Author: Chikaodili Okaneme (Chikaodili Okaneme)

Flatbush, Midwood and eastern Kensington are facing an important issue: overcrowding in elementary schools.

After years of economic decline, many Americans may wonder whether it is too late for the country to return to its former glory.  In “That Used to be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World it Invents and How We Can Come Back”, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and John Hopkins professor Michael...

A major health provider in the Crown Heights and the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods is experiencing an increase in uninsured patients using the emergency room as their main source of healthcare, a trend stemming from the sluggish economy.

For the tens of thousands of unemployed in Brooklyn, losing their jobs was beyond their control. Rick on the other hand chose to leave his job to look for a better one. Little did he know, he had walked away from a steady income just as the worst economic crisis in decades was about to hit.

The sexual assaults across Brooklyn have been particularly worrying to women in Park Slope, a neighborhood of soft brick hues and tree-lined streets that seems to be a focal point for the attacks.