Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It has spread from China to many other countries around the world, including the United States. Depending on the severity of COVID-19’s international impacts, outbreak conditions—including those rising to the level of a pandemic—can affect all aspects of daily life, including travel, […]
By LZ Granderson, LA Times We just keep losing them. Our heroes. Our legends. Our giants. It began that awful Sunday morning of Jan. 26, 2020, with the helicopter crash that claimed the life of Kobe Bryant along with eight others, including his daughter Gianna. And honestly, it feels as though the rest of the […]
Tributes are pouring in for legendary actress Cicely Tyson, who died Thursday at the age of 96. “I am not a quitter. I will fight until I drop,” Tyson once said. And she lived up to her words, granting a string of interviews right up until her final days. Tyson’s career spanned seven decades. Perhaps […]
By Melissa Doughty, Trinidad & Tobago Newsday Tributes continue to come in from many sectors honouring the contribution Sandra “Singing Sandra” Des Vignes Millington made to Trinidad and Tobago, the region and the world. Singing Sandra died on January 28. She was 64. She won the Calypso Monarch contest in 1999 and 2003. Regional media, […]
A US gymnast’s routine celebrating “black excellence” has gone viral, with millions of views on social media. The floor routine by Nia Dennis, an athlete at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), incorporated songs by artists including Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé and Missy Elliott. She said Black Lives Matter protests inspired the performance, which […]
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CDs and artwork of Whitney Houston. American singer, actress. In 2006 the Guinness Book of World Records declared her the most awarded and famous artist of all time. (Shutterstock) By Tierra R. Wilkins, The Undefeated For this week’s culture class, forget the reading in the syllabus. We’re here to listen to that voice. Today is […]
By Ann Choi and Josefa Velasquez, THE CITY When Sheila Lewandowski moved to Long Island City in the late 1990s, she appreciated the “sense of space and light” in the western Queens neighborhood, once defined by factories, warehouses, and a mix of blue collar workers and creative types like herself. Now, high-rise buildings erected over […]
A worker verifies eligibility and registration of people in line to get COVID-19 vaccine at NYC Health Department Vaccine Hub at Hillcrest High School in Queens. – New York, NY – January 10, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat, THE CITY While teachers across New York City raced to sign up for coronavirus vaccines this […]
U.S. President Joe Biden at the Inauguration ceremony. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. , Jan. 20, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Walter Ewing, Immigration Impact During his campaign, President Biden promised that immigration reform would be one of his top priorities upon taking office. After unveiling the summary of a sweeping immigration reform bill on Inauguration Day, the Biden administration […]