APRIL 1: CIGARETTE ADS BANNED Friday, April 1 — Broadcast advertising was confronted with a major downsizing on this date in 1970 as President Nixon signed a bill into law prohibiting cigarette advertising on the nation’s airwaves. The ban went […]
PRIMARY VOTER Thursday, March 31 — The 15th Amendment to the Constitution declared the right to vote “shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition […]
Dear Editor, To be an engaged citizen is to exercise your right to vote. It is important that every citizen is given the opportunity to cast their ballot without impediments. I stand with the Vote Better NY campaign for election […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Last Minute Power Grab by State Senator Rubén Díaz You should know that in the eleventh hour, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has slipped language into the Budget that would allow him to take over […]
FM RADIO DEBUTS Wednesday, March 30 — FM radio is 75 years old. In March 1941, the first commercial FM station went on the air — W47NV in Nashville, Tennessee. FM — standing for frequency modulation — was first […]
BIRTH OF A BRAND Tuesday, March 29 — One of the most successful brand names of all time got its start on this date in 1886. That’s when Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton brewed up the first batch of Coca-Cola — […]
MOM AND POP BUSINESSES Monday, March 28 — While openings of a major department store or a branch of a big-box chain are often welcomed by shoppers and communities, they are also the cause of some concern. Small local businesses […]
A NEW MINIMUM WAGE WILL CAUSE MAXIMUM DAMAGE by Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C-Canandaigua) The $15 per hour minimum wage dilemma we currently face didn’t start with a discussion. It didn’t start with a piece of legislation or with […]
WHEN THEY FINALLY BELIEVED by Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv Matthew 28:16-20: 16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped […]
Op-Ed: Obstacles to Latino Voter Participation By: Eddie Cuesta, New York Director, Dominicanos USA Every four years for the past several decades we have been told by political writers and pundits that the Latino vote is a “sleeping […]
MOBILE COMPUTER Sunday, March 27 — A triumph of mobile computing was achieved on this date in 1961. A division of the Sperry Rand Corporation equipped a trailer truck to haul a UNIVAC I computer from New York City down […]
AMERICA’S FIRST SHOPPING MALL Profile America — Everyone who loves convenience in shopping can thank Edward Delk and J.C. Nichols. It was they who conceived, designed, and built the first shopping mall in the U.S. The Country Club Plaza, on the […]
Bronx Families Deserve More Choice in Schools By Rossileny Linarez and Shalamar & Kashay Ward Like a lot of parents in the Bronx, we worry about the quality of the schools in our neighborhoods and we wish we had […]
RUBBED OUT Friday, March 25 — The fact that pencils have erasers is supposed to indicate that no one is perfect. But it’s doubtful that people were perfect before this month in 1858. That’s when Hyman Lipman was granted a […]
Financial Focus: Waiting On Your Tax Refund? by Anthony Rivieccio, MBA Awaiting your tax refund? Well, let me speak for all tax preparers and tax advisors. We are waiting for you to get it, too! There can be nothing more […]
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