WAR ON POVERTY Wednesday, March 16 — The first salvo in what we’ve come to know as the War on Poverty was fired on this date 52 years ago. Following President Lyndon Johnson’s State of the Union call for tackling poverty […]
AIR FORCE IN CRISIS Frank V. Vernuccio, Jr., J.D. It’s the crisis that almost everyone prefers not to discuss: the rapid deterioration of the U.S. armed forces, at the same time that adversaries Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are […]
COURT APPEARANCE: Belva A. Lockwood Monday, March 14 — This month in 1879 marked a milestone in women’s history and the opportunities available to them. Earlier, President Rutherford Hayes signed a congressional act “to relieve certain legal disabilities of […]
VOTER REGISTRATION The right to vote began to receive some supervision more than two centuries ago, when Massachusetts acted this month in 1801 to register voters. At that time, the franchise was limited to men — usually those of local repute […]
WHEN THE OLD BECOMES NEW By Rev. J. Loren Russell, BA, MDiv Scripture Revelations 21:4 (NKJV) “And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be […]
Our Continued Fight for Free Lunch by Letitia James There is a such thing as a free lunch and we know that thousands of the most vulnerable children in New York City would greatly benefit from it. The […]
Political Corruption vs. Crazy Business Smart By Dennis A Conforto It appears the presidential race is narrowing down to two candidates, Clinton and Trump. Hillary Clinton, in my opinion, is the most politically and morally corrupt candidate to ever run […]
Cutting the cost of citizenship in the immigration capital of the world By New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer For centuries, countless immigrants, including the 3.5 million that today call New York City home, have brought culture, ideas, […]
A couple of horses at Pelham Bit Stables with Co-op City in the background. Photo by Debby Kawalick
DOG LICENSING Wednesday, March 9 — “Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.” Whatever is the merit in the remark by the late advice columnist Ann Landers, there are few bonds of esteem stronger than […]
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights joins the nation in acknowledging and commemorating the courage and determination of countless women who sacrificed and fought to participate fully in American democracy. Women have shaped our society to be more inclusive and […]
INVENTIVE SOCIETY LADY Tuesday, March 8 — The inventor of the first practical automatic dishwasher was born on this date in 1839 and was perhaps an unlikely candidate for the distinction. Josephine Cochrane was a socialite, and devised the […]
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz Our Black and Hispanic Children Remain Left Behind by NYC’s “Ivy League” High Schools You should know that our Black and Hispanic children have little or no opportunity to be accepted […]
THE PIES HAVE IT Monday, March 7 — Las Vegas is renowned for spectacular stage shows and as a destination for conventions and expositions. One opens there today that likely would draw an enormous crush of visitors. But sadly, the […]
UNEMPLOYMENT HELP FROM CITY HALL Profile America — A severe economic panic, striking in 1893, led the city of Seattle to create the nation’s first municipal unemployment assistance office on this date in 1894. State and federal unemployment assistance wasn’t […]
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