Mike Bloomberg campaigns for president in California in December. Photo: @TeamMike2020/Facebook In 2013, shortly before Manhattan Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin declared then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s stop-and-frisk policy unconstitutional, a taxpayer-funded dossier that portrayed her as anti-police surfaced. After Scheindlin’s ruling, Bloomberg referred to her as “some woman” who knew “absolutely zero” about policing. On Thursday, […]
For immediate release Hassan Ghanny hello@hassanghanny.me Caribbean Equality Project info@caribbeanequalityproject.org This weekend in Queens, Caribbean love will take center stage – with equal portions of callaloo and liberation served on the side. Queens-based Caribbean Equality Project will host the event L.O.V.E. (Living Our Values Equally) on Saturday, February 22 at the Jamaica Center for […]
In an exclusive Op-Ed, Bernie Sanders explains why black women will benefit from Medicare for all.
By Sen. Bernie Sanders It is impossible for any rational person to deny that our current healthcare system is dysfunctional and cruel. As a nation, we spend more than twice as much on health care as the people of almost every major country on earth while achieving worse outcomes. Even worse, Black Americans see only […]
(Guyana Chronicle) – Guyana’s first million barrels of light crude from the Stabroek Block set sail to the United States. The crude began the voyage in the crude oil tanker, the Yannis P, and is bound for the U.S. Gulf Coast in Galveston, Texas. The Liza crude, a light-sweet grade, was taken from the Liza […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Monday February 17, 2020 – When Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government meet in Barbados this week, issues ranging from current public health concerns to strengthening ties with Africa will be on their agenda. The two-day 31st Inter-Sessional Meeting, under the Chairmanship of Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley, is expected to deliberate on […]
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 […]
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 […]
