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Women’s Month Spotlight: Shawyn Patterson-Howard – First Woman Elected Mayor In City Of Mount Vernon

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

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Dr. Betty Campbell Breaks Barriers As First Black Commissioner of Jurors In NYS

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Women’s Month Spotlight: Rev. Margaret D. Fountain-Coleman – 1st Black Woman Elected Village of Tuckahoe Trustee

Women’s Month Spotlight: Ruth Hassell-Thompson Made Her-story As First Black Councilwoman In City Of Mount Vernon

The Dr. Traci Gardner Women’s History Month Interview

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

Legacy Beyond Self: The Meaning Behind the Commissioning of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Olivia Hooker

Firsts, Futures, and Fearless Women

She Planted the Seed of the Dream and History Let a Man Harvest It

Sharon Owens Makes History As Syracuse’s First Black Mayor

Dorcey Applyrs Makes History As Albany’s First Black Mayor

914 Spotlight: Ashley Robinson – An Aspiring Journalist Who Hosts & Produces Her Own Cable TV Show While Graduating With A 4.0 GPA

Mary J. Blige’s ‘My Life’ Inducted In National Recording Registry’s 2025 Class

This Women’s History Month, Let’s Prioritize Black Women’s Mental Health—and Their Whole Health

She Who Leads: A Love Letter to the Women Guiding Us Through the Fire

Women’s Month Spotlight: Joanne Dunn Makes History As First Female Executive Director of Youth Shelter of Westchester

Celebrating The Life & Legacy of Barbara Perry

Celebrating Ruby Dee – Actress, Poet, Playwright, Screenwriter, Journalist, & Civil Rights Activist

Timeline Of Black Women In Westchester That Made Her-Story!

Celebrating The Life & Legacy Of Alice E. Roker

Celebrating The Life And Legacy Of Our Soul Sistah, Angie Stone.

NAACP Mourns the Passing of Decades-Long Leader & Trailblazing Icon Hazel N. Dukes

This Day In Black History – Rebecca Lee Crumpler Became First African American Woman To Earn A Medical Degree

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Westchester Youth Bureau & County Youth Board Host Annual Youth Service Awards

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“It is often said that youth are the leaders of tomorrow. While this is meant to be a compliment, I would like to respectfully...
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Community, Care, and Receipts: What Really Happened at “Taste Of” in Yonkers

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Everybody loves to talk about “supporting Black businesses.” Everybody loves to say “health is wealth.” Everybody loves to post a flyer during Black History Month. But support...
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Could More Snow Be On The Way As Blizzard Clean-up Commences [UPDATED]

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Just when you thought it was safe, Mother Nature is not finished making this a February to remember. I, for one, after shoveling snow...
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Westchester County Exec Ken Jenkins Gives Afternoon Weather Briefing [Mon, Feb 23rd]

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Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins provides an update on current weather conditions, Monday afternoon . Westchester County is extending the complete road ban until 6 pm...
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Where Legacy Meets Purpose: Inside Grace HBCU Weekend

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Grace Baptist Church felt different that weekend. Not just busy. Not just full. But purposeful. From the moment the doors opened, the energy of...
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Mt. Vernon Arts & Cultural Society Builds Cultural Legacy Through Youth Art and Leadership

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On Saturday, February 21, 2026, the Mt. Vernon Arts & Cultural Society (MVACS), A.K.A. Mt. Vernon Arts Council did more than host an exhibition; it...
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This Day In Black History – March 11th Lorraine Hansberry Makes History As 1st Black Woman To Produce A Broadway Play

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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

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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.

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

Legacy Beyond Self: The Meaning Behind the Commissioning of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Olivia Hooker

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Respect Is Power: What Norwood E. Jackson Meant — Not Just What He Did

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Every Black History Month, we celebrate firsts. First elected,...
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Women’s Month Spotlight: Ruth Hassell-Thompson Made Her-story As First Black Councilwoman In City Of Mount Vernon

In 1993, The Honorable Ruth Hassell-Thompson made history when she was elected as the city of Mount Vernon’s first Councilwoman, and again as the first...

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

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

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

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“Since 2021, our salad bar has been inspired by...
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LOST BOROUGH ICE CREAM, YONKERS, NY

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Lost Borough Ice Cream features Small-Batch, Hand-Crafted Ice Cream....
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Westchester’s First Black-Owned Dispensary

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Kings House of Fire, co-founded by mother/son duo Joan...
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Westchester’s First Recreational Cannabis Dispensary Opens In Mount Vernon

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A $30 Minimum Wage in New York Will Lead to More Unemployment — Here’s Why

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In politics, policies are often judged by their intentions. In economics, policies are judged by their outcomes. That distinction matters as New York City Council...
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Congress Votes to Keep Sexual Misconduct Complaints Secret — Here’s How Your New York Congressmen and Congresswomen Voted for it

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This week, the United States House of Representatives quietly held a vote that most Americans will likely never hear about. The question before Congress was...

