By Sharon Austin (theconversation.com)
Jahana Hayes (left) and Lauren Underwood were reelected to the House of Representatives. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Women will gain at least 14 seats in the 117th Congress, setting a new record for female representation. In 2018, the nation elected 127 women – and 48 women of color – to the House and Senate. Next Jan. 3, […]
By Chris Arnold, NPR With their savings running out, many Americans are being forced to use credit cards to pay for bills they can’t afford — even their rent. Housing experts and economists say this is a blinking-red warning light that without more relief from Congress, the economy is headed for even more serious trouble. There’s been […]
Governor Cuomo Makes an Announcement, Holds Briefing - 12/2/2020
State Expects to Receive Vaccines December 15 if All Safety and Efficacy Approvals Are Granted New York Expects to Receive Additional Vaccine Allocations from Pfizer and Moderna This Month Positive Testing Rate in All Focus Zone Areas is 5.88 Percent; New York State Positivity Outside All Focus Zone Areas is 4.21 Percent Statewide Positivity […]
An overhead view of a busy Haitian marketplace. Saint Marc, Haiti – Feb 12, 2014 (Shutterstock) By Sir Ronald Sanders Human rights and constitutional violations in Haiti have been ignored for too long by the Organization of American States (OAS). The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has also avoided dealing with incendiary political issues in Haiti. Meanwhile, […]
America president Donald Trump after elections. – Washington DC, United States, November 2020 (Shutterstock) By Lauren Martinchek, Medium Even weeks past the election, President Trump is still handling his loss of the 2020 election to Joe Biden exactly as not only people were predicting he would, but how he told us he would since before […]
By Allison Dikanovic, THE CITY Marshals recently carried out the first legal residential eviction in New York City since the start of the pandemic, THE CITY has learned. Here’s a breakdown of how that happened during the eviction moratorium and what the move could mean for renters going forward. So someone was evicted during the […]
The well-known story of Thanksgiving is an account of how the English pilgrims and Native Americans came together for a celebratory meal in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The true story behind Thanksgiving is a bloody one, and some people say it’s time to cancel the holiday altogether. Some people view the holiday as a reminder of the […]
By Áine Cain and Joey Hadden, Insider While celebrations may look different this year in light of the ongoing pandemic, typically Thanksgiving is a time for family, parades, lots of delicious food, and, oftentimes, intense travel snarls. American schoolchildren are usually taught that the tradition dates back to the pilgrims, English religious dissenters who helped […]
New York City’s first African American mayor, David Dinkins, has died
David Dinkins, first black New York former mayor has died. – New York, USA 11.24.2020 (Shutterstock) By Deepi Hajela, Associated Press, ABC News NEW YORK — David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first African American mayor but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his […]
Alejandro Mayorkas, President Obama’s nominee to become deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. – July 25, 2013 (Shutterstock) By Michael Crowley, MSN WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. plans to name several top national security picks on Tuesday, his transition office said, including the first Latino […]