Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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The Fight for the Right to Vote: Brooklyn’s Famous Suffragists

To win the right to vote, women had to develop a complex political strategy, and New York was their primary training ground. The history...

The Rise of Democrats in Brooklyn: From Shirley Chisholm to DA Eric Gonzalez

In 1953, Wesley McDonald Holder, an advisor in the Brooklyn District Attorney's office, decided to get involved in the borough's Democratic Party organization and...

The Protest Movement in Brooklyn: What the Congress of Racial Equality Fought Against

In the 21st-century world of social networks, messaging apps, and viral videos, it's hard to remember a time when people weren't programmed to record...

Political Assassinations in Brooklyn: The Attempted Murder of Activist Masih Alinejad

The United States Department of Justice has charged three men with conspiring to murder an Iranian-American writer and activist known for speaking out against...

Brooklyn Teen Gangs of the 1950s: The Jokers, Bishops, and Barons

While gangs certainly existed in Brooklyn before the fifties, the emergence of teenage gangsters was a frightening, new, and previously unseen phenomenon. Brooklyn had...

The Role of Brooklyn’s Fort Defiance and Fickle Weather in Winning Independence

The Battle of Brooklyn in the summer of 1776 is considered one of the largest battles of the American Revolution. It was also the...

How a Grassroots Movement in Brooklyn Challenged the Local Democratic Party Establishment

The founders of the Brooklyn-based grassroots political organization, the New Kings Democrats, were Rachel Lawler and Matt Cowherd. Following the 2008 election campaign, which...

Political Assassination Attempts: The Brooklynite Who Became Mayor of Greater New York

His inauguration took place on January 1, 1910. He walked to work—his very first visit to City Hall. From then on, he regularly walked...

Brooklyn Native Antonio Reynoso: The Borough’s First Latino President

Antonio Reynoso, elected as the first Latino Borough President of Brooklyn, is a native of the borough, born and raised with his two sisters...

Election History: How Brooklyn Voted in the 2020 Presidential Election

In 2020, according to data from the New York State Board of Elections, nearly three-quarters of voters in Brooklyn cast their ballots for the...
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