As the New York City mayoral campaign enters its final weeks, the candidates appeared at a forum at Queens College and at a soccer tournament in Coney Island. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Black People”
Zora Neale Hurston’s Play Comes Alive for the First Time
By Gotham Rex on October 11, 2025
“Spunk,” a fable weaving together music and movement, is getting its first full staging since being rediscovered in 1997. Source: New York Times
For Mamdani and James, Twin Targets of Trump, a Political Bond Deepens
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, have a kinship shaped in part by their shared opposition to the president. Source: New York Times
They Were Building a Homeless Shelter. But the Land had a Grim Past.
By Gotham Rex on September 21, 2025
The search for a place to build a shelter in Manhattan resurfaced New York’s often overlooked history of slavery. Source: New York Times
Mississippi’s Freedom Trail Will Now Extend All the Way to New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on August 20, 2024
As Democrats rally in Chicago around Kamala Harris, civil rights veterans will mark the 60th anniversary of history-changing testimony at a past convention in Atlantic City, N.J. Source: New York Times
How Dapper Dan, Harlem Haberdasher, Spends His Sundays
By Gotham Rex on December 17, 2022
The style icon is a news obsessive, a reader, a salsa dancer and a churchgoer (he skips the sermons, though). Source: New York Times
When a Violent Race Riot in Washington Square Park Roiled New York City
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2022
Four decades ago, a bat-wielding mob raged through Washington Square Park, leaving dozens injured and one dead. The violence lasted only 10 minutes, but the repercussions persist today. Source: New York Times
On City Streets, Fear and Hope as Mayor Pushes to Remove Mentally Ill
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams intends to remove people with severe, untreated mental illness from the streets. That will mean involuntary hospitalization of people deemed unable to care for themselves. Source: New York Times
5 New Haven Officers Charged in Paralysis of Black Man They Transported
By Gotham Rex on November 28, 2022
The man was being taken to a Connecticut police station when the driver of a police van hit the brakes hard, shattering the man’s spine. Source: New York Times
Buffalo Gunman Pleads Guilty to All Charges in Racist Attack
By Gotham Rex on November 28, 2022
The man, who was accused of killing 10 Black people in June, was charged on 25 counts, including murder, domestic terrorism and hate crimes. Source: New York Times
Is N.Y.’s Child Welfare System Racist? Some of Its Own Workers Say Yes.
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2022
New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services must protect children without overpolicing families. A report the agency commissioned says it often fails. Source: New York Times
As New York City Schools Face a Crisis, Charter Schools Gain Students
By Gotham Rex on November 21, 2022
Enrollment at charters is up and the governor has signaled a measure of support, but the privately run schools still face an enormous battle as they seek to expand. Source: New York Times
At Sylvia’s in Harlem, Food Is a Family Affair
By Gotham Rex on November 16, 2022
The grande dame of New York soul food, now run by a new generation of the Woods dynasty, has been feeding the city, and its most distinguished visitors, for six decades. Source: New York Times
Harlem Mourns the Rev. Calvin Butts III
By Gotham Rex on October 30, 2022
Congregants and neighbors remembered a pastor who they said was determined to fight racism and lift up the Black community. Source: New York Times
Most Hospitalized Monkeypox Patients in the U.S. Were H.I.V.-Positive
By Gotham Rex on October 26, 2022
“Monkeypox and H.I.V. have collided,” a C.D.C. researcher said. Source: New York Times