Queen Elizabeth Speaks Out as Barbados Drops Her as Head of State to Become a Republic

Barbados is no longer pledging allegiance to the Queen as the island nation becomes an independent republic

Queen Elizabeth Speaks Out as Barbados Drops Her as Head of State to Become a Republic

By Greta Bjornson, People Queen Elizabeth is sending her regards to Barbados as the country becomes the world’s newest republic. The Queen, 95, was removed as head of state when the island nation cut ties with her Monday in an official ceremony. Barbados President Sandra Mason — who previously served as governor-general — is now […]

Eric Adams’ $18 Million-Plus Campaign

On Veterans Day Mayor-elect Eric Adams and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer visit Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System. – New York, NY – November 11, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette Mayor-elect Eric Adams’ victory came with a hefty price tag. Over the course of the campaign, he raised just over $19.1 million, […]

Barbados Becomes a Republic

Barbados Becomes a Republic

By Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nov 30, CMC – Barbados Tuesday became the [fifth] Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to replace Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and sworn in Dame Sandra Mason as the island’s first President with a 21-gun salute. The move to republican status coincided with the island’s 55th anniversary of political […]

The Toll of NYCHA’s Lead Lies: A Brooklyn Girl Poisoned as Officials Covered Up Danger

More than 5,000 public housing apartments in buildings long ago deemed “lead free” contain lead paint, THE CITY has learned. And that number is likely to grow. Meet a resident of one of those complexes: Mikhaila Bonaparte, who was born in 2013, just days before NYCHA falsified its lead report to the feds.

The Toll of NYCHA’s Lead Lies: A Brooklyn Girl Poisoned as Officials Covered Up Danger

By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY The inspectors arrived at the Tompkins Houses in Brooklyn to check for lead paint when resident Shari Broomes was a young woman. They randomly tested a couple of apartments and later declared the entire public housing development — all 1,031 units — to be “lead free.” The Tompkins sampling […]

The Latest on Omicron

The Latest on Omicron

By David Leonhardt, NY Times The public reaction to new Covid-19 variants has followed a familiar cycle. People tend to assume the worst about two different questions — whether the variant leads to faster transmission of the Covid virus and whether it causes more severe illness among infected people. The first of those worries came […]