Our Students Can’t Read at Competitive Levels — Yet We’re Arguing About Everything Else

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

Westchester County Opens New Mental Health Safety Net Clinic in White Plains

Trump Moves Kristi Noem Out of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Taps Markwayne Mullin as Replacement

America Is Preparing for the AI Economy — But Our Schools Are Still Stuck in the 1990s

Don’t Roll Back New York’s Climate Law By Raya Salter

From Worf’s Warrior Code to Feminized Klingons: The Changing Identity of the Klingons

The Case for a Pause: When Medical Caution Is Not Discrimination

Inside the Congressional Briefing: What Lawmakers Were Told About Iran

Did Trump Violate the War Powers Resolution? Law, Logic, and the Question of Outcomes

Offensive Strikes, Defensive Shields, Saudi Arabia’s Red Line, and Canada’s Support: What This War Is Becoming

MIDDLE EAST RESET: KHAMENEI KILLED, GLOBAL TENSIONS SURGE

Trump Orders Major Combat Operations in Iran: A Defining Moment With Global Consequences

Mount Vernon Cannot Afford Fiscal Romanticism

Mamdani Meets With Trump: From State of the Union Protests to Oval Office Negotiations

The State of the Union: What it Means to Black America

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

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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...
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Three Kings Day – When The Stars Find You

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January 6, 2026. Early evening. And surprisingly warm, especially compared to the frigid stretch January had been putting us through. Not warm enough to...
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Adriana Erin Rivera Shares Excerpt of Her Book “Paloma’s Song,” Dedicated to 1898 Conquest of Puerto Rico at MV Gallery

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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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From Worf’s Warrior Code to Feminized Klingons: The Changing Identity of the Klingons

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For decades, the Klingons in Star Trek represented one of the most clearly defined warrior cultures in science fiction. Honor, lineage, loyalty, and courage were not...
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Strong Island, Still Standing: The Return Of A Pioneer By Dennis Richmond, Jr., M.S.Ed.

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In an era where cultural memory is often reduced to fleeting digital moments, a recent gathering, Saturday, February 28, 2026, at the Long Island...

BLACK WESTCHESTER PRESENTS PEOPLE BEFORE POLITICS RADIO

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PBP Radio Feb 1, 2025 – Faith, Protest & Future Of Our Youth

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Black Westchester presents the People Before Politics Radio Show with Damon K....

PBP Radio Jan. 18, 2025

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Black Westchester presents the People Before Politics Radio Show with Damon K....

PBP Radio Jan. 11, 2026 – ICE Shooting, ACA, White Plains New Police Commish, MV Comptroller Letter To BW

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PBP Radio Jan. 4, 2026 – When The System Turns on Us” Politics, Policing & Unanswered Deaths

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Elevation Nation With Tasha Young, Monday, May 5, 2025 – The Hidden Messages in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners

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Welcome to Elevation Nation with Tasha Young, where insight...

Elevation Nation With Tasha Young – With Guest Yolanda Durant Talking IRS Secrets Unlocked, Taxes, Payment Plans & Small Biz Setups

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Welcome to the Monday, April 14th episode of Black...

Elevation Nation With Tasha Young – Monday, March 31, 2025

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Elevation Nation With Tasha Young With Special Guest Rev. Margaret Coleman

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Welcome to the Monday, March 3rd episode of Black...

Elevation Nation With Tasha Young – Monday February 17th

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Elevation Nation With Tasha Young – Monday February 10th

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Welcome to another episode of Black Westchester presents Elevation...

Elevation Nation With Tasha Young With Special Guest Jamaal Bowman

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Welcome to the Monday, February 3rd episode of Black...
MONEY MONDAYS- BUILDING GENERATIONAL WEALTH

Money Mondays: Tamika Cunningham of TR Insurance Agency

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How Real Estate is the Cornerstone of Black Wealth and Community Empowerment

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The Future of Black Business in the AI Revolution

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Owning a Home, the Gateway to Generational Wealth

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Badge & Barrier Breakers: The Black Women Who Paved the Way in Westchester Law Enforcement.

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Black women have played a vital role in shaping law enforcement across Westchester County, often breaking barriers in institutions that historically excluded both women...

Women’s Month Spotlight: Shawyn Patterson-Howard – First Woman Elected Mayor In City Of Mount Vernon

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Democratic nominee Shawyn Patterson-Howard (SPH) made history Tuesday, November...

A $30 Minimum Wage in New York Will Lead to More Unemployment — Here’s Why

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In politics, policies are often judged by their intentions....

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

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

Dr. Betty Campbell Breaks Barriers As First Black Commissioner of Jurors In NYS

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Dr. Betty Campbell, an adjunct professor of criminal and...

Women’s Month Spotlight: Rev. Margaret D. Fountain-Coleman – 1st Black Woman Elected Village of Tuckahoe Trustee

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While living in Tuckahoe, New York, Rev. Coleman served...

Women’s Month Spotlight: Ruth Hassell-Thompson Made Her-story As First Black Councilwoman In City Of Mount Vernon

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In 1993, The Honorable Ruth Hassell-Thompson made history when...

The Dr. Traci Gardner Women’s History Month Interview

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On International Women's Day, Sunday, March 8, 2026, Traci...

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

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This week, the United States House of Representatives quietly...

Our Students Can’t Read at Competitive Levels — Yet We’re Arguing About Everything Else

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America Is Preparing for the AI Economy — But...

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