By: Mike Zamore, ACLU | Photo Credits: Drazen Zigic / Shutterstock.com Anyone who cares about the people, should also care about the dire impact that the Trump-backed Project 2025 will have on our civil liberties and civil rights. Deeply embedded in our Bill of Rights and our most basic American values is the idea […]
By Oprah Cunningham, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights | Photo credits: Ungvar /Shutterstock.com With the rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric and the possible introduction of strict immigration policies outlined in Project 2025, understanding the harms of the current immigration system and the need for collective action is crucial. In this discussion, Katherine Hawkins, senior legal […]
By: Annette Regan, The Conversation |photo credits: Studio Romatic/Shutterstock.com The Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency use authorization on Aug. 22, 2024, for the newest, updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quickly endorsed the new shot to protect against severe illness. The 2024 summer wave of COVID-19 cases is a good […]
By: julian shen-berro and Chalkbeat, The City | Photo Credits: Jacob Lund/Shutterstock.com This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. More than 900,000 New York City public school students will return to the classroom on Thursday, ushering in a new academic year. It marks the start of a school year that will […]
By: Gwynne Hogan and Katie Honan, The City |Photo credits: Lev Radin /Shutterstock.com A day after news broke that federal investigators searched the homes and seized the phones of a slew of members of Mayor Eric Adams inner circle including two deputy mayors, a top advisor, and several police officials, the raids continued to send […]
By: Jillian Peterson and James Densley, The Conversation | Photo credits: Aleksandar Malivuk /Shutterstock.com Most school shootings don’t just happen out of nowhere – there are typically warning signs. A year before a 14-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly opening fire in his high school math class in Winder, Georgia, on Sept. 4, 2024 – killing two […]
By Greg B. Smith, Katie Honan, Gwynne Hogan and Samantha Maldonado, thecity.nyc | Photo Courtesy: THECITY Federal authorities have raided the homes of some of the highest-ranking members of Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, including two deputy mayors and the schools chancellor, and seized the electronic devices of New York City’s police commissioner, sources familiar with the situation told THE […]
By April Xu and Yoav Gonen, thecity.nyc | Photo courtesy: THECITY Federal prosecution of Linda Sun and spouse Chris Hu is the latest case to emerge as the People’s Republic seeks political influence. This story was produced in partnership with Documented. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn on Tuesday revealed it has charged a former high-level official in […]
By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial Credit: Andrey_Popov / shutterstock.com A partition action is a legal mechanism commonly used when two or more co-owners of a property cannot agree on what to do with the property. In your case, since you own 50% of a property, and the other party also owns 50%, a partition […]
Editorial Credit: Charles McClintock Wilson/ shutterstock.com The National Academy of Sciences has issued a new report urging policymakers to overhaul the U.S. immigration system to retain top talent. The report, prepared by a committee of scientists, professors, and national security experts, recommends that Congress increase the number of employment-based green cards, eliminate per-country caps on high-skilled immigrant visas, […]