New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said she will not be bullied into reopening the city but rather will look to the data to decide. Last week, she extended the city’s stay-at-home order through mid-May. “The data will drive us and not a specific date,” she said during […]
President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that he has instructed the US Navy to “shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats” that harass US ships. “I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they […]
Theoni Bosman Quarshie has been cramped into a two-bedroom London public housing apartment with her mother and younger sister since the UK went into coronavirus lockdown in mid-March. Like many 16-year-olds around the world, Bosman Quarshie’s education has moved online. But the drive she once had […]
The world is facing multiple famines of “biblical proportions” in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic will push an additional 130 million people to the brink of starvation. Famines could take hold in “about three dozen countries” in a […]
What is America? Is it a plot of dirt littered with the discarded bones of those who stood in the way of white manifest destiny or is it a Constitution? Is it an assemblage of huddled masses yearning to breathe free or is it […]
With a spike in anti-Asian discrimination related to the coronavirus pandemic, New York City has formed a team to respond to the incidents. The New York City Commission on Human Rights announced Sunday that the coronavirus response team would handle reports of harassment and discrimination related to […]
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