Archive – Caribbean Life

Joé Dwèt Filé performs onstage during Global Citizen's Power Our Planet: Live in Paris on June 22, 2023 in Paris, France.

Haiti

Billboard lists 10 Caribbean artists to watch in 2025

By Nelson A. King

Reggae-dancehall artiste, Alkaline.

Movies

Alkaline’s New Rules Festival heads to Toronto

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican singer Beres Hammond.

Music

Valentine’s Day Concert

By Nelson A. King

District Leader of Richmond Hill and Ozone Park, Albert Basdeo.

Guyana

Albert Baldeo condemns Maduro’s threat to elect Essequibo governor

By Tangerine Clarke

Screengrab of Rita Omokha (pronounced O-mo-cah), Nigerian American journalist and author of Resist: How a Century of Young Black Activists Shaped America (St. Martin's Press/MacMillan, 2024).

Books

Queens Public Library hosts talk with Nigerian author on debut book

By Milette Millington

Book cover of “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement” by Juan Williams.

Books

The Civil Rights Movement, Part II

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

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Bronx Times

Schneps Media to host the 20th annual Bronx Power List

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AMNY

Op-Ed | Making New York City the best place to raise a family

Moderator Ian Kamau.

‘Loss’ and Found ‘Under The Radar’ in Harlem

By Vinette K. Pryce

Prime Minister of the Bahamas, The Hon. Philip Edward Davis speaks onstage during Global Citizen NOW 2024 at Spring Studios on May 02, 2024 in New York City.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

United States Representative, Yvette D. Clarke attends the 2025 Congressional Black Caucus Ceremonial Swearing-In at The Anthem on The Wharf on January 03, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Politics

Clarke swears in CBC members in 119th Congress

By Nelson A. King

Classic Caribbean Callaloo Soup recipe.

Caribbean recipes

Classic Caribbean Callaloo Soup

By Chris De La Rosa

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News

Read the paper online: Caribbean Life, January 9

By Caribbean Life

Governor Kathy Hochul.

Health

New law for prenatal benefits

By Dawn Plummer

Haitian Bridge Alliance Executive Director Guerline Jozef.

Advocacy groups urge Senate to reject draconian legislation denying Caribbean immigrants due process

By Nelson A. King

Haitian President of the Presidential Transition Council Leslie Voltaire attends the inauguration ceremony of the members of new Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime's cabinet, at the Villa D'acceuille in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Nov. 16, 2024.

Haiti

Haitian president demands reparations from France

By Bert Wilkinson

More from Around NYC

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Doctors’ union and NYC H+H reach tentative deal to avert strike

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Queens man sentenced to 7 years in prison for 2021 attempted kidnapping in Richmond Hill: DA

US House Speaker Mike Johnson attends a press conference following a House Republican conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 17, 2024.

House votes to ban trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports

Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her fourth State of the State address in Albany on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

State of the State: Hochul gears up for reelection fight with affordability and crime focus