Cover Story :
Harlem at the Crossroads
Three key figures in real estate give their take on
what’s happening in America’s most famous
black community
By Glenda Cadogan

After years of benign neglect, Harlem, New York is now one of the hottest destinations in the city thanks to a revitalization effort that has transformed the area into a commercial oasis. Today, Harlem USA is a much different place compared to it’s hey day when...

Harlem —The Early Years
By Herb Boyd

These stanzas from “Chittling Sue” appear in Melvin Tolson’s A Gallery of Harlem Portraits, one of the writer’s most hilarious and provocative collections. Perhaps by now you’ve heard of Tolson. Denzel Washington portrays him in the movie...

Helping first-time Home Buyers
HCCI workshops provide information and tools
and there are still some affordable properties
in Harlemby Minister Charles Butler
By Minister Charles Butler

The sub-prime mortgage crisis aside, for those who are now just coming to the realization that owning a home makes good sense, congratulations for reaching that conclusion. If you were set on purchasing a home in Harlem and have been reading about the high prices, don’t despair. There are still some affordable properties in Harlem.

Sarasota’s Snowbirds
By Jean Parnell

Flying into Sarasota, Florida from New York, walking through the airport, I always feel that I have landed in some small town, and in some sense I have. I've arrived at the winter retreat of many of my friends from New York and New Jersey.

Z-HOPE: Zetas Helping Other People Excel
By Gioya McRae

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. has served the needs of the community since its inception on the campus of Howard University in Washington , D.C. in 1920. In 2002 under the auspices of the International President Barbara C. Moore, Zeta Phi Beta adopted program Z-HOPE: Zetas Helping Other People Excel. Their altruistic activities and programs have been implemented across the United States and to Africa.

Ask Dr. Palmer

I live in Harlem and am working hard to get my family to change their ways by encouraging everyone to adopt healthy eating habits. This is a challenge, especially when it comes to the children. How can I get them to eat to live, rather than live to eat? A big obstacle is finding healthy food in Harlem. Any suggestions?

Gospel Train

To be known as the “Come-Back Kid,” is a greater accolade than what it appears to be. It is a privilege for one (whether saved or not) to learn one of life’s greatest lessons—how to get back up in spite of. If you don’t know how to recover after the fall, you will allow yourself to become as the world says you are, a statistic—right where Satan wants us as a defeated foe.Being the CBK means...

My View
By Rev. Theresa Nance

What better way to celebrate America's annual celebration of Black History Month than to bask in the glow of the meteoric rise of a tall, tan and talented young man known as Barak Obama.

From the Heart
By Rosemary Sinclair

Throughout the month of January the resonant voice of America's most beloved, most frequently quoted prophet rang out across the country. From the pulpits to the classrooms, from the headlines of daily, weekly, and monthly newspapers and magazines, you heard it, "I HAVE A DREAM!

Holy HookUp

February is here again.  February is 28 days of grace that when capitalized on properly can yield nourishment to wounded souls.  February can be a good and great time in the life of the nation.  I am in no way restricting anything to this shortest month of the year...

The Last Word

Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things...