By Linda Nwoke Did you know that over 30 million lawsuits are filed each year in the United States, in state and federal trial courts? More so, more than $1.5 billion is spent in state courts to process over 14 million civil cases. Yet, the courts remain overburdened with civil lawsuits. Consequently, the courts encourage […]
By Andrea Salcedo, The Washington Post Teresa Sperry beamed with pride in September when she told her father about the job she’d been assigned by her fifth-grade teacher. Days earlier, the teacher had made Teresa the “class nurse,” putting the Virginia girl in charge of walking sick classmates to the nurse’s office, waiting for them […]
Inglewood, CA, USA, January 2022: The flag with the LVI Super Bowl logo waving in the wind. The game is scheduled to take place on February 13, 2022 (Shutterstock) By Steven P. Broglio, The Conversation An estimated 90 million to 100 million Americans will tune in to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday. Unlikely to […]
A makeshift memorial for the families of Twin Parks North West Building where a five alarm fire killed 17 people including 8 children in The Bronx. – Bronx, NY USA January 14, 2022 (Shutterstock) By Associated Press and Spectrum News Staff, NY1 Several families whose loved ones died or were injured while trying to escape […]
Thousands of demonstrators march down Fifth Avenue in New York protesting the NYPD policy of stop and frisk. – New York NY/USA-June 17, 2012 (Shutterstock) By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY More than eight years ago, then-Manhattan U.S. District Court Judge Shira Scheindlin issued a landmark order ruling that the NYPD was routinely violating the […]
Workers who believe they contracted COVID-19 due to exposure at work, especially those suffering from ongoing long-haul symptoms, have rights and can file for workers’ compensation claims. There may be both cash and medical benefits that you can receive. With the pandemic into nearly two years, many hardworking New Yorkers are still experiencing long-haul COVID19 […]
By Laiken Neumann, Daily Dot In a viral TikTok video, an apartment manager calls the cops on a Black resident at the complex’s gym to make sure he lives there. The resident, TikTok user @beautifulsoulsinnyc, began recording the incident as soon as the police introduced themselves to him. @beautifulsoulsinnyc Building manager @HamiltonCoveapts called the […]
By Craig McCarthy and Tina Moore, NY Post An explosion rocked the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Tuesday morning, leaving a worker in serious condition with burns to his face and arms, officials said. The blast happened in the FDNY Marine Unit’s mechanic area around 8:30 a.m. as a 55-year-old civilian mechanic was working on a […]
Black immigrants have higher incomes and more education than U.S.-born Black people, but advocates say racism still holds them back. By Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post The demographics of America’s Black population are in the middle of a major shift, with 1 in 10 having been born outside the United States. That’s 4.6 million Americans, a […]
Protestors gather at the demonstration for Ahmaud Arbery organized by the NAACP of Georgia at the Glynn County Court House. – Brunswick, GA USA May 8, 2020 By Barbara Harris Combs, The Conversation The idea of community and who belongs and who does not was a common theme in the Jan. 7, 2022, sentencing hearing […]
New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang announced the arrest and indictment of a Staten Island man who allegedly falsified multiple COVID-19 test results over five consecutive months in 2020 to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. Ajani Shaw, 23, of Staten Island was arraigned yesterday afternoon in Richmond County Supreme Court before Hon. Alexander B. Jeong […]
The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, DC honors Dr. King’s national and international contributions and vision. – Washington, DC – April 25, 2014 (Shutterstock) By Joshua F.J. Inwood, The Conversation More than 50 years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the United States remains divided by issues of race and […]
NYC Mayor and other local elected officials held a press conference to update the media on the Bronx five alarm fatal fire. – Bronx, NY USA January 10, 2022 (Shutterstock) “This is a global tragedy, because the Bronx in New York City is representative of the ethnicities and cultures across the globe,” Mayor Eric Adams […]
Seattle, WA – Carlos Rios, a United States citizen, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington today against Pierce County and Pierce County Jail deputies, seeking declaratory relief and damages for his unlawful imprisonment and violations of his civil rights under federal and state law. He is represented in the case by […]
Sidney Poitier attends a promoting the film ‘Les aventuriers’ during the 59th International Cannes Film Festival May 19, 2006 in Cannes, France. (Shutterstock) By Aram Goudsouzian, The Conversation In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Their guest, he […]