Amanda Gorman at the American Black Film Festival Honors Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 23, 2020 in Beverly Hills, CA (Shutterstock) By Julia Barajas, LA Times Like most of us, Amanda Gorman has been cooped up in her West Los Angeles apartment binge-watching “The Great British Baking Show” because of the pandemic. […]
Amanda Gorman, 22, who delivered the inauguration poem, “The Hill We Climb,” said: ” If we merge mercy with might, and might with right, then love becomes our legacy.” With the inauguration of President Joseph “Joe” Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris come dreams, love, and hope – a new beginning, a new dawn. The work […]
By Linda N. The state of employment in the United States of America’s Pre-COVID 19 is a far cry from what it has become in over ten months. According to a report by Amara Omeokwe in the Wall Street Journal (2020), in early 2020, women constituted more than half the workforce, with over 40% as […]
Census 2020 meeting with Federal Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham at the Broward County Government Center East with Commissioner Barbara Sharief – Fort Lauderdale, FL / USA – 1/8/2020 (Shutterstock) By Mike Schneider, AOL President Donald Trump’s effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in the process for divvying up […]
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 […]