By Valentine Brown, Immigration Impact The application fee to apply for U.S. citizenship was due to rise from $640 to $1170 on October 2. Though the fee hike was temporarily blocked in federal court, this is not the first time U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has tried to raise the naturalization application fee. But the increase has never […]
A woman seen waiting on line to cast her vote at the voting site located at Madison Square Garden during early voting for the U.S. Presidential election. – October 24, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Victoria Falk The United States 2020 Presidential Election is here, and every Black person eligible to do so must exercise their right […]
Photo: The late Phyllis Coard and her husband, ex-deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard By Earl Bousquet via Big Drum Nation Another October, another sterling contributor to the Grenada Revolution to mourn and remember… Like Maurice Bishop and all others who made the Revolution happen in 1979, the Coards’ contribution to the realization of everything behind the eternal theme ‘Forward Ever, […]
Long lines wrapped Madison Square Garden, the Barclays Center and other poll sites as many cast their ballots in the Trump-Biden race Saturday amid a pandemic.
“NYC Votes” written in chalk on sidewalk outside the voting site located at Madison Square Garden during early voting for the U.S. Presidential elections. – NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 24, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Rachel Holliday Smith, Christine Chung, Gabriel Sandoval and Peter Senzamici, THE CITY Hours before early voting started in New York on […]