Mayor Eric Adams attends press conference with U. S. Senator Charles Schumer outside of Bellevue Hospital. – New York, NY – January 9, 2022 (Shutterstock) By Gloria Pazmino, It’s an elite and sensitive position in the upper ranks of the NYPD, it comes with a six figure salary totaling $210,000 dollars and the power to […]
By Deborah Carr, The Conversation Death – along with taxes – is one of life’s few certainties. Despite this inevitability, most people dread thinking and talking about when, how or under what conditions they might die. They don’t want to broach the topic with family, either, for fear of upsetting them. Ironically, though, talking about […]
An Afghan family walking to their home where is a traditional Afghan village. – Sheberghan, Afghanistan – 5 May 2019 (Shutterstock) By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact As the United States hastily withdrew its military presence from Afghanistan in August 2021, it began Operation Allies Welcome, a program designed to assist the tens of thousands of […]
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact National Guard troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border face a grim reality, with their deployments plagued by substance abuse problems and discontent. Eight troops have committed suicide or died as part of a series of deployments along the border within the last year. New reports from the Army Times suggest […]
Pope Francis greets the pilgrims during his weekly general audience in St Peter’s square at the Vatican on February 26, 2014. (Shutterstock) By NPR ROME — Pope Francis suggested Monday that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was a “moral obligation” and denounced how people had been swayed by “baseless information” to refuse one of the […]
Actor Sidney Poitier at the gala screening of “The Da Vinci Code” at the 59th Annual International Film Festival de Cannes. May 17, 2006 Cannes, France. 2006 Paul Smith / Featureflash (Shutterstock) By Aram Goudsouzian, The Conversation In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet […]
NYC Mayor Eric Adams signs executive order to help small business owners with reform on violations for first time violations. – New York City, NY USA January 4, 2022 (Shutterstock) By Bernadette Giacomazzo, MSN Newly-elected New York City Mayor Eric Adams — a former cop — has been in office for less than a week. […]
Mayor Eric Adams makes an announcement and holds media availability at Elmhurst hospital. – New York, NY – January 5, 2022 (Shutterstock) NEW YORK—Today, Mayor Eric Adams announced members of his senior staff who will oversee operations at City Hall and advance his strategic policies and priorities. “This team has the experience, knowledge, and skill […]
Mayor Eric Adams attends Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez press conference in District Attorney office. – New York, NY – January 4, 2022 (Shutterstock) By Chris Sommerfeldt, NY Daily News Mayor Adams on Tuesday did not rule out vetoing a bill that would extend voting rights to noncitizen New Yorkers, upsetting fellow Democrats in the […]
We probably will need additional shots. But just how many depends on our immune systems, the virus, and how often they collide.
By Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic Walter Barker has, since the fall of 2020, had five doses of COVID-19 vaccine. He’s already starting to ponder when he might need a sixth. Barker, a 38-year-old office worker in New York, received his first two doses a year ago, as part of an AstraZeneca vaccine trial. But […]