Jamaica’s 2025 General Election: A Third Term for Andrew Holness

Jamaica’s 2025 General Election: A Third Term for Andrew Holness

By: Chris Tobias | Editorial credit: U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In a historic outcome, Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared victory on September 3, 2025, after his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) secured a third consecutive term in office. Addressing jubilant supporters, Holness vowed that his government would remain […]

Can Zohran Mamdani Really Freeze the Rent?

Can Zohran Mamdani Really Freeze the Rent?

By: Rachel Holliday Smith | thecity.nyc | Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com He’s said it over and over again on the campaign trail, a consistent drumbeat of a promise: If elected, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani will freeze your rent. “I’m running for mayor to freeze the rent for every rent-stabilized tenant,” he said in a campaign […]

Adams Campaign Denies Reports He’d Take a Job With Trump, Drop Out of Mayoral Race

Adams Campaign Denies Reports He’d Take a Job With Trump, Drop Out of Mayoral Race

By: Katie Honan | thecity.nyc | Editorial credit: noamgalai / Shutterstock.com Mayor Eric Adams’s campaign on Wednesday denied reports he would take a job in President Donald Trump’s administration as a way of dropping out of his re-election bid, which is facing tepid poll numbers. “Mayor Adams has not met with Donald Trump — don’t […]

Deadline Nears for $120 Per Child in Summer Food Benefits in NYC

Deadline Nears for $120 Per Child in Summer Food Benefits in NYC

By: Amy Zimmer, Chalkbeat  |thecity.nyc This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City families eligible for $120 per child in summer food benefits have just a few more days to apply. As the Sept. 4 application deadline looms, millions of dollars could be left on the table for the Summer […]

Manhattan Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler Will Not Seek Reelection

Manhattan Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler Will Not Seek Reelection

By: Shifra Dayak, NOTUS  | thecity.nyc | Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com Rep. Jerry Nadler will not seek reelection in 2026, he announced Tuesday, heeding Democrats’ calls for senior lawmakers to step aside and allow for younger candidates to run for office. “This decision has not been easy. But I know in my heart […]

Learning in the Shadows: How Immigration Enforcement Harms Students and Schools

Learning in the Shadows: How Immigration Enforcement Harms Students and Schools

By: Micaela McConnell and Steven Hubbard| americanimmigrationcouncil.org As students across the United States are returning to the classroom this fall, the lasting and deeply damaging effects of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda loom over schools. As the administration aggressively pursues its immigration enforcement agenda, it is creating a crisis in the nation’s education system—one […]

Why the Justice Department is Wrong About Sanctuary Cities

Why the Justice Department is Wrong About Sanctuary Cities

By: Juan Avilez | americanimmigrationcouncil.org |Editorial credit: eddie-hernandez.com / Shutterstock.com The Department of Justice (DOJ) published a list of “sanctuary” jurisdictions on August 5 as a follow up to an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in April. Listing cities, counties, and states, the DOJ contends that these localities impede federal immigration enforcement through alleged “sanctuary jurisdiction characteristics.” These […]

Trump’s Immigration Actions Are Taking a Toll on Local Economies – Here’s What the Data Says So Far

Trump’s Immigration Actions Are Taking a Toll on Local Economies – Here’s What the Data Says So Far

By: Aaron Reichlin-Melnick |americanimmigrationcouncil.org Seven months into President Trump’s term, immigration enforcement operations continue to ramp up, and the broader economic impacts are beginning to come into view. Rather than focus on the “worst of the worst,” the Trump administration has increasingly targeted worksites for immigration raids, picking up delivery drivers, street vendors, farmworkers, meatpackers, […]

U.S. Halts EB‑2 Green Cards Through End of Fiscal Year, Deepening Delays for Indian Applicants

U.S. Halts EB‑2 Green Cards Through End of Fiscal Year, Deepening Delays for Indian Applicants

By: Mary Campbell Washington, D.C. — In a development that is set to strain immigration timelines further, the U.S. Department of State has announced a temporary suspension in the issuance of EB‑2 employment‑based green cards through September 30, 2025. The moratorium, which takes effect immediately, is attributable to the exhaustion of the annual visa quota for fiscal […]