PUBLIC ADVOCATE: EASTER IS ABOUT HOPE EVEN AMIDST GLOBAL CHALLENGE
Williams: "In the face of this pandemic- while many traditional celebrations cannot be held- we can carry those values as we observe the holiday in our homes." Photo:…
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AAMC CALLS FOR ENHANCED COVID-19 DATA COLLECTION TO ADDRESS RACIAL DISPARITIES
Dr. David Acosta: “Local data – from Connecticut to Michigan, from New York to Louisiana – are telling the same story: people of color, particularly Black Americans, are…
AFT AND UFT: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST DO MORE TO HELP VICTIMS OF COVID-19
Weingarten said: “We are seeing a terrible loss of life as well as loss of employment as a result of this pandemic." Mulgrew said: "Tens of thousands of…
CPJ TO AFRICAN LEADERS: RELEASE JOURNALISTS FROM COVID-19 DEATH SENTENCE
According to CPJ’s most recent annual survey conducted on December 1, 2019, there were at least 73 journalists in prisons in Africa...For journalists jailed in countries affected by…
AFRICA UNION COMMEMORATES 1994 RWANDA GENOCIDE UNDER THEME “REMEMBER-UNITE-RENEW”
"Between April and July 1994, the world stood still in awe as more than a million people were killed in a space of one hundred days in Rwanda...This…
COVID-19 UNMASKS THE WASTEFUL CRUELTY AND INHUMANITY OF WAR
[COVID-19 BFP: "The present crisis underscores in the most dramatic possible way the wastefulness of the preparations for war and the cruelty of war." Photo: YouTube The COVID-19…
LYFT PARTNERING WITH NON-PROFITS TO PROVIDE COVID-19 TRANSPORATION SERVICES
Lyft will provide free ride credits to these organizations through LyftUp, Lyft’s comprehensive effort to expand transportation access to those who need it most. Photo: Twitter Lyft announced…
REP. OMAR INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO SUSPEND SCHOOL MEAL DEBT
Rep. Omar. “Families who are struggling to make ends meet during this crisis should not have the added burden of paying off their child’s school lunch debt. School…
HYPOCRITE GOV. CUOMO CUTS MEDICAID IN MIDST OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Barron: "We need Governor Cuomo to report to our communities how the pandemic virus is impacting us by race and poverty, and he must report on how decisions…
ATTORNEY GENERAL ORDERS MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS TO STOP ENDANGERING NEW YORKERS
Attorney General James. “For these companies to continue to conduct group medical transport rides in the face of an explicit prohibition during the unprecedented outbreak of a highly…