Traders and residents at Ikirun Alamisi Market seek help with refuse dumping
IKIRUN, Nigeria — Traders and residents around Alamisi Market in Ikirun, Osun State, are asking the government for help clearing dumped refuse that they say is harming their health and their businesses. The video above, built from interviews recorded at…
Uncovered: What’s Really on Dakar’s Street Fruit
DAKAR, Senegal – Walk through one of Dakar’s open-air fruit shops before the morning traffic thickens, and you’ll find a scene that has barely changed in generations: mangoes stacked by hand, pineapples fanned out under the sun, vendors…
New York-based nonprofit pairs free cancer screenings with culture, as Congress weighs National African Heritage Month
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…
A Bronx health exemption is the right fix for SNAP’s new work rules
A diabetic grandmother in Parkchester now has 80 hours a month to account for, or she loses the food assistance that helps her afford insulin-friendly meals. New federal work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program took full effect…
When food aid comes with homework: How new SNAP rules are testing the Bronx
Lawrence Seiler spent over twenty years exempt from proving he deserved help feeding his family. As of March 1, 2026, that exemption no longer exists for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers like him. New federal work requirements for the Supplemental…
Beyond The Headlines: Sheikh Musa Drammeh And His Advocacy for Health Equity in New York
An Interview with Sheikh Musa Drammeh and Daniel O’Conor….
From fatigue to function: How a Bronx Imam built a prevention movement that changed New York policy
Twelve years ago, Sheikh Musa Drammeh could not climb two flights of stairs without stopping to catch his breath. The Bronx community organizer visited his physician complaining of fatigue and persistent weakness. Blood work returned clean. A…