By Reuven Blau, THE CITY The statistics are grim: 1,480 shootings in New York City as of Thursday, almost double the 748 logged during the same period last year. The city is expected to finish 2020 with a 14-year high in that category of violence, according to Police Commissioner Dermot Shea. Meanwhile, murders are up […]
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on stage at the Miramar Cultural Center. He spoke to a capacity audience about Haiti’s progress during his first year in office. – Miramar, Florida/USA – April 15, 2018 (Shutterstock) By Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald A chest-thumping Jovenel Moïse was taking on an adversary in Haiti’s business community, blaming him for […]
By Thurka Sangaramoorthy, The Conversation The face of HIV in the United States has long been white gay men, even though the epidemic has had a devastating and disproportionate impact on African-American communities. This is especially true among women; 60 percent of newly diagnosed cases of HIV in women in 2017 were African-American. Yet, African-American […]
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia says renter households experiencing job loss because of Covid currently owe an estimated $7.2 billion in unpaid rent, or $5,400 each. Among the hardest hit are female renters and households of color, the report noted. Download the Report Here
Stuyvesant High School. The most selective of the specialized high schools in the NYC public school system. – New York City, New York / USA – November 2019 (Shutterstock) By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat, THE CITY The coronavirus pandemic will force major changes in the ways students are admitted to New York City’s competitive middle and […]
The portrait of famous American golfer Tiger Woods in Istanbul on November 05, 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Shutterstock) By Jason Owens, AOL Justin Thomas and his father, Mike Thomas, sat atop the scoreboard at the end of this weekend’s PNC Championship at 25-under par. But it was the seventh-place team that stole the show. Tiger […]