Photo Credit: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor, CNN (CNN) – The first thing Rosaura Quinteros noticed was his fear. The man lay alone in his pressurized room at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital in Orlando. He had a severe case of Covid-19, and it looked like he was losing the battle. A Catholic priest […]
By JoeBiden.com It is a moral failing and a national shame when a father and his baby daughter drown seeking our shores. When children are locked away in overcrowded detention centers and the government seeks to keep them there indefinitely. When our government argues in court against giving those children toothbrushes and soap. When President […]
By BBC The brother of the African American man whose death in police custody has sparked global protests, has urged the US Congress to pass reforms on police brutality and “stop the pain”. Philonise Floyd told a House hearing that his brother George could not become “another name on a list”. “Be the leaders that […]
Photo Credit: Erin Schaff/The New York Times By BBC Philonise Floyd has been testifying in front of the House Judiciary Committee in the US Congress – he told the hearing that his brother George could not become “another name on a list”.
By Claudia Finkelstein, The Conversation The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released what it calls “general considerations” on safe actions for reopening houses of worship, but worship communities can accept or reject those considerations. Religious worship allows tens of millions of Americans to demonstrate devotion to a higher power. It gives people an […]
Jason Holder of West Indies celebrates scoring a half century during the Australia against West Indies, ICC Cricket World Cup match – NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND. 06 JUNE 2019 (Shutterstock) West Indies captain Jason Holder says his players feel safe after arriving in England and “at some point”, some kind of normal must return. West Indies landed […]
By Helier Cheung & Zhaoyin Feng & Boer Deng, BBC News Attacks on East Asian people living in the US have shot up during the pandemic, revealing an uncomfortable truth about American identity. Though she was not born in the US, nothing about Tracy Wen Liu’s life in the country felt “un-American”. Ms Liu went […]
By Sandra M. Chafouleas, The Conversation As a psychologist and the mother of two college-aged students, I am concerned about my children’s future emotional well-being. I know that the late teens to early 20s are a time when the majority of many lifetime mental health disorders take hold. Given all the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic – […]
Houston Memorial Gardens Cemetery where George Floyd will be buried – Houston TX/USA – June 2020 (Shutterstock) By BBC The funeral of George Floyd, an African American whose death in police custody spawned global outrage, has heard impassioned pleas for racial justice. Speakers in the church in Houston, Texas, lined up to remember a man […]
The ruling also allowed prosecutors to use Kings County Supreme Court Justice Sylvia Ash's emails, as well as statements she made to investigators and a grand jury, as evidence in the case.
Justice Sylvia Ash. Courtesy photo By Tom McParland, Law.com A federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by Sylvia Ash, the indicted Brooklyn Supreme Court justice, to suppress evidence she produced to the state-chartered credit union whose board she used to chair. The ruling, from U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the Southern District of […]