Thehill.comRep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) released an official statement on Thursday celebrating her historic nomination to become President-elect Joe Biden’s Secretary of the Department of Interior.Haaland, who has been backed by a number of progressive groups as well as tribes, would take over a sprawling, 70,000-person agency with a mandate from Biden to help deliver on his […]readmore
Starting tomorrow through December 13 by Bernice Elizabeth Green “You need the best ingredients when you’re going to cook,” wrote Maya Angelou. “The writer has to take some nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, et cetera, and boil them up in such a way that you can throw them against the wall, and they’ll bounce. “When […]readmore
For Multi-Venue, Borough-Wide Experience, December 4 – December 13, 2020 Brooklyn is fast-becoming a world-class jazz capital, and while much credit goes to hundreds of music legends born in Kings County –Roach, Weston, Horne, Mann and so many more, the borough’s principal jazz booster, in our opinion, is the legendary Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium. This […]readmore
The Gen Z BriefRyan M. BrooksAt 10 30 Am on Tuesday, November 3, I cast my first-ever Presidential ballot for Joe Biden.I did this for multiple reasons: climate change, student debt relief, and racial justice, to name a few.According to CNN exit polls, many within my age group did the same; Biden is set to […]readmore
AUTUMN IN AMERICA: 11/3Are Americans better off today than they were four years ago? No! Four years ago, we had a White House occupant Barack Obama, a democrat, who understood the clout, dignity and symbolic power of the office. Today, we have Donald Trump, an autocrat, dismissive of the rule of law, a bully unable […]readmore
By Daniel Dale &CNN staff (Excerpts)The first 2020 presidential debate Tuesday night in Cleveland featured an avalanche of lies from President Donald Trump — while Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was largely accurate in his statements, though he did make some false or misleading claims.There were times, particularly during the conclusion of the debate, when almost every comment from Trump […]readmore
COVID19 UPDATESThe states, eager to re-open after the COVID19 Pause, face insurmountable public health and economic challenges like virus surges and the concomitant public health expenditures. States like Texas, Florida, Arizona, Georgia have large infections and their hospital systems are all close to capacity. While infections and hospitalization rates rage, they are not experiencing the […]readmore
JUNE 2020 Most of the nation is back to work, in some phase of reopening business after the two-month nightmare brought on my COVID-19. Spring 2020 will also be remembered for the police killing of another Black Minneapolis man, George Floyd, which launched a culture of protest throughout the nation. During the nation’s period of […]readmore
