This week Andrew Sorkin speaks with Sen. Charles Schumer on what the stimulus package means for New York, and Developer Jonathan Rose on the greening of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Watch now.

President Obama announced a $75 billion three-part plan to aid struggling homeowners that would go into effect March 4. What do you think will help fix the mortgage crisis? Please take our poll, and tell us what you think in the comments.

Forty years ago, 400,000 people made their home within Bedford-Stuyvesant’s three square miles. But Bed-Stuy became synonymous with crime and poverty when the mainstream media focused on urban unrest during the ’60s. One television show decided to change all that. Read more….

In this 1968 segment, singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte talks to the Bed-Stuy community in a local Brooklyn park, and takes a Q&A from Bed-Stuy residents. Watch now.

This episode of “Black Journal,” one of the earliest black-produced newsmagazines on television, features a profile of L.A. grassroots empowerment organization Operation Bootstrap; a segment on the challenges faced by elected black public officials; and the words and music of singer Nina Simone. Watch now.

This week Andrew Sorkin talks with CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer and author Jeff Madrick on the bank bailout plan, Carol Kellermann, president of Citizens Budget Commission on the city budget, and Dylan Lauren, owner of Dylan’s Candy Bar, to learn if candy sells in a sour economy.

President Obama praised the $789 billion economic stimulus package that is close to having congressional approval. What do you think? Take this week’s poll.

Public TV programs like Soul!, Say Brother and Black Journal were only a few of the shows by, about, and for black America. Here’s a more comprehensive list of local, national, and award-winning black community television from the past forty years.

It’s that time of year again–African-American History Month. Read about our ‘Broadcasting While Black’ web project, which covers the early years of black-produced public affairs and arts programs for television, from 1968-on. See all articles and videos in the project, or read more here.

In 1968, after decades of unfair representation in the media, a new generation of African-American producers, writers, and editors brought their views to programs like Black Journal, Soul!, Say Brother, and many others. Read about the history of black-produced TV programs here.