A way to combat the lack of funding in public schools where minorities reside is to allow open enrollment in New York’s public schools.
BROOKLYN, NY (Workers World Today) — It’s not a common phenomenon for parents to be given jail time for sending their children …
Trinbago Progressive Association Honors Downstate/Brooklyn Health Disparities Center Physicians
By Brooklyn Health Disparities Center
BROOKLYN, NY, May 5, 2019 — Dr. Moro Salifu served as Keynote speaker and an honoree for Trinbago’s Progressive …
It’s important for students to understand why Social Security was created, and why it is essential to their lives today and in the future.
By Jim Borland (SSA.gov)
In May, we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week and honor all of the educators who are preparing students for …
By Dan Murtaugh and Enda Curran (Bloomberg)
What started with a few dozen dead pigs in northeastern China is sending shock waves …
Ebola can spread quickly and kills in up to 90 percent of cases. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and at times internal and external bleeding, and can start to occur between two and 21 days from infection, according to the World Health Organization.
More than 1,000 people have died from Ebola in eastern Congo since August, the country’s health minister said on Friday, …
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Property tycoons get a host of special breaks not available to other investors.
By Patrick Clark and Benjamin Stupples (Bloomberg)
Real estate is a cyclical business. Markets crash. Deals sour. But hard landings are rare …
New York State Supreme Court Justice Andrea Masley denied Lyft’s petition Tuesday, holding up the first minimum wage standard set for app-based drivers in the country.
By NYC CLC
Lyft’s lawsuit challenging the city’s minimum wage rules for app-based drivers was dismissed by a judge Tuesday, ending a three-month legal …
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In 2017, with the quiet encouragement of corporations across the country, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. As billions of dollars landed in the laps of management, they spent as a rule not on their workforces but on wealth-enriching strategies such as stock buybacks and, yes, executive pay. Disney worked quietly to try to defeat a ballot initiative to lift the minimum wage paid by certain employers to $15 an hour in Anaheim, Calif., which passed this past November.
By Abigail Disney (Washington Post)
April 23
Abigail Disney is the president of Fork Films, founder of Peace is Loud and co-founder …