Clarence Thomas Promotes Trump’s Voter Fraud Lies In Alarming Dissent

Clarence Thomas Promotes Trump’s Voter Fraud Lies In Alarming Dissent

Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court nominee, testifies before U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee. September 12, 1991 – Washington, DC, USA (Shutterstock) By Mark Joseph Stern, MSN Justice Clarence Thomas is not backing down from the fight to legitimize Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was rife with fraud. On Monday morning, Thomas issued a startling opinion ranting […]

Women, Business and the Law 2021: Women´s economic empowerment is critical to resilient recovery efforts

Women, Business and the Law 2021: Women´s economic empowerment is critical to resilient recovery efforts

By Norman Loayza & Tea Trumbic, World Bank The economic crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound detrimental effect for most people around the world. Yet, it has impacted men and women differently.  Women are more likely to work in health care, unpaid care, and domestic work, making them more susceptible to the consequences of […]

Guyana | Walton Desir Slams Gov’t on Racial Discrimination – Foreign Policy

Guyana | Walton Desir Slams Gov’t on Racial Discrimination – Foreign Policy

By WiredJA GEORGETOWN, Guyana, February 22, 2021 – Coalition M.P. and Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Amanza Walton Desir, pulled no punches as she opened the 2021 budget debate with a stinging presentation which had Irfaan Ali’s  PPPC administration on the ropes as she landed blows which bruised, scarred and opened the PPP’s old wounds. Ms […]

Attorney General James Files Lawsuit Against Amazon for Failing to Protect Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Amazon Refused to Put Adequate Safety Measures in Place, Retaliated Against Workers Who Reported Safety Concerns

Attorney General James Files Lawsuit Against Amazon for Failing to Protect Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic

New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks at Wegmans opening day celebration at Brooklyn Navy Yard. – New York, NY – October 27, 2019 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK ­­– New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Amazon over its failures to provide adequate health and safety measures for employees at the company’s New York facilities and Amazon’s […]

OECS Extends Congratulations to Government and People of Saint Lucia on 42nd Anniversary of Independence

OECS Extends Congratulations to Government and People of Saint Lucia on 42nd Anniversary of Independence

Monday, February 22, 2021 — The Commission of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) extends hearty congratulations to the Government and people of Saint Lucia on the occasion of the nation’s 42nd Anniversary of Independence today, Monday, February 22nd 2021. A virtual flag-raising ceremony was held at the OECS headquarters in Saint Lucia to commemorate the event. […]

Deportation Of Africans Cancelled After Reports Of Torture By US Immigration Service

Deportation Of Africans Cancelled After Reports Of Torture By US Immigration Service

By Lisa Vives A plane carrying Cameroonian, Angolan and Congolese asylum seekers due to take off from Alexandria, Louisiana, was cancelled with minutes to spare after advocacy groups published affidavits by detainees of torture by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The affidavits listed a host of violent tactics ICE officials had reportedly used to […]

Women of color spend more than $8 billion on bleaching creams worldwide every year

Women of color spend more than $8 billion on bleaching creams worldwide every year

By Ronald Hall, The Conversation The idealization of light skin as the pinnacle of beauty affects self-esteem for women of color around the world. In many cultures, skin color is a social benchmark that is often used by people of color and whites alike in lieu of race. Attractiveness, marriageability, career opportunities and socioeconomic status […]