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OAS Should Promote Systematic Change in Haiti, Not An External Agenda

A report, published on May 31, concerning misspending of monies from a PetroCaribe Fund implicated two companies closely connected to President Moïse. While he has denied the allegations, protests have intensified.

OAS Should Promote Systematic Change in Haiti, Not An External Agenda

By Sir Ronald Saunders WASHINGTON, DC – In what is increasingly becoming a pattern of ignoring established procedures and authority in the Organization of American States (OAS), a delegation went to troubled Haiti on June 19 without any discussion or mandate by the Permanent Council, the organ responsible for making and overseeing policy between General […]

Recent ICE Raids Were Successful

Recent ICE Raids Were Successful

The recent immigration raids were reported as unsuccessful. Brian Figeroux, Esq., of Ask the Lawyer, disagrees and explains why the raids were successful. [sc name=”ICE Raids” ] Ask the Lawyer podcast with Attorney Brian Figeroux, in partnership with the Law Firm of Figeroux and Associates, has a mission to educate workers and provide them with […]

After Four Years And One False Start, Discrimination Watchdog Gets New Boss

Ahuja is chief of staff at the advocacy group Girls for Gender Equity. She previously worked at City Council as the deputy director of policy and innovation from under then-Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

After Four Years And One False Start, Discrimination Watchdog Gets New Boss

By Yoav Gonen, THE CITY City officials ended a four-year vacancy by finally naming a chairperson to lead an independent workplace discrimination, diversity, and sexual harassment watchdog. Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson jointly picked Sasha Neha Ahuja, a former Planned Parenthood official, to head the Equal Employment Practices Commission. The […]

DR Congo Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency

"It is time for the world to take notice," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva at which the emergency was declared.

DR Congo Ebola outbreak declared global health emergency

By BBC The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo a “public health emergency of international concern.” The move may encourage wealthy donor countries to provide more cash. But the WHO stopped short of saying borders should be closed, saying the risk of the disease spreading outside the […]