The company that owns New York's first black radio station could be forced into bankruptcy if a court grants a petition from creditors who say Inner City Broadcasting owes them $254 million. Inner City owns WBLS and WLIB in New York and 15 other stations aimed at African American audiences around the country.

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Amsterdam News Staff gives an analysis of an interview with Governor Andrew Cuomo at their offices in Harlem in January 2011. The AmNews staff grilled Gov. Cuomo on charter schools, unemployment, budgets cuts in education and social services for people of color and the poor. The report, however, concluded that there is still time for Cuomo to help the Black community. For original click here more>

Elinor Tatum, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Amsterdam News, opposes hydraulic fracturing or "fracking," stating that access to clean water should not be a privilege for New Yorkers but a right. Tatum addresses the health and environmental issues associated with "fracking."

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Felicia Persaud applauds New York Senator Charles Schumer's July 18 announcement that he will focus on an economic argument for an immigration overhaul in the U.S. as he tries to revive the push for comprehensive immigration reform.

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Redistricting has long been recognized as a partisan problem in New York State, divvying up residents for political gain. Gov. Cuomo made a campaign promise to create an independent redistricting commission, but faces obvious opposition from a Republican state senate that has much to lose.

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Missing: Patrick Kennedy Alford

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The Casey Anthony trial is the latest case to highlight the role of race in instances of missing children. Had the Anthony's been a family of color, the end result would have been quite different.

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The passage of the gay marriage bill by Gov. Cuomo finishes the job that Gov. Paterson started, finally bringing a sense of justice to same-sex couples who had been denied thousands of civil protections.

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With charter schools already catching the ire of local parents and educators, new reports show that hedge funds are turning huge profits by playing with Department of Education money.

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New data shows that 90 of America's Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants, making the case for the need for immigration reform based on economic contributions. more>

Last month, Nassau County Republicans shoved through plans to redistrict much of the county. Many in the African-American community believe this move will reduce their political power, leaving them with representatives operating without their interests at heart. more>

Harlem's Rice High School will close on June 30. Efforts to save the 70-year-old mostly Black and Latino, all-male, Catholic high school continue as parents take the lead to save the high-achieving school known for both academics and basketball. more>

While there was much emphasis on the many American veterans of war during the Memorial Day parades, lost in the many media tributes were the immigrants, especially new immigrants of recent years, who have served in the U.S. military on the frontlines of the battles in Iraq and Afghanistan as green card holders and now face deportation. more>

Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg, for telling us that parents without a formal education don't understand the value of an education. Thank you for telling us that the Norman Rockwell family is gone. Thank you for all your false and ignorant hypotheses on what is wrong with our communities. Your false allegations are abhorrent – to think that you are the one who has final say over how our children are educated scares me. more>

Conservative legislators in Nassau County appear to want to hold on to their power at all costs, even if it means disenfranchising Blacks and Latinos. And it looks like they might accomplish their goal. more>

Joseph Toltonm, a pastor in Harlem at Rehoboth Temple reflects on his visit to Uganda, known in the international media for its anti-gay legislation.  more>

Bloomberg and Walcott, almost into their 10th year, had over $100 billion to educate 1.1 million educable children, with over 85 percent of those children being Black and Latino. Hold on to that! more>

As the Republican House of Representatives puts its budget proposal forward, advocating massive cuts to Medicare and other government programs, Democratic National Committee Interim Chair Donna Brazile hosted a conference call with reporters last Thursday to discuss how the proposal would hurt the poor, elderly and many Blacks and Latinos. more>

After more than two years in office, the first president of African descent finally made his way to the historic cultural and intellectual center of Black America, Harlem. And for many in the Harlem community, his visit was nothing short of a big letdown. more>

In a report released last week, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said that "police officers respond to over 700 domestic violence 911 calls each day in the city." This number puts New York City at the top of the list of all urban cities for domestic violence. more>

Where do older African Americans stand in the workplace in view of the great recession, a rapidly aging population, new technology, and emerging fields of job growth? AARP and the National Urban League joined forces to get some answers. more>

So when the decision was made to advertise in mainstream newspapers from coast to coast "thanking" their customers for their loyalty, where was Toyota's loyalty to the 10 percent who are African-American consumers? Don't we also deserve a great big "Thank you"? more>

People are catching on the plain truth that what New Yorkers need are good jobs that lift communities up, rather than low-wage jobs that keep workers and their families mired in poverty. more>

"These proposed cuts [to education] represent not only a refusal to invest in thousands of deserving students, but a refusal to invest in the future of our economy," said Michael Lomax, president and CEO of United Negro College Fund. more>

In 2010, 30 percent of the defendants indicted in Manhattan for carrying loaded weapons were 18 years old or younger. These are young men and women who should be heading to college – not to prison or early graves. more>

As the city lies frozen under an inch of frozen rain and what is left of a snowstorm that continues to haunt us, we now have to begin to dig out. Not just from under the snow and ice, but out from under the bitter pill that is the New York State budget. more>

Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa's birthright bill now pales in comparison to Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee's proposal to build 20 federal prisons to house undocumented migrants. more>

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is pushing for a major overhaul for city employees, civil service workers and the pension system, which has been backbone of retirement for those two groups for generations. more>

With talk of an innovation-based economy that encourages entrepreneurship and championing welfare-to work program, Bloomberg, while focused on local issues more than usual, almost outright ignored several key ones, including education, crime and the plight of the public employee. Or maybe that was the point? more>

For more than a generation, our community has had a love-hate relationship with Black Entertainment Television, BET. We were proud that such a large and originally Black-owned business became so successful, but we have often been less than overwhelmed with some of the program choices that we were given by the first large television network branded totally with our community in mind. more>

The saga of the charter school slated for construction in the St. Nicholas Houses project in Harlem continues. The drama over the school, slated to open in 2012, has sparked a firestorm between residents of the complex and the New York City Housing Authority. more>

President Obama described the failure of DREAM Act vote as 'my biggest disappointment'. Even though President Obama has been "persistent" and "determined" about DREAM, the reality hasn't been seen hopeful so far.  more>

With news of underperforming public schools and proposals to close said schools becoming a mainstay the past few years, Catholic schools in New York have become a godsend for parents looking to provide children with a good education. But some of those schools are now on the chopping block as well. more>

Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was infamous for his lack of diversity in his administration and for failing to meet with Black leadership. Now Andrew Cuomo has picked him to co-chair his public safety committee on the governor-elect's transition team, causing some to question just how much Cuomo really values diversity. more>

The new U.S. Senate will have no African-American members, though it will keep a narrow Democratic majority. But the elections for the House of Representatives wiped out a tremendous amount of Black power. more>