NEW YORK CITY – NOVEMBER 30 2017: US Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders joined Mayor Bill de Blasio & Chirlane McCray to support the mayor’s bid for re-election. (Shutterstock) WASHINGTON – New York City Mayor and former presidential candidate Bill de Blasio on Friday endorsed Bernie Sanders for President. The Mayor will join Sanders in […]
Alsion Wilson-Roach, Consul General of Jamaica to New York (center), joins the award-winning JTB team of Philip Rose, Regional Director, Northeast USA and Marcia Sinclair, District Sales Manager, Northeast USA on the red carpet to celebrate their win at the 2020 Travvys in midtown Manhattan NEW YORK, NY – February 14, 2020 – Jamaica captured three […]
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Guyana’s President David Granger presents Barbados’ Prime Minister and CARICOM Chairman, Mia Mottley, with Guyana’s Order of Roraima. GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley has been conferred the Order of Roraima, Guyana’s second-highest national award, for her dedication and demonstrated commitment and contribution towards the strengthening of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The national […]
BY JUSTIN CHAN (In The Know) If you take one look at Tamara Jacqueline Smith’s Instagram account, @taqueth, you’d find it hard to miss images of vibrant faces and food that litter her page. Since 2015, the 24-year-old New York City native and freelance videographer — who goes by Taqueth — has been heavily promoting her Jamaican […]
Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tim Miller By Megan Brown, Navy Office of Community Outreach SAN DIEGO – Nearly three years ago, Petty Officer 3rd Class Gavaughn Smith joined the Navy to advance his career and better himself. Now he is serving aboard USS Boxer. Smith is a hospital corpsman who is responsible […]
U.S. Civil Rights and Human Rights Groups Say Water is a Human Right Express Solidarity with Struggle for Water Rights in Nigeria
By IBW21 February, 10, 2020, New York – The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) released a Statement today calling for a national and international movement to declare access to water a human right that should not be subject to profiteering by corporate interests. The Statement was released against the backdrop of a rash of […]
Linden Houses resident Tawana Myers says mold and other issues in her apartment exacerbate her asthma. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY Tawana Myers lives in a 10th-floor public housing apartment with her Yorkie, Casey, a row of silver oxygen tanks, a “No Smoking” sign on her door and a nebulizer with […]
Nigerian entrepreneurship and creativity have always found a home in the United States—until now.
By Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, Foreign Policy After winning a court victory with his initial travel ban that targeted some predominantly Muslim countries, U.S. President Donald Trump has followed up with another sweeping measure, this time blocking immigration from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania, Myanmar, Sudan, and Nigeria. None of this is justifiable, but the Nigeria ban is especially […]
Washington, DC – Welcome to Trump’s first move post-acquittal. In a chilling development, the Trump administration is exploiting taxpayer-funded government levers to punish the state of New York for welcoming immigrants. DHS has suspended the ability of New Yorkers to join Global Entry as retribution for a range of common-sense, pro-immigrant policies enacted by the state. Frank […]
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CARICOM Chairman and Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley and CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Wednesday February 5, 2020 – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has sought to assure citizens of the region that health officials are taking the steps to keep the deadly new strain of coronavirus […]