Listen to a special podcast SAN FRANCISCO, Calif — A debate rages over the possible ban of TikTok, a hugely popular app owned by the Beijing, China-based company Byte Dance. Over 150 million users in the US regularly access the app for more than 90 minutes a day, watching entertaining videos featuring a variety of […]
Listen to a special podcast Article: By Samantha Max, Gothamist.com Police found a weapon in about one out of six pedestrian stops last year and found a firearm in about one out of 13 stops, a Gothamist analysis of NYPD data shows. The majority of stops resulted in no arrest or summons. This as pedestrian […]
By Swathi Kashettar By utilizing ChatGPT’s advanced AI capabilities, users can explore 10 ways to earn money through ChatGPT In a short amount of time, ChatGPT, the text-based Artificial Intelligence model developed by OpenAI, has become immensely popular, attracting one million users just five days after its launch. With extensive training resources, the model can respond to […]
Listen to a special podcast Article:By Selen Ozturk The pop-cultural giant broke racial boundaries as an entertainer and humanitarian for 70 years. Harry Belafonte, the Jamaican-American singer, actor, and political activist, died aged 96 on Tuesday. His longtime publicist Ken Sunshine said Belafonte died of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan, New York home, his […]
By Beth Daley The NBA playoffs provide a stage for some of the biggest and tallest athletes in the world. With an average height of 6 feet, 7 inches and an average weight of 225 pounds, players have a lot of skin, bone and muscle to support. That’s why their feet play such an outsize […]
With Over 34,000 Asylum Seekers Still Currently in City’s Care and No Hope for Support from Republicans in Congress, Mayor Adams Calls on White House to Expand Temporary Protective Status and Humanitarian Parole to Help Asylum Seekers Obtain Work Authorization As Cost of Crisis Continues to Rise, Budget Director Lays Out Estimated Costs […]
Fashion leader TJ Walker, one of the co-founders of the Black Design Collective, spoke on the challenges of black designers in the aftermath of the pandemic. Jamaican designer Glenroy March shared how he kept his brand alive by fleeing to Ghana. By Pearl Phillip At the start of the Covid pandemic, designer Glenroy March made […]
BY GEORGE JOSEPH AND SAMANTHA MALDONADO BY GEORGE JOSEPH AND SAMANTHA MALDONADO Four years ago, Deborah Thomas got a call from an unknown number. The stranger on the line introduced himself as Eddie Doran and informed her that he was a new co-owner or soon to be co-owner of her home — a two-story brownstone just blocks away from the upscale restaurants […]
By Peter White Listen to a special podcast They imagined a world that didn’t exist yet and went about building it. That was the common theme from three community organizers whose work proves that change really can happen through grassroots efforts, despite gridlocked legislatures, polarized politics and economic uncertainty. The three organizers, among six who […]
Photo Editorial credit: Ron Adar Summer is a great time for children, but it’s a challenging time for working parents. No parent wants to leave their child at home if they don’t have family or trusted friends to look after them. Learning loss also happens over the summer. Studies have shown that during the summer […]