Enslaved people’s health was ignored from the country’s beginning, laying the groundwork for today’s health disparities

Enslaved people’s health was ignored from the country’s beginning, laying the groundwork for today’s health disparities

A Union soldier stands with African Americans on the plantation Thomas F. Drayton, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, 1862. Photo by Henry P. Moore, May 1862.   By Eric Kyere (The Conversation)  Some critics of Black Lives Matter say the movement itself is racist. Their frequent counterargument: All lives matter. Lost in that view, however, is […]

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Announce Test and Trace Protocols for NYC Public Schools

Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza Announce Test and Trace Protocols for NYC Public Schools

NEW YORK – Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza today announced health and safety protocols, including guidance for testing and tracing, for schools for  the start of the 2020-21 school year.  These protocols will apply to all school communities and will help prevent the spread of COVID-19.   “We are doing everything in our […]

Lawmakers Aim to Stop COVID-19 Apartment Vacancies From Upending Rent Regulation

BY RACHEL HOLLIDAY SMITH

Lawmakers Aim to Stop COVID-19 Apartment Vacancies From Upending Rent Regulation

There’s an outside chance rising apartment vacancies due to COVID-19 could trigger an end to rent regulation in New York City — but two local lawmakers are looking to pandemic-proof tenant rights. Twin bills were introduced in the State Senate and Assembly on Tuesday that would seek to protect regulated apartments by taking the vacancy rate out of the […]

They Warned OSHA They Were in “Imminent Danger” at the Meat Plant. Now They’re Suing the Agency.

They Warned OSHA They Were in “Imminent Danger” at the Meat Plant. Now They’re Suing the Agency.

By Bernice Yeung and Michael Grabell, ProPublica Frustrated by the lack of response to their complaint of the “imminent danger” posed by COVID-19, three meatpacking workers at the Maid-Rite Specialty Foods plant outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania, took the unusual step Wednesday of filing a lawsuit against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia. […]

How the Postal Service helped stamp identity on America – and continues to deliver a common bond today

How the Postal Service helped stamp identity on America – and continues to deliver a common bond today

By Amy Werbel, The Conversation Americans overwhelmingly support a federal bailout for the cash-starved United States Postal Service. They view the USPS as a vital civic institution – one that despite a crisis brought on by massive debts and falling revenue continues to reliably deliver medicine, communications and absentee ballots that allow Americans to vote safely during the […]

Here’s what COVID-19 does to a child’s body

Here’s what COVID-19 does to a child’s body

By Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic SINCE THE BEGINNING of the coronavirus pandemic, children have been largely spared the worst health impacts of COVID-19. The same SARS-CoV-2 virus capable of killing a 50-year-old might leave a four-year-old unscathed. Now, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending K-12 schools reopen this fall, saying the health risks should […]

Black or Blue? Protest Movements Take Center Stage in Races for NYC’s Swing Seats

Black or Blue? Protest Movements Take Center Stage in Races for NYC’s Swing Seats

Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter demonstrators clash in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, July 12, 2020. Courtesy of Jordan Rathkopf/www.rathkopf.com By Clifford Michel, THE CITY Where candidates stand on Black Lives Matter is quickly becoming a key campaign issue in New York City’s swing districts. Andrew Gounardes, who helped Democrats gain a majority in the […]

NYC School Reopening on Course for Delay, Union Leader Says

NYC School Reopening on Course for Delay, Union Leader Says

By Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat, THE CITY Citing an “alarming lack of direction” in the city’s plans for reopening school buildings, a Sept. 10 start date seems increasingly difficult to achieve, according to a letter sent this week by the head of the union that represents school administrators. “It is abundantly clear that the [Department of […]

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