Latina Teenagers Fight for their Lives
Ymalay Rodríguez, with her mother, Blanca Nieves, at their Bronx home. (Photo by Mariela Lombard via El Diario) Ymalay Rodríguez dreams of singing at Madison Square Garden. Until…
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UGANDA MOVES TO FIGHT SICKLE CELL DISEASE: ONE TESTING SITE SERVING ENTIRE COUNTRY
Steward Ojok (10), who suffers from sickle cell disease can’t write his name. GULU-UGANDA: I tasked ten year old Steward Ojok to write down his name on my…
Common Sense Gun Safety: Senators Must Vote Yes
Dear Child Advocate, The Senate Vote is at 5:30 p.m. this evening. Call your Senators NOW! Tell them to Vote for Common Sense Gun Safety Measures Today. http://www.childrensdefense.org/take-action/action-alerts/voteforcommonsensegunsafetymeasures.html…
City Council Panel Okays Proposal to Convert Water Street Arcades to Retail
The City Council’s Subcommittee on Zonings and Franchises voted on Tuesday to approve a controversial zoning measure that seeks to convert to commercial, retail use more than 100,000…
Agenda For Clinton: Countering Big Money’s Hijack of Democracy
Clinton If Donald Trump continues to implode, Hillary Clinton will win simply by being the presidential candidate who isn’t Trump. But the prospect of a President Trump is…
Tribute to Max Roach: Dr. Mary Umolu Jazzy Jazz Festival Summer 2016
Festival Pays Tribute to Max Roach Founded in 1996 by the late Dr. Mary Umolu, the Medgar Evers College Jazzy Jazz Festival, sponsored by the Department of Mass…
Cavaliers end over 50 years of Cleveland sports heartbreak with first NBA championship
OAKLAND, Calif. — These are the moments that create legends. In Game 7 of the Finals on Sunday night, the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers were tied…
THE PROBLEM WITH WRITING IN BERNIE SANDERS
Voters have expressed widespread disaffection with Democrats, Republicans and their likely nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, throughout this presidential election year. Some Bernie Sanders supporters have declared…
Observing Junteenth — Barack Obama
President Obama Just outside the Oval Office hangs a painting depicting the night of December 31, 1862. In it, African-American men, women, and children crowd around a single…
“We are scared” –Africans in India say racism is constant
NEW DELHI (AP) — Fear and anger. Those are the emotions that shadow Odole Emmanuel Opeyemi every time the Nigerian man steps out of his New Delhi apartment.…