The 65th Infantry Regiment, otherwise known as âBorinqueneers,â was created in 1899 by the U.S. Congress as a segregated unit composed primarily of Puerto Ricans. Thousands of these brave men…
Read moreFirst female Asian elected official on the East Coast continues to give back and speak up
Ellen Young is not one to stay still, or stay quiet. The 62-year-old volunteers as the first, and only, Asian member of the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh, and…
Read moreHarlem cook realizes dream and opens vegan soul food restaurant
Owning her own restaurant is something Brenda Beener has wanted for a very long time. âI didnât even realize it, until I started talking to people,â says Beener, who is known…
Read moreHow an immigrant built a restaurant empire in NYC
When one sees Jimmy Sanz walking hastily along West 4th Street in New York City, one wonders where this retired-aged man is running off to in his tweed suit and…
Read moreSummer camp owner reveals her secret to youth
Nancy Goldberg is 78, and she says she feels in better shape now than she did at 50. What is her secret? Working outdoors and teaching kids, says the owner and…
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