There’s a unique power in seeing a true story unfold on screen, particularly one as inspiring as “The Fire Inside.” ...

Eliseo Deleon will enlist Jeffery Deskovic as his lawyer in another attempt to clear his name for a 1995 murder.