For years, a generation of New York City taxi drivers who wanted to own their own cabs were channeled into exploitative loans that left them deeply in debt, or even bankrupted. The city, which reaped hundreds of millions of dollars from the practice, ignored their plight. On Tuesday, for the first time, the city announced […]
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – A group of New York City students filed a sweeping lawsuit on Tuesday that accuses the United States' largest public school system of perpetuating racism via a flawed admissions process for selective programs that favors white students. The lawsuit in state court in Manhattan argues that a "rigged system" begins […]
NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – A group of Teen Vogue staff members raised concerns on Monday (March 8) over decade-old racist tweets by their new editor-in-chief, Alexi McCammond. McCammond, 27, a political reporter for Axios and a contributor for MSNBC and NBC, was named the top editor of the Conde Nast publication on Friday. Over the […]
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s US$1.9 trillion (S$2.6 trillion) Covid-19 “American Rescue Plan” stimulus is the largest government intervention in the US economy since World War II. The Bill, passed by the Senate over the weekend, is up for a House vote this week, and is expected to pass. President Biden will sign it soon […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Former US first lady Michelle Obama will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame along with eight other women including former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, soccer icon Mia Hamm and Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson, who died last year. The National Women’s Hall of Fame named the members of its Class […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Ernest and Hester Collins already faced their share of hardships before last month's deadly winter storm plunged much of Texas into a deep freeze and knocked out power to millions of homes, including their modest rental in one of Houston's historically Black neighborhoods, Fifth Ward. The brother and sister were getting by […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States on Monday (March 8) denounced what it called a Russian disinformation campaign against US-made Covid-19 vaccines, saying Moscow was putting lives at risk. The Global Engagement Centre, an arm of the State Department whose activities include monitoring foreign propaganda, said that Russian intelligence was behind four online platforms involved […]
The publisher of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s book on his leadership during the pandemic said it had stopped promoting the title because of an inquiry into the withholding of data on the deaths of nursing home residents. Sales of the book, “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic,” had already dramatically slowed as the […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State attorney general has named Joon H. Kim, a former acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Anne L. Clark, an employment discrimination lawyer, to lead the investigation into sexual harassment accusations made against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. The selection of the lawyers, who will […]
The C.D.C. says vaccinated people can gather inside without precautions. By Jonathan Wolfe and Amelia Nierenberg This is the Coronavirus Briefing, an informed guide to the pandemic. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Biden will deliver his first prime-time address on Thursday, commemorating the anniversary of the pandemic. President Bashar al-Assad […]