By Áine Cain and Joey Hadden, Insider While celebrations may look different this year in light of the ongoing pandemic, typically Thanksgiving is a time for family, parades, lots of delicious food, and, oftentimes, intense travel snarls. American schoolchildren are usually taught that the tradition dates back to the pilgrims, English religious dissenters who helped […]
New York City’s first African American mayor, David Dinkins, has died
David Dinkins, first black New York former mayor has died. – New York, USA 11.24.2020 (Shutterstock) By Deepi Hajela, Associated Press, ABC News NEW YORK — David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first African American mayor but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his […]
Sign for privately owned Core Civic Detention Center in Otay Mesa, where San Diego County’s illegal immigrants are held as they go through the legal process. San Diego, CA / USA – November 3, 2019 (Shutterstock) By Nomaan Merchant, AOL HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government has agreed temporarily not to deport detained immigrant women […]
Alejandro Mayorkas, President Obama’s nominee to become deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. – July 25, 2013 (Shutterstock) By Michael Crowley, MSN WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. plans to name several top national security picks on Tuesday, his transition office said, including the first Latino […]
Protesters with signs at the Defend Democracy March after Biden is announced as President Elect – Los Angeles, CA / USA – November 7, 2020. (Shutterstock) By Aris Folley, MSN More than 100 former GOP senior national security officials who served under former Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, as well as […]
Message by Mackie Holder, Consul General of Barbados at NY On the occasion of The 54th Anniversary of Independence of Barbados Conquering the Challenges – This is Who We Are Fellow Barbadians and Friends of Barbados, The attainment and celebration of our nation’s 54th anniversary of Independence comes in the midst of the ongoing, devastating […]
“City: Santiago de Chile Country: Chile 13th May 2017 Black Haitian immigrants in Plaza de Armas, Chile” (Shutterstock) By Karolina Walters, Immigration Impact For years, the Trump administration has argued that limited capacity at ports of entry led to its policy of turning back asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border (the “turnback policy”). But a […]
Bronze statue of Founding Fathers John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson kneeling in prayer by sculptor Stan Watts at Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge. – Valley Forge, PA – July, 3, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Gillian Brockell, MSN President Trump continued Friday to deny the results of the election, pressuring state officials in Michigan and […]
Anti-racism and Biden supporters stretched tarps across H St while awaiting results on election night. They say, “Trump lies all the time,” and “Remove Trump” – Washington, DC, USA – November 3, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Bella DePaulo, Chicago Tribune I spent the first two decades of my career as a social scientist studying liars and […]
General view of departure hall of Terminal 4 since there are virtually no customers during COVID-19 pandemic at JFK airport. – New York, NY – May 15, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Rebecca Spalding and Manojna Maddipalta, AOL (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it recommends Americans do not travel during the […]