There comes a time when you heed a certain call and can’t sit and be silent anymore. Maybe it’s your heart. Maybe it’s your soul. Maybe it’s your rage about some injustice — and not just yours, but it spreads widely and others feel the same way. more

As objective and independent news writers and editors, we have an imperative to cover the issues most important to you, the people of our greater Riverdale community. more

As we close out yet another Black History Month, let’s take a moment to celebrate the many contributions African-Americans have made to the country. They’ve done this despite discrimination and oppression — something even the Bronx, in the past, was not immune to. more

New York City was built on the backs of working-class New Yorkers; people like my mother, Dorothy Mae Adams, a single mother who worked multiple jobs to support my five siblings and myself. She sacrificed everything for us, and I know that there are thousands of New Yorkers doing the same today in our city for their families. more

To the Editor: Professor Frederick Schweitzer asked, in his letter to the editor (Feb. 15), “What will become of Manhattan College?” more

To the Editor:  There are two Democratic primary elections this coming June: one is the one everyone is aware of (Presidential) and the other is one the party bosses don’t want the rest of us to know about: For district leaders and state committee man/woman. more

(Re: “End genocide, war crimes in Palestine,” Feb. 15.) To The Editor: Mr. Stuart Chen Hayes has written a remarkable diatribe about Israel in last week’s issue of The Riverdale Press. more

To the Editor: I would like to take issue with two letters published in your Jan. 18 issue by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (and Jarret Berg) and Miriam Levine Helbok. more

To the Editor: I recently turned 92 years old and I don’t remember ever having gone hungry.  I expect many of you have had the same experience. more

It has been two years since I introduced myself to The Riverdale Press readership (“New editor is happy to join neighborhood,” March 17, 2022). A lot has happened in greater Riverdale since then. more