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The Nature Conservancy Publishes First-Ever Detailed Maps of All Caribbean Coral Reefs

High-resolution maps of the underwater habitats of the entire Caribbean have the potential to transform marine conservation and significantly enhance our knowledge of the ocean.

The Nature Conservancy Publishes First-Ever Detailed Maps of All Caribbean Coral Reefs

Today, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, along with partners, published detailed maps of important shallow underwater habitats throughout the entire Caribbean – including all shallow water coral reefs. For the first time ever, countries and territories now have a clear picture of the habitats found beneath the waves of […]

Kenya’s elite join a growing list of Africans buying up second passports from Caribbean nations

Kenya’s elite join a growing list of Africans buying up second passports from Caribbean nations

By Stephen Kafeero, QZ With a growing number of Western Countries including the US, UK and the European Union tightening their immigration and visa polices, citizens of African countries are finding it harder to travel abroad. Given the odds, global residence and citizenship advisory firms like Henley & Partners and CS Global Partners are seeing […]

12,000 More White Children Return to N.Y.C. Schools Than Black Children

12,000 More White Children Return to N.Y.C. Schools Than Black Children

Students attend first day of in-person learning at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York at Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy. – New York, NY – September 09, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Eliza Shapiro, NY Times Mayor Bill de Blasio’s monthslong effort to reopen New York City classrooms was complicated by major logistical challenges, staunch political […]

White House Proposes Dramatically Lower Unemployment Benefit in Exchange for $600 Stimulus Check

White House Proposes Dramatically Lower Unemployment Benefit in Exchange for $600 Stimulus Check

By Mike DeBonis and Jeff Stein, The Washington Post The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed an economic relief package that would offer far skimpier federal unemployment benefits than what has been proposed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, adding an element of uncertainty into the fragile stimulus negotiations, according to two people familiar with the […]