COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19: security, development takes center stage in African Union ministerial meeting
[COVID-19\Africa] African Union: “the continent under the COVID-19 pandemic requires us to continue to take bold and decisive steps in fighting the pandemic in ...
FPWA: Poverty in NYC Exacerbated by Economic Recession, COVID-19
[Poverty in New York City] FPWA: “In FPWA’s recently published analysis, 1.25 million New Yorkers abruptly lost their jobs by May and an astounding ...
Trump’s USPS Sabotage Delaying Medicine for Sick Americans
[Trump Administration’s USPS Sabotage] Senator Warren:”He [DeJoy] needs to resign and if he won’t, the Board of Governors must remove him.” Photo: YouTube
NY Representative Calls for Federal Rescue Funding for Schools
[Heroes Act\School Budget] Last month it was announced that, without needed federal support, New York State would be forced to cut its budget by ...
COVID-19: Scott, Norton Demand Support for Schools to Keep Kids Safe
[School Budgets\COVID-19] Rep. Norton: “Many schools, like those in the District, have been forced to go virtual because of the pandemic…The delay in passing ...
NYC Public Advocate: I Oppose Industry City Rezoning Plan
[Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams] Williams: “Rezonings must be done with the community needs in mind and in full consultation with that community. I ...
COVID-19: NY Assembly Passes Legislation to Help Vulnerable New Yorkers
[COVID-19\NY Assembly] New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: “These bills will help families and some of our most vulnerable populations weather the economic storm ...
Has CDC Changed Stance on School Reopening to Help Trump?
[COVID-19 Pandemic] Weingarten: “The CDC may have changed its tone to accommodate President Trump’s whims, but the details of its guidance remain the same: ...
Brazil’s Black Domestic Workers Fight for Change after Boy’s Death
[Mirtes Renata Santana de Souza\Miguel] Time: “On July 14 Pernambuco’s public prosecutor announced he was charging Corte with “abandonment of a vulnerable person resulting ...
Study: Whites Treated Better Than Blacks When Seeking Business Loans
[National Community Reinvestment Coalition] Sterling Bone: “We find troubling patterns that that loan program, that PPP program, was not offered equally across our test ...
