By IADB Some 1,200 unemployed and underemployed youth between the ages of 17 and 34, are set to benefit from a special IDB Lab programme aimed at strengthening economic opportunities and enhancement of their digital, business, and interpersonal skills. Youth will also access job opportunities through highly practical project-based learning and employability skills enabling them […]
Responding to the recent hate crime attacks for Asian people, protesters gathered in Foley Square for an emergency rally. – Lower Manhattan, NYC. USA. April 4, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Minyvonne Burke, NBC News Pop superstar and makeup mogul Rihanna showed her support for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community by going undercover to attend […]
As the COVID pandemic continues to harm businesses in New York City, West African hair braiders find other ways to survive.
By Houreidja Tall, Documented NY Before the pandemic, West African hair braiding salons in Harlem were a one-stop shop for advice among hair braiders and clients. They were newsgathering posts and were spaces where people would stop by to sell jewelry, body lotions and snacks. Shops are spaces for camaraderie. “I come to 125th [street […]
It’s a historic day in New York. The Legalization of Marijuana in NY — which looks to fix the wrongs of the past by putting an end to harsh prison sentences. Hopefully, marginalized communities that have suffered the most will be the first to reap the benefits. And, for the immigrant communities, we have suffered the most. Attorney […]
Advocates for the legalization of marijuana march in New York – New York NY USA-May 4, 2013 (Shutterstock) By Clifford Michel, THE CITY Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday signed a law legalizing recreational marijuana in New York — baking in an ambitious social justice plan to give populations targeted by never-ending drug wars a piece […]
By Sir Ronald Sanders A commentary, published on March 8 by Camillo Gonsalves, a minister of the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, was headlined “Every Island for itself’. The first line was unequivocal in stating that “The idea of CARICOM died on December 16, 2020”. Camillo Gonsalves is a Caribbean man, and an integrationist. Only […]
This photo is a Chapel by the University of the West Indies, Mona in Kingston Jamaica. Its a Chapel that has existed since June 1959. (Shutterstock) KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Co-Chairman of the Global African Congress (GAC) Cikiah Thomas, has written to the Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), businessman Robert Bermudez, expressing […]
By David Robinson, Democrat and Chronicle New York lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday that repeals COVID-19 legal liability protections granted to nursing homes and hospitals amid growing scandals encircling Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The Senate voted unanimously to approve legislation that would repeal the Emergency Disaster Treatment Protection Act, which provides immunity to health care providers from potential liability […]
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today took action to protect millions of New Yorkers and block debt collectors from seizing billions of dollars in emergency stimulus payments authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Attorney General James issued official guidance to New York state banking institutions, creditors, and debt collectors, […]
Sign in front of the Inter-American Development Bank, BID, in Washington. – Washington, D.C. / USA – June 14 2020 (Shutterstock) By IADB The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today launched the 2021 Call for Proposals for the Regional Public Goods (RPG) Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean, which supports projects involving three or more countries. The […]