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BLACK NEW YORKER: Lindsay immigrated to the United States in 1986 at the age of 18 with a suitcase, $50, and the strong values instilled in her by her family. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/1…

In 1916 and again in 1933, W.E.B. Du Bois and Joel Elias Spingarn gathered thinkers and leaders in Amenia, New York at the Troutbeck estate. Later called the Amenia Conferences, the gatherings were not a means to an end. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/1…

OP-ED: If you’ve ever walked past an empty lot or an underutilized city-owned building and thought, “We should be doing more with this,” you’re not alone. Read more here: amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/2…

How NYC youth spend summer can shape their future. This year, Mayor Adams’ “We Outside Summer” plan extended weekend hours at select NYCHA sites to keep kids active and safe. Read more here: amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/2…

Native Americans in Florida’s Everglades are being displaced again — this time not by colonizers with muskets and treaties, but by Florida’s governor and the razor-wired detention camp now known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/2…

41 years after Flo Hyman was part of a medal-winning U.S. Olympic volleyball team and 39 years after her untimely death, she has been inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/2…

Across L.A., youth in Students Deserve are fighting for Black students’ right to a full, public, nonviolent education — even as conservatives sue districts for addressing racism & Trump’s camp guts the Dept. of Ed. #EducationJustice #StudentsDeserve amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/2…

The state comptroller’s onsite audits of adult care facilities turned up a half-empty vodka bottle, a glass hand pipe, and deep concerns for the New York Department of Health’s (DOH) oversight of assisted-living housing for more than 37,000 people. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/2…

During its 25th anniversary, @classicalharlem  (CTH) is presenting “Memnon,” which tells the story of the legendary Ethiopian warrior-king, a long-overlooked hero of the Trojan War. The production runs through July 27, and is free. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/2…

Abby Jordan is part of a small but growing community of open water swimmers in New York. Some swim for health reasons and others simply because they love nature. Read more here: bit.ly/44Z8uOj

The @SierraClub, in a move reflecting tension at the influential grassroots environmental organization, has sidelined its executive director, @BenJealous, as controversy has ensued over his tenure there. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/2…

The final article of @nyblacklight’s series on housing challenges for gun violence survivors features the experiences of survivors forced to spend multiple years in nursing homes because they cannot find affordable, accessible housing. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/2…

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There is nothing new about Trump’s misapprehension of African history and culture, none more egregious as his recent opening our doors to white Afrikaners, who in his poor estimation were being discriminated against by the government’s leadership. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/1…

Immigration authorities demand that landlords turn over leases, rental applications, forwarding addresses, identification cards, etc., on their tenants. a sign that the Trump administration is targeting them to assist in its drive for mass deportations. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/1…

The writer and playwright Diane Richards has integrated those speculative gaps into an imaginative, melodramatic novel, “Ella” (Amistad, 2024). amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/1…

SPORTS: On Sunday, July 20, the MEAC, a Division I conference of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, will host MEAC Girls on the Gridiron Football Clinic for the third consecutive year. Read more here: amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/1…

The New York City Council unanimously approved the long-debated One45 mixed-use development project in Harlem in a final vote this week. Read more here: amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/1…

COVER STORY: 60 years after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) was passed, the battle for the ballot continues. Read more here: amsterdamnews.com/votingrights/

The Department of Education (DOE) will initiate widespread layoffs following the U.S. Supreme Court’s July 14 ruling permitting the Trump administration to proceed with restructuring the department. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07/1…