Throughout her years of organizing, Mariame Kaba has encountered formerly criminalized youth with brilliant creative talent, but they lacked the resources to work at length on their craft. A new ...

Patrisse Cullors wants us to do better—by ourselves, of course, but most importantly by one another. Cullors is known for her revolutionary activism as the co-founder of Black Lives Matter and leading ...

A look at two finalists on the Mamdani administration’s shortlist to lead the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) suggests the agency — charged with protecting children from abuse and neglect ...

The nation's first abolitionist newspaper is being revived after its inception nearly 200 years ago, and it has pledged to be a place for conversation on a number of racial justice issues, including ...

Project Trey Recovery Cafe has partnered with SWLA Abolitionists to fight human trafficking by hosting their second annual ...

Priscilla “Mother” Baltimore, a 19th-century abolitionist, is being recognized for her legacy in founding Brooklyn, Ill., and leading families to freedom from the St. Louis region, as ...

After 200 years, the nation’s first abolitionist newspaper is returning–and it couldn’t have come back at a better time. In an unfortunate way, what is old often becomes new again when considering the ...

Nestled on what could be mistaken for just an ordinary, unassuming street corner in Downtown Brooklyn, stands a brick building responsible for helping an unknown number of enslaved people in their ...

The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to grant landmark status to the Downtown Brooklyn house where prominent abolitionists Harriet and Thomas Truesdell lived ...

In honor of Black History Month, 'The Ladies Room,' co-hosts Kathy Orr, Shiba Russell and Kamryn Scrivens highlight special guest, Dolly Marshall, who is a Historic Preservation Specialist for the ...

New book uncovers John Brown's Adirondack years, family life, and the mountain landscape that shaped his vision.

Hannah Kliger joined the CBS News New York team as a reporter in May 2022, focusing her coverage in Brooklyn. A native New Yorker, Hannah has received several awards for her investigative journalism ...