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The New York Amsterdam News is a weekly publication that focuses on issues relevant to the African-American community in New York City. Established as one of the oldest African-American newspapers in the country, it has a rich history of serving its audience.

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Advocates want a focus on justice as U.N. launches 2nd ‘Decade for People of African Descent’

1 week ago | amsterdamnews.com | Karen Juanita Carrillo

This week, the United Nations hosted the fourth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. Once again, different countries sent their various representatives to address the assembly and deliver statements denouncing racism and calling for its eradication. The Permanent Forum is one of the first gatherings for the U.N.’s Second Decade for People of African Descent which will be from 2025 to 2034.
NYC Parks hosts Jackie Robinson Day Festival in Harlem

1 week ago | amsterdamnews.com | Derrel Johnson

At a time when African Americans were not allowed to play in Major League Baseball (MLB), Jackie Robinson played his first Major League game for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn on April 15, 1947, breaking the modern-day color barrier in the sport. In honor of Robinson, NYC Parks presented the fourth annual Jackie Robinson Day Festival at the Jackie Robinson Recreation Center at 85 Bradhurst Ave in Harlem on Saturday, April 12.
‘Hands on’ the AAUP

1 week ago | amsterdamnews.com | Herb Boyd

During my long labor career, mainly in Detroit and New York City, I have been a member of four unions –– UAW, Teamsters, SEIU, and the American Association of University Professors. Two of them –– the UAW and the AAUP –– have been in the spotlight for their stance against Trump’s brutal policies.
Commentary: ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ — What good news looks like

1 week ago | amsterdamnews.com | Mark Griffith

If you want a deeper appreciation for the Broadway production of “Good Night, and Good Luck,” co-written by George Clooney and starring Clooney as the iconic television journalist and CBS correspondent, Edward R. Murrow, take a time machine back to 2005, and then watch the original movie that was co-written and directed by Clooney. There isn’t much difference between the story itself or the telling of it in the film and the subsequent play.
‘John Proctor is the Villain’ teaches valuable lessons

1 week ago | amsterdamnews.com | Linda Armstrong

There is nothing more rewarding about going to a Broadway play than sitting in a theater and being riveted by a story that is timely, funny, and shocking, and addresses a societal flaw that has been happening for longer than we all want to recognize.
Broadway production looks at Journalism vs. McCarthyism

1 week ago | amsterdamnews.com | Linda Armstrong

From the time that “Good Night, and Good Luck” begins at the Winter Garden Theatre at 1634 Broadway, you know you are being taken back to a golden television era: CBS Studios at Grand Central in 1954, when broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow took on Senator Joseph McCarthy and the chaos and paranoia McCarthy promoted throughout this country as he charged people in all fields of life with being communists and proceeded to destroy them.
“Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Old Friends’ is a glorious time at the theater

1 week ago | amsterdamnews.com | Linda Armstrong

There is a beautiful tribute happening right now at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on W 47th Street where “Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends” is playing. The musical tribute features beloved songs from many of Sondheim’s musicals including “Company,” “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum,” “Into The Woods,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “West Side Story,” “A Little Night Music,” “Gypsy” “Sunday in the Park With George,” “Merrily We Roll Along” and more.
Mayor Rumble: The Fight for City Hall

2 weeks ago | amsterdamnews.com | Ariama Long

NAN mayoral forum draws big-name candidates The National Action Network (NAN), with founder Rev. Al Sharpton playing host, held a mayoral forum last week. by Ariama C.
MTA could hire 300 more workers for capital improvement project

2 weeks ago | amsterdamnews.com | Karen Juanita Carrillo

Workers install platform barriers at 125 Street 4/5/6 Station in East Harlem on Mar.h 24, 2025.
A Streetcar Named Desire dazzled At BAM

2 weeks ago | amsterdamnews.com | Linda Armstrong

Anjana Vasan and Patsy Ferran in a scene from “A Streetcar Named Desire” playing at the Harvey Theatre. (Julieta Cervantes photo) “A Streetcar Named Desire” is the classic Tennessee Williams’ story of Blanche DuBois who comes to visit her sister Stella and her sister’s brute of a husband, Stanley, in the Quarters in New Orleans.