Ahead of the Holiday Travel Season, Immigrant Airport Workers Are in Crisis

Ahead of the Holiday Travel Season, Immigrant Airport Workers Are in Crisis

QUEENS, NEW YORK-DECEMBER 9, 2018: Interior of the new terminal at LaGuardia Airport. The airport is undergoing a multi-billion dollar investment. (Shutterstock) By Amir Khafagy, Documented NY Last Thursday, nearly 100 airport workers gathered outside the historic Marina Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport to demand better working conditions from their employer Swissport USA and for […]

Subsidized Child Care to Include Undocumented Families for First Time

Subsidized Child Care to Include Undocumented Families for First Time

By Reema Amin, Chalkdust Next month, New York City will begin providing subsidized child care to low-income, undocumented families, who typically can’t access such services because of their immigration status. The $10 million initiative, called Promise NYC, is expected to serve 600 children over the next six months, city officials announced Wednesday. It also aims […]

Just Because Ye Eats Free at Mar-a-Lago, Doesn’t Mean he can Also Eat Free Off the Plates of Freelancers

Just Because Ye Eats Free at Mar-a-Lago, Doesn’t Mean he can Also Eat Free Off the Plates of Freelancers

Kanye West attends the in-store signing of his new release ‘Graduation’ held at the Virgin Megastore Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, California, United States on September 13, 2007. (Shutterstock) The infamous Kanye West is about to find out that freelancers are not to be messed with. As covered in Business Insider, on December 7, 2022, New […]

Just Because Ye Eats Free at Mar-a-Lago, Doesn’t Mean he can Also Eat Free Off the Plates of Freelancers

Just Because Ye Eats Free at Mar-a-Lago, Doesn’t Mean he can Also Eat Free Off the Plates of Freelancers

PARIS-MARCH 4, 2015. Kanye West posing for photographers in front of the Dries van noten fashion show. Ready to wear 2015/2016. Paris Hotel de ville. (Shutterstock) The infamous Kanye West is about to find out that freelancers are not to be messed with. As covered in Business Insider, on December 7, 2022, New York-based creative director, […]

Exalt Celebrated its Headquarters Expansion to Serve More Court-Involved Youth

Exalt Celebrated its Headquarters Expansion to Serve More Court-Involved Youth

Photo courtesy of exalt. NEW YORK, NY – exalt, a nonprofit serving court-involved young people ages 15-19, celebrated the opening of its expanded headquarters in Lower Manhattan yesterday evening with supporters, elected officials, civic leaders, educators, students and alumni. The new facility features state-of-the-art smart classrooms, a library, and a technology room to support the organization’s life-changing program that provides young New Yorkers access to academic opportunities and career […]

Barbados Should be a Hub for Innovation

Barbados Should be a Hub for Innovation

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – DECEMBER 12, 2013: People walking in front of Parliament government building which is located on Broad Street. (Shutterstock) By GOV.BB Minister of Energy and Business, Senator Lisa Cummins, wants to see Barbados become a “hub for innovation” again. Senator Cummins expressed this view on Saturday night, as she delivered the feature address […]

Can the World Cup and Soccer Unite the World?

Can the World Cup and Soccer Unite the World?

By JR Holguin Over half the world’s population will tune in to watch the World Cup hosted by Qatar, the first time this tournament will be hosted in the Middle East, and as 32 nations come together, the question now is, does soccer bring the world together? Firstly, soccer is the most-watched sport, with more […]

Op-Ed: The Lopsided Politicization of Society—and Medicine

Op-Ed: The Lopsided Politicization of Society—and Medicine

By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Most Americans are aware that the nation is deeply divided, and that politics is intruding everywhere. They seem to think that we have two equal opposing forces, as shown by razor-thin majorities in Congress and in many key elections. This superficial appearance papers over a marked asymmetry in actual power, […]

Haiti Receives First Shipment of Cholera Vaccines

Haiti Receives First Shipment of Cholera Vaccines

Port-au-Prince, December 12, 2022 (PAHO) – With the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Haiti today received around 1.17 million doses of oral cholera vaccines as cases continue to rise in the country. The vaccine (Euvichol) was provided by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision (IGC), which manages the global cholera vaccine […]

Mayor Eric Adams’ Op-Ed: A Safer New York

Mayor Eric Adams’ Op-Ed: A Safer New York

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at PO Taufique Bokth, PO Brunel Victor receiving proclamations on saving the life of a man who collapsed on subway tracks on 116th street station on November 28, 2022. (Shutterstock) While I was on the campaign trail, I met many New Yorkers who expressed their desire for a safer city. New […]