Washington, District of Columbia, USA – January 14, 2022: Joe Biden explains how the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will help rebuild America’s bridges. (Shutterstock) By Allison M. Prasch, The Conversation It was a familiar scene. The president of the United States strode down the aisle of the U.S. House of Representatives to deliver the State of […]
Moroccan students recount their experience of discrimination at the hands of Ukrainian soldiers and citizens as they fled the Russian war.
Korczowa, Poland 5.03.2022 – Children of a refugee from Ukraine at the border crossing in Korczowa (Shutterstock) By Arwa Ibrahim, Aljazeera When Amani al-Attar left Dnipro in southeast Ukraine on the second day of the Russian invasion, she thought it would be a matter of hours before she crossed into the safety of neighbouring Poland. […]
New York, NY – March 4, 2022: Mayor Eric Adams announced the lifting of the mask mandate for K-12 school kids and ending ‘Key to NYC’ rules effective March 7 on Duffy Square. (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced several changes to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions that will continue to protect […]
By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat, THE CITY The promise of more than $7 billion in federal COVID relief funding for New York City schools inspired some families and educators to imagine big changes in this year’s classrooms. And while hundreds of millions of dollars have been distributed directly to schools to create extra tutoring, professional development, […]
Budapest, Hungary – 03 01 2022: War refugees are waiting at the train station while the Hungarian red cross and volunteers are giving out clothes, food, water, pillows and other donations. (Shutterstock) By Grace Hauck, USA Today Hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and Yemen were stranded at the border of Belarus and Poland […]
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie attends former Governor Andrew Cuomo signing ‘Say Their Name’ police reform agenda package at office on 633 3rd Avenue. – New York, NY – June 12, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Denis Slattery, NY Daily News ALBANY — Members of the Central Park Five are putting legislative leaders on notice over a bill […]
Thousands of African immigrants joining throngs of Ukrainians trying to flee the country say they face red tape and discrimination.
African war refugee from Ukraine at the central station in Warsaw. – Warsaw, Poland 11.03.2022 (Shutterstock) By Char Adams, Zinhle Essamuah, Shamar Walters and Rima Abdelkader, NBC News Alexander Somto Orah, 25, was among thousands of people crowding a Kyiv train station Friday, hoping to flee Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. He said he and […]
Scholarships, Internships and Jobs collaboration with One Hundred Black Men of New York and Mount Sinai Hospital
NEW YORK, NY— As part of a multi-year financial commitment to supporting and investing in New York’s future leaders, EmblemHealth, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health insurers, is partnering with One Hundred Black Men of New York (OHBM) and Mount Sinai Hospital to provide scholarships to selected City University of New York students. “EmblemHealth […]
While thousands of tenants have filed cases claiming their landlords locked them out to defy the eviction moratorium, just a handful have been charged for the crime.
By Josefa Velasquez and Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY In Far Rockaway, Carol Holness called the police dozens of times last year as her home lost its heat and power. Eventually, her landlord changed the locks on her door. In Corona, Norma and Luis fled flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida that poured water […]
“If your response to war in Ukraine is ‘they’re just like us,’ remember that so are the people of Yemen, Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine,” said one British lawmaker.
By Julia Conley, The Real News The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association on Sunday was among those criticizing coverage from major international news outlets which suggested the Ukrainian people are more worthy of sympathy than victims of other military conflicts in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere outside of Europe. A viral video showing a […]