Alvin Gordon raises the question of the murder of Black children by their peers, although he seems mainly interested in using this to attack Black organizations while ignoring the myriad groups that work to prevent such violence. more

My older sister was doing well as a junior at the Bronx High School of Science in the late 1950s, when she discovered she was pregnant. Her boyfriend was a senior at the same school. more

I am writing in response to a letter by the president of American Humane, Robin Ganzert, promoting her group’s “Humane Certified” label, urging people who “care” about animals — turkeys in particular — to purchase the turkeys her group certifies for the holiday table. more

A portion of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act was included in the recent Build Back Better bill that was passed by the U.S. House. more

Finally, I am vindicated. I put my reputation and name on two opinion pieces in The Riverdale Press that ran in September 2019 and October 2020, which I had the guts to write. And The Press had the guts to print. more

Welcome to Yogi’s Jellystone Park Camp Resort in Riverdale, the Bronx, New York. Or haven’t you noticed? more

No one suspects me of being a supporter of U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman. I campaigned against him and hope he will be primaried in the next election, since I strongly disagree with his politics. more

Although critics of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan to increase funding for U.S. education, health care and action against climate catastrophe say the United States can’t afford it, there are no such qualms about ramping up funding for the U.S. military. more

He’d already made a name for himself as the architect behind the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington as well as the Midtown Manhattan landmark St. Patrick’s Cathedral. more

Like a gravitational field, there’s a narrative that exerts a powerful pull on U.S. immigration policy. It features hordes of migrants besieging our southern border, bringing crime, and lured — as the latest version goes — by erratic border enforcement, and a lenient Biden administration. more