By Greg B. Smith | March 8, 2023 Inspectors discovered another unstable wall about to collapse, just steps from where a laborer died in Chinatown while doing demolition on Tuesday. On Tuesday afternoon New York City registered its first construction worker death this year when a wall collapsed on a 64-year-old laborer doing demolition inside […]
By Clara Fong, Kelly Percival, and Thomas Wolf Changes proposed by the government would increase the accuracy, equity, and legitimacy of the decennial count. The federal government has taken an important step toward modernizing the census and other federal surveys, with major potential benefits for civil rights. The White House’s Office of Management and Budget […]
By Michael J. Saks | The Conversation Dr. Christopher Duntsch was a spine surgeon so reckless, incompetent or impaired that he’s now in a Texas prison. Better known as “Dr. Death,” Duntsch severed nerves, vocal cords and arteries that should not have been touched. He left patient after patient maimed, paralyzed or dead. Moreover, his story exposes the […]
Editorial credit: Consolidated News Photos / Shutterstock.com Over the past two years, the Biden-Harris administration has made significant progress following four years of an administration committed to turning back the clock on civil and human rights. And during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Biden underscored his support for some of our coalition’s outstanding […]
By Nia Warren In Mississippi, owners and managers of three apartment complexes refused to show two of its complexes to prospective Black renters, reserving them for White renters only. In Georgia, owners of a residential rental property steered older Black applicants to only apply to less desirable apartment complexes rather than newer, predominantly white ones. In New Jersey, […]
Private vehicles are back on the roads in record-breaking numbers. Your fleet drivers enjoyed a few years of lighter traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic, so they might find the increased traffic extra frustrating now. Stressed driving is distracted driving. You already know any form of distracted driving leads to more accidents. Because fleet drivers have more […]
Across the United States, vehicle accidents are the leading cause of personal injury claims. In a year, an average of 4.5 million people seek medical treatment for car accidents. These injuries range from minor bruises and scrapes to permanent disability and death. If you or someone in your family has been injured or killed in […]
By Cynthia W. Roseberry | December 14, 2022 Granting clemency to broad categories of people is a first step toward correcting injustice in our criminal legal system. Yesterday, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commuted the state’s entire death row. The death penalty in Oregon, as around the country, is unjust, unfair, and racially biased. Gov. Brown […]
According to statistics, car accidents are among the leading cause of deaths among children in the USA. About 45% of deaths among children are because of car accidents. What can you do if there is a car accident involving your child? During this difficult time, you need a strong advocate on your side like the […]
By Leah Watson | November 29, 2022 Here’s what the judge’s order could mean for challenges to censorship efforts nationwide. On March 16, 2023, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals left in place the district court’s preliminary injunction, reaffirming the serious injury posed to educators and students by the Stop W.O.K.E. Act. The ruling will […]
By Emily Badger and Alicia Parlapiano, NY Times About a thousand people gathered on a bright morning on the National Mall the Saturday before Thanksgiving for what has become an American tradition: mourning a roadway fatality. With the Capitol in the background and the tune of an ice cream truck looping nearby, the crowd had […]
Various reports from the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH shows that car accidents cause the second-most common injury among New York residents. Traffic accidents cause more injuries and deaths, leading to a high number of hospitalizations and a high number of visits to the emergency department. More than 1,900 New York residents die […]
In a recent incident, an older adult traveling in a black Honda CRV around 10:45 a.m. reportedly lost control and slammed into another car waiting for the traffic light to turn green, according to witnesses and cops. The crash caused the driver of the car in front to jolt his knees, and the occupants- kids, […]
By Katie Hoeppner Since the early 1990s, our nation has welcomed and assisted people whose countries have been devastated by war and natural disaster through the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. Today, many TPS holders have established roots in the U.S., raising families and contributing to their communities. In recent years, the Trump administration tried […]
By Mira Wassef & Amy Yensi, PIX 11 BROOKLYN (PIX11) — A 46-year-old construction worker was crushed to death when a 2,000-pound machine fell on him at a Brooklyn job site Monday morning, officials said. Authorities responded to an emergency call for a person trapped under a heavy machine at 1 Java Street in Greenpoint […]