Birds, Cages, and Care

Birds, Cages, and Care

​By Claudie Benjamin A recent online chat reads: “My house feels so empty and boring without Charlie and Lilly!  I am going overseas to a family wedding and had to take them to the vets for boarding yesterday. I know they will be well...
Hero in Troubled Times

Hero in Troubled Times

​By Claudie Benjamin Remarkable? Yes. Sadie Stewart Hobday was a public health pioneer who took the goal of doing good to heart. From what is known about her life, this Black woman from the South was undeterred by race-related barriers and ever-present...
How US Military Brought Latin to Jazz

How US Military Brought Latin to Jazz

​By Claudie Benjamin Latin Music and its infusion into early Jazz arrived in New York City by design rather than by chance. Several well-documented migrations of Puerto Ricans to the Upper West Side’s San Juan Hill, and other blocks mainly occurred...