New Interactive Map of Student Homelessness Now Available NEW YORK (February 15, 2017)—As student homelessness continues to grow nationwide, the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness (ICPH) has launched a new, free interactive data tool to inform educators, service providers, […]
Monday, February 20 — This week in 1866, Lucy Hobbs Taylor received a doctorate in dentistry from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. She was the first American woman so credentialed, and it’s believed she was also the first in the […]
Amy Tan (1952) Born in Oakland, California, to Chinese immigrants, Tan is an award-winning author whose novels focus on the lives of Asian-Americans and the complexities of intergenerational relationships, particularly those of mothers and daughters. Her best-selling novel The Joy […]
I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author’s political views. Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
Tucket Definition: (noun) Short lively tune played on brass instruments. Synonyms: Fanfare, Flourish Usage: Her arrival was greeted with a rousing tucket.
Chairman Crowley Statement on Republican Efforts Making It Harder for Americans to Save for Retirement (Washington, D.C.) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY) released the following statement after House Republicans passed legislation that would significantly inhibit the ability […]
State Senators Serrano and Hoylman Introduce Bills to Make New York a Sanctuary State Package of bills would protect immigrant rights and fight back against the Trump administration Comes on the heels of nationwide raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
Bronx Electeds Pen Letter to Postmaster General Urging Immediate Action on Missing Postal Boxes Bronx, N.Y.—Congressman Eliot Engel, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., State Senators Jeff Klein and Jamaal Bailey, Assembly Members Michael Benedetto and Jeffrey Dinowitz, and City […]
Sunday, February 19 — Every time we use a phone, drive a car, watch TV, cross a bridge, or do myriad everyday activities, we are benefitting from the accumulated work of a most important, broad profession — engineering. To celebrate its […]
Yoko Ono (1933) Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, author, and peace activist best known for her marriage to John Lennon of the Beatles. She was raised in Japan and the US, where she started exploring conceptual and performance art. […]
I never reasoned on what I should do, but what I had done; as if my Reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards. Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
Disputant Definition: (noun) One engaged in a dispute. Synonyms: Eristic, Controversialist Usage: Other tribes of the new federation took sides with the original disputants or set up petty revolutions of their own.
New Yorkers urge De Blasio & Stringer to #DeFundDAPL, divest from risky fossil fuels 30 organizations call on De Blasio to cut banks backing DAPL as 100+ rally at Stringer’s office urging divestment New York, NY — New Yorkers are […]
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