Congressional Investigation Finds Many Booster Seat Makers “Endangered” Children’s Lives After Review of “Meaningless Safety Testing”

Congressional Investigation Finds Many Booster Seat Makers “Endangered” Children’s Lives After Review of “Meaningless Safety Testing”

By Patricia Callahan, ProPublica In an unusually harsh and pointed report, a U.S. House subcommittee, responding to a ProPublica investigation, found widespread evidence that the nation’s largest manufacturers of car seats “endangered the lives of millions of American children and misled consumers about the safety of booster seats” in crashes that can kill or paralyze […]

The Vaccine & Legal Issues During the Pandemic

The Vaccine & Legal Issues During the Pandemic

The arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines is upon us. With the long history of medical racism in the United States, the politicization of the response to the pandemic and the huge numbers of Blacks dead, Black communities’ distrust of health care systems and institutions feels insurmountable. Attorney Brian Figeroux discusses taking the vaccine and the […]

NYCHA Managers Allegedly Lied on Lead Cleanup Reports for Hundreds of Apartments. At Least 19 Kids in Those Units Were Poisoned by Lead

NYCHA Managers Allegedly Lied on Lead Cleanup Reports for Hundreds of Apartments. At Least 19 Kids in Those Units Were Poisoned by Lead

Views of New York City Housing Authority residences: Queensbridge, North America’s largest public housing development. – New York City – November 26, 2017 (Shutterstock) By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY At least 19 children contracted lead poisoning while living in public housing apartments that NYCHA supervisors falsely claimed had been properly cleaned of lead paint, […]

Celebrating Sir W. Arthur Lewis

Celebrating Sir W. Arthur Lewis

Photo: The Doodle was illustrated by Manchester-based guest artist Camilla Ru who admired Lewis as a historical figure for his vast influence on the development of so many countries’ economies and especially his willingness to teach and share his knowledge for the betterment of others. Today’s Doodle, illustrated by Manchester-based guest artist Camilla Ru, celebrates St. […]

Immigrant Advocates Emerge Victorious in Fight to Maintain Privacy in Vaccine Program

Immigrant Advocates Emerge Victorious in Fight to Maintain Privacy in Vaccine Program

New York, NY-Today, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Health and Human Services (HHS) agency announced that the Federal COVID-19 vaccine program would no longer mandate participating states to acquire and share personal information, such as drivers licenses or social security numbers, of residents who receive the vaccine. The news comes after the […]

The Nature Conservancy Publishes First-Ever Detailed Maps of All Caribbean Coral Reefs

High-resolution maps of the underwater habitats of the entire Caribbean have the potential to transform marine conservation and significantly enhance our knowledge of the ocean.

The Nature Conservancy Publishes First-Ever Detailed Maps of All Caribbean Coral Reefs

Today, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, along with partners, published detailed maps of important shallow underwater habitats throughout the entire Caribbean – including all shallow water coral reefs. For the first time ever, countries and territories now have a clear picture of the habitats found beneath the waves of […]

Kenya’s elite join a growing list of Africans buying up second passports from Caribbean nations

Kenya’s elite join a growing list of Africans buying up second passports from Caribbean nations

By Stephen Kafeero, QZ With a growing number of Western Countries including the US, UK and the European Union tightening their immigration and visa polices, citizens of African countries are finding it harder to travel abroad. Given the odds, global residence and citizenship advisory firms like Henley & Partners and CS Global Partners are seeing […]

12,000 More White Children Return to N.Y.C. Schools Than Black Children

12,000 More White Children Return to N.Y.C. Schools Than Black Children

Students attend first day of in-person learning at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York at Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy. – New York, NY – September 09, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Eliza Shapiro, NY Times Mayor Bill de Blasio’s monthslong effort to reopen New York City classrooms was complicated by major logistical challenges, staunch political […]