By Anne Esther Gittens |Editorial credit: INFOWeather1, Own work, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=164960939 The election in May 2025 of Cardinal Robert Francis Provost as Pope Leo XIV marks a watershed moment in the two-millennia history of the Catholic Church, ushering in its first American pontiff. This development, long considered improbable due to the geopolitical […]
By: Peter Schurmann, Ethnicmediaservices.org | Gorodenkoff / shutterstock.com A pair of voter surveys released this week offer some encouraging news for the Harris camp just two weeks out from the November 5 election. Both polls show strong support for the Democratic candidate among voters of color in key swing states. With Harris and Trump locked […]
By Selen Ozturkm, ethnicmediaservices.org| Editorial Credit: Yasamin Tehrani / shutterstock.com If not countered, misinformation targeting immigrants and Latinos will be make-or-break this election year. Although the political use of immigration as a scapegoat for hate is nothing new, the Latino vote — the largest-growing U.S. voter demographic, with currently 36.2 million Latinos representing 15% of all […]
Editorial credit: Melnikov Dmitriy /shutterstock.com Introduction In New York State, politics is a significant part of daily life, with passionate citizens advocating for a range of causes, candidates, and policies. For those who are politically engaged, starting a political club can be an excellent way to organize like-minded individuals, advocate for shared values, and participate […]
