The Bronx has the stories, but Hollywood isn’t watching
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August 30, 2026
Terra Renee has spent 28 years pushing the film industry to make room for stories it has historically ignored. As founder and president of the African American Women In Cinema Organization, she has built platforms and professional networks for women of…
New York-based nonprofit pairs free cancer screenings with culture, as Congress weighs National African Heritage Month
August 22, 2026
THE BRONX, N.Y. — A New York-based commission representing African immigrants will fold free cancer screenings into its seventh annual African Heritage Month celebration on Sept. 12, betting that music, fashion and food will draw a larger crowd than a…
Bronx’s West African boom is outpacing Parkchester’s ballot box, city data show
August 5, 2026
THE BRONX, N.Y. — Africans now make up 12% of the Bronx’s foreign-born population, more than double their 5% share citywide, and in the borough’s Parkchester-area district, more than 10,600 young adults are eligible to vote but not yet…