Amanda Gorman, 22, who delivered the inauguration poem, “The Hill We Climb,” said: ” If we merge mercy with might, and might with right, then love becomes our legacy.” With the inauguration of President Joseph “Joe” Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris come dreams, love, and hope – a new beginning, a new dawn. The work […]
Census 2020 meeting with Federal Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham at the Broward County Government Center East with Commissioner Barbara Sharief – Fort Lauderdale, FL / USA – 1/8/2020 (Shutterstock) By Mike Schneider, AOL President Donald Trump’s effort to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in the process for divvying up […]
Palestine Howze didn’t have COVID-19, but a law enacted to protect health providers during the pandemic could derail her family’s wrongful death suit.
By Sean Campbell, ProPublica In early April, before COVID-19 hit her state hard, Palestine Howze was in a Durham, North Carolina, nursing home, living in pain. She had lost her legs to diabetes, and for months she had been suffering through a bedsore. In her medical records, staff noted that Howze, 71, would moan through […]
2021 is the year of reckoning. As we celebrate MLK, let’s remember this quote: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Attorney Brian Figeroux shares his thoughts. Legal Help Get a FREE, no-obligation consultation here. Ask the Lawyer. Call 855-768-8845 or visit www.askthelawyer.us
New security and fencing in place at the Nation’s Capitol after the building was stormed by Trump-supporting rioters early this week. Guardsmen deployed. – Washington, DC – January 9th 2021 (Shutterstock) By Sir Ronald Sanders Recent events in Washington, the revered capital of the United States of America, have shaken the moral authority of that […]
By BBC Lisa Montgomery – the only female inmate on federal death row in the US – has been executed for murder. She received a lethal injection at a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, after a last-minute stay of execution was lifted by the US Supreme Court. The case attracted attention because her lawyers argued […]
President-elect Joe Biden’s twitter field on January 11, 2021. (Twitter) By Robert Carroll, NY Daily News President-elect Biden, on Jan. 20, you have the power and authority to make one simple decision to make it clear to America that a new era has begun and that you are serious about healing our nation and starting the […]
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer along with Postal Union President Jonathan Smith brief media on USPS money shortage at post office on 3rd Avenue. – New York, NY – July 19, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette With Democrats poised to win both seats in the Georgia United States Senate runoffs, Senator Chuck Schumer of […]
By Civil Rights On a Friday afternoon in July 2009, President Obama gave remarks in the East Room of the White House about the signing of an international human rights treaty to protect the rights of people with disabilities. “Disability rights aren’t just civil rights to be enforced here at home; they’re universal rights to […]
By Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, The Conversation In early December, the House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or the MORE Act. The bill sought to decriminalize marijuana nationally by removing cannabis from the federal government’s Schedule I controlled substance list. That category indicates the drug has high potential for abuse and […]