Tag: NYC

For two weeks, the New York City Taxi Workers’ Alliance (NYTWA) members have been engaged in a hunger strike outside City Hall demanding Mayor...

The nation is transforming right before our eyes. Despite states re-opening after months of lock down, the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic is still infecting thousands every day,...

We will probably have universal healthcare in this country within our lifetimes. If you're a New York City resident, though, you needn't wait any longer. Although...

They're coming down...finally. The statues, that is. Among same-sex marriage, the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), ethics regulations, and a host of myriad issues, into the category...

It's easy to pick on the little guy. Every day, minorities, the poor, the sick, undocumented, and ex-felons must contend with threats and exploitation to...

Let's face it: Obama has moved on without us, and it hurts. We've seen him sailing the ocean seas and and sharing hot tubs...

Happy Election Day! The candidates have to vote, too, and they do so at their local polling places, just like the rest of us. For...

Over 40 percent of homeless youth in NYC are LGBT. There is a new shelter being built for them thanks to the late Golden Girls star,...

Bernie Sanders is being lauded with praise for touring a public housing facility Sunday in one of New York City's most economically challenged neighborhoods,...

Undercover police officers watch the crowded NYC train, focusing from passenger to passenger, as they search for men getting too close to women. The team of seven...

The state of New York is letting out a collective "Eek!" after Governor Andrew Cuomo's Saturday statement that the groundwater around the perimeter of...

An absolutely amazing artist, Nona Faustine,?has done a powerful photo series called, ?White Shoes.? Her purpose is to emphasize slaves? history in New York...

Hillary Clinton just got support from, arguably, the biggest megastar in the world: Beyonc?. At a fundraiser in Manhattan, numerous celebrities showed up to support...

I found this video, and I'm pissed off. I'm so mad, I'm crying. That's how angry I am. Why are we not doing it...

In a bizarre case of hide and seek, a well-known maraschino cherry factory in Brooklyn, New York was concealing a pot growing operation, that...

A jury in a New York City court awarded a multi-million dollar award in a high-profile terrorism suit. The Palestinian Liberation Organization and the...

New York City?has often had an image as a crime-ridden urban center. This perception has cropped up at various times, ever since it was...

Longtime CBS newsman Bob Simon was killed in a car crash during the PM rush hour on Wednesday, February 11. The veteran television correspondent...

A group of inner-city middle school students will get the chance to visit Harvard and see college life up close, thanks to a crowd-sourcing...

Television talk shows are everywhere these days, and they have been a long-time staple of late-night TV. Well, my friends, the pioneering spirit behind...