Long lines wrapped Madison Square Garden, the Barclays Center and other poll sites as many cast their ballots in the Trump-Biden race Saturday amid a pandemic.
“NYC Votes” written in chalk on sidewalk outside the voting site located at Madison Square Garden during early voting for the U.S. Presidential elections. – NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 24, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Rachel Holliday Smith, Christine Chung, Gabriel Sandoval and Peter Senzamici, THE CITY Hours before early voting started in New York on […]
By Kayla Greaves, In Style When I first heard the news of the CROWN Act just over a year ago, I was torn. On one hand, I was relieved that being chastised for wearing my hair as it naturally grows from my scalp would (hopefully) soon be a thing of the past. On the other, […]
By Press Room At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, elective medical procedures, including cancer screening, were largely put on hold to prioritize urgent needs and reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19 in healthcare settings. One consequence of this has been a substantial decline in cancer screening. As states re-open businesses and ease […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex, AOC (D-NY) giving an impromptu interview on the street near the Capitol. – Washington, DC – January 10, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Justine Coleman, MSN “I don’t want us to start counting our chickens before they hatch,” she said. “I think we need to focus on winning the White House period,” citing that the […]
Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with leaders at the Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago to discuss strategies for community organization, April 24, 2017. (Shutterstock) By Dean Obeidallah, MSN There are just so many reasons why millions want to defeat Donald Trump this election. And now former […]
What does the phrase “eyes wide shut” really mean? It seems to be a contradiction. It could mean that a person refuses to see something in plain view, because of preconceived notions of what this something should look like or what they would like it to be. And this frequently happens to naïve people. It also doesn’t only apply […]
More than 300 Queens residents, community & political leaders rallied to NYC Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer’s call to march in support of immigrant families. – New York City – June 25, 2018 (Shutterstock) By Miranda Cady Hallett, The Conversation Donald Trump was on the defensive about his immigration policies in the final presidential debate, with […]
Photo: Mr Biden with Shekar Narasimhan, who says he supports the Democratic candidate in the upcoming election By Vineet Khare, BBC News It was 14 December, 2012, when news broke of a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Indian-American investment banker Shekar Narasimhan recalls that he was at the White House for […]
The four companies known as Big Tech — Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google — now have more than 22,000 employees in the city, with thousands added just this year.
By Matthew Haag, NY Times Facebook has just leased enough new office space in Manhattan to nearly triple its current local workforce, including at one of the city’s most iconic buildings, the 107-year-old former main post office complex near Pennsylvania Station. Apple, which set up its first office in New York a decade ago, is […]
If you are starting to dread checking your email or picking up your mail, it might be that you simply have too much debt. After all, it is easy to overspend, particularly if you have more than one credit card. If you are searching for ways to get rid of your debts sooner rather than […]