By Julia Marsh and Amanda Woods, NY Post A total of 110 children in the Big Apple have contracted the rare Kawasaki-like inflammatory disease potentially linked to the coronavirus — and the disease is hitting young minority boys the hardest. Among those infected with the mystery disease, formally known as a pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome, […]
President Obama’s Commencement Speech for the “Show Me Your Walk” National 2020 Commencement for HVCUs Watch President Obama celebrate America’s high school seniors as part of Graduate Together: America Honors the Class of 2020
New York City Transit Authority shutdown overnight train service to disinfect subway cars due to the coronavirus. – New York, NY – Bronx, New York/USA May 5, 2020 (Shutterstock) By TWU Local 100 Conductor Lizette Rodriguez created this beautiful video showcasing the heroism and determination of our members to keep New York Moving during the […]
United States Treasury Economic Impact Payment stimulus check for Coronavirus COVID-19 relief. Close up with check sticking out of envelope. – LOS ANGELES, April 28th, 2020 (Shutterstock) WASHINGTON — The IRS and Treasury have successfully delivered nearly 130 million Economic Impact Payments to Americans in less than a month, and more are on the way. […]
By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat, THE CITY Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday released the names of educators and others who would advise the state on its new effort with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to “reimagine education” in New York. But the exclusion of any current New York City schools officials drew ire from city […]
Protestors gather at the demonstration for Ahmaud Arbery organized by the NAACP of Georgia at the Glynn County Cort House. Brunswick, GA USA May 8, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Rashawn Ray, The Conversation Unsteady cellphone footage follows a jogger – an apparently young, black man – as he approaches and attempts to run around a white […]
NEW YORK – NYC Census 2020 (Mayor’s Office of the Census) has announced that it is embarking on an extensive and innovative digital organizing campaign via WhatsApp, WeChat, KakaoTalk, and Viber (“WhatsApp+”), to reach immigrant communities across New York City in 15 languages. This type of linguistic and culturally competent outreach and communication is particularly important […]
Nurses at SUNY Downstate Medical Center University Hospital received a special tribute on Nurses Day. In a joint effort of the Barbados Consulate at New York and three Barbadian associations, they were treated to lunch and received donations of masks and face shields. The participating associations were St. George Secondary Old Scholars Association International, (SGSI); […]
The closed P.S. 33 in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York – New York NY/USA-April 11, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Tom Liam Lynch In their recent letter to families, the mayor and New York City Schools Chancellor committed to a “stronger” September than ever when schools re-open. I, like many parents, long for that day when […]
By Marisa Penaloza, NPR Undocumented workers are holding car caravans in several states Friday to demand dignity and safe working conditions. Latinx and Black immigrant workers are being forced to choose between a paycheck and their health. Norma Morales is a 46-year-old single mother of two girls in New Jersey. She cleans homes. “I started […]