By Meg Gemelli, Crosswalk Wedding planning. Pinterest-inspired living spaces. Parenting hacks. Romantic vacations and date night suggestions. If there’s one thing that we can all agree on, it’s that we’ll never suffer a lack of advice on the internet when it comes to keeping a home or making marriage great. Opinions abound. Biases that began […]
Photo Credit: OECS By OECS Monday, May 17, 2021 — BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – New Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President, Dr. Gene Leon, reconfirmed the Bank’s support for recovery and reconstruction efforts in St. Vincent and Grenadines during a courtesy call with Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, on Friday May 14, 2021. Dr. Gonsalves was joined by CDB Governor for St. Vincent and the Grenadines […]
Apply now for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)’s $28.6 Billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund! Remember these are NOT loans – they are GRANTS! There is a priority period for minority-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, and a few other categories who apply before Monday, May 24, 2021. Apply NOW before funds run out! To date, the RRF […]
For four different types of households.
By David Leonhardt, NY Times The new C.D.C. guidance has excited many Americans and scared many others. Some people feel both emotions, understandably enough: They’re excited to start returning to more normal daily life and still scared by a pandemic that is killing about 600 Americans a day. This morning, I want to think through […]
The tension between Israelis and Palestinians has been flaring up over the pas few days amid the escalating violence in East Jerusalem between Palestinian demonstrators and Israel. – Israel – 15 May 2021 (Shutterstock) By CNN Former U.S. special envoy Martin Indyk & modern Arab studies Prof. Rashid Khalidi break down the latest escalation between […]
By Cassandra Negley, Yahoo Sports Kyrie Irving turned the focus to the ongoing violence between Israel and Palestine rather than answer any game-related questions Saturday night. “My goal out here, my purpose, is to help humanity and I can’t sit here and not address that,” Irving said following the Brooklyn Nets’ 105-91 victory over the Chicago Bulls. Irving spoke […]
By Lena V. Groeger, ProPublica The economic and health crisis brought on by the pandemic has struck Black Americans especially hard: from their prevalence among workers in essential high-risk fields, to their disproportionate share of deaths, to extensive job losses. But the racial disparities didn’t begin with the virus. National unemployment numbers that now seem […]
The C.D.C. responds to scientific evidence and says vaccinated people rarely need masks.
A man wearing a mask to protect him from the coronavirus rides a bike through Times Square in New York City. New York, NY – April 20, 2020 (Shutterstock) By David Leonhardt, NY Times The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is finally catching up to the science. For months, research about Covid-19 has pointed […]
Time is running out to register. Here is what you need to know to make sure you can cast your ranked-choice ballot for everything from your local City Council contest to the citywide race for mayor.
By Allison Dikanovic, THE CITY We’re officially six weeks out from Primary Day on June 22. But there’s another date you need to mark on your calendar: May 28. That’s the last day you can register to vote in the June 22 primary. To help make sure that as many New Yorkers as possible participate in choosing our next […]
By Hannah Keyser, Yahoo Sports A coronavirus outbreak among vaccinated players and staff has “rocked” the New York Yankees and attracted the attention of the CDC this week. So far, eight people, including shortstop Gleyber Torres, have tested positive more than 14 days after being fully vaccinated. Because the team has a high level of […]