By CARICOM As the world grapples with the challenge of controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply concerned at the current prospect of inequitable access to vaccines to address the pandemic, especially for frontline workers and vulnerable populations. The reality is that small states will find it difficult to compete in the […]
Bust of Toussaint L’Ouverture. He was the best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution. He promulgated an autonomist constitution for the colony. – Joux, France, May 28, 2017 (Shutterstock) By Marlene Daut, The Conversation In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, there have been calls for defunding police departments and demands for the removal of statues. […]
Palestine Howze didn’t have COVID-19, but a law enacted to protect health providers during the pandemic could derail her family’s wrongful death suit.
By Sean Campbell, ProPublica In early April, before COVID-19 hit her state hard, Palestine Howze was in a Durham, North Carolina, nursing home, living in pain. She had lost her legs to diabetes, and for months she had been suffering through a bedsore. In her medical records, staff noted that Howze, 71, would moan through […]
2021 is the year of reckoning. As we celebrate MLK, let’s remember this quote: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Attorney Brian Figeroux shares his thoughts. Legal Help Get a FREE, no-obligation consultation here. Ask the Lawyer. Call 855-768-8845 or visit www.askthelawyer.us
New security and fencing in place at the Nation’s Capitol after the building was stormed by Trump-supporting rioters early this week. Guardsmen deployed. – Washington, DC – January 9th 2021 (Shutterstock) By Sir Ronald Sanders Recent events in Washington, the revered capital of the United States of America, have shaken the moral authority of that […]
“When are people going to be held accountable?” asked NBA guard Thabo Sefolosha. A ProPublica review found New York has paid more than $1 billion in recent years to settle suits against officers, who are rarely punished.
NYPD vehicles parked up in a line in New York City. – New York City, USA – Circa October 2018 (Shutterstock) By Mike Hayes, ProPublica Five years ago, NBA guard Thabo Sefolosha was standing outside a nightclub when he was tackled by five New York Police Department officers, one of whom broke his leg with […]
By Brenda Goodman, MA, WebMD After 10 months of masks, social distancing, virtual school, fear for vulnerable loved ones, and loneliness, this is the news no one wanted to hear: The virus that causes COVID-19 has changed — once again — in ways that make it more contagious. At least one new “super strain” of […]
“When people make mistakes and then cover those mistakes up with lies upon lies, that’s when people get really hurt,” said Sherron Paige, whose 7-year-old son, Kyan, has grown up in a lead-tainted apartment in the Red Hook Houses.
The NYCHA Fulton Houses complex of apartments in Chelsea in New York – New York NY/USA-April 28, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY The day in July 2017 the doctor called Sherron Paige to tell her that her son, Kyan, had registered an alarming level of lead in his blood, the child was […]
By Laurel Mellin, The Conversation After a year of toxic stress ignited by so much fear and uncertainty, now is a good time to reset, pay attention to your mental health and develop some healthy ways to manage the pressures going forward. Brain science has led to some drug-free techniques that you can put to […]
By Katie Headrick Taylor, The Conversation As the pandemic forced many Americans to hunker down at home, the video game industry saw record spending and profits in 2020. Interacting with other people through gaming became, for some players, essential for social connection. As an education researcher and professor of digital literacy, I study the education […]