By Dwight Brown 

NNPA Film Critic

"How much longer you gonna be dodging bullets out here in the street?” says Tango, an undercover cop.
There are only a few authentic, high-quality New York City cop films: “Serpico,” “French Connection,” “Prince of the City,” “Narc.” Now “Brooklyn’s Finest,” a thoroughly engaging, nerve-fraying ode to wayward cops, can be added to that rarefied list. Graphic script, instinctive direction, engaging acting, superior production quality, dire emotions...  This film has it all.

By Pharoh Martin and Kendra Desrosiers

NNPA

It’s been described as “The world’s Katrina.” The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that completely devastated and uprooted the Black island nation of Haiti, leaving an estimated 100,000 dead and millions more homeless, injured and in despair. Government officials are predicting that the death toll could eventually rise to half a million, making it one of the most destructive natural disasters ever.
Already reeling from a string of recent national setbacks, including political upheavals and an overwhelming series of hurricanes in 2008, one of the poorest nations in the Western hemisphere now has to deal with this tragedy.

By Brian Townsend

Editor of Precinct Reporter Group

For years, African Americans and others who struggled to change the social fabric of America, fought to have Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s unique contributions and leadership recognized as a national holiday. At first, the objections revolved around his worthiness of such recognition. Were his actions worthy of continued national recognition? With the support of legions, he fought for the right to vote, the end of segregation, equal access to jobs, the end of poverty, and the end of the Vietnam War. The indefatigable efforts of citizens throughout the country, inspired by his leadership, changed public policy forever in this country.