"We cannot talk about the Black women’s pay gap without talking about our country’s history of individual and systemic racism, which continues to play an explicit and implicit role in maintaining these barriers" - Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo
"Each year, the Emancipation celebrations give us an opportunity to reflect on the struggle of our ancestors for freedom, against a system that denied them their dignity and humanity, often through brutally oppressive and violent means. It must have been a euphoric day, today the first of August, 180 years ago, when our forebear gathered in their village, and churches to rejoice and give thanks." - Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness
Jamaica is celebrating more than 100 years of liberation on the 21st annual Emancipation Day.
Starting in the mid-1800s, the African colonies in the …
Jumaane Williams, a council member representing the 45th Council District in Brooklyn. Candidate for New York Lt. Gov.
When it comes to the cities of this world with the largest homeless population, our very own New York City comes second, with over …
The case Pereira V. Sessions challenged a federal law stating that undocumented immigrants can avoid deportation if they live in the U.S. for 10 continuous years.
BROOKLYN (Workers World Today) – A new supreme court ruling is offering undocumented immigrants more time to secure residency in the U.S.
According to …
Most IRS letters and notices are about federal tax returns or tax accounts. Each notice deals with a specific issue and includes specific instructions on what to do.
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Every year the IRS mails millions of letters to taxpayers for many reasons. Here are some tips and suggestions for taxpayers …
"Retaliatory tariffs from our trading partners will be soon be imposed on an estimated $1.8 billion worth of Washington exports, including more than $1 billion in agricultural products, according to the Washington State Department of Commerce." - Gov. Jay Inslee
Washington state consistently ranks as one of the best states to do business. Our
Most people do what authority figures tell them to – even when they disagree. The reason, it turns out, is hidden in the brain. The good news? It can be changed.
We like to think we’d do the right thing in a tough situation. We’d
Eskom is critical to South Africa. It supplies more than 90 percent of the country's power, has 220 billion rand ($17 billion) of state-guaranteed debt and is often cited as a threat to South Africa's credit ratings, which are near junk status.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A month after Cyril Ramaphosa took the helm of South Africa’s
“Leadership is not he or she who is the greatest orator and leadership is not he or she who has the greatest wealth or material gain. Leadership is he or she who can provide right guidance in the critical hour.” - Dr. Wesley Muhammad
By Staff Writer | Thu Jul 12, 2018
BROOKLYN (Workers World Today) – Activist and student Minister Dr. Wesley Muhammad of the Nation of …
Some fear that Mayor Bill de Blasio’s program to create jobs paying at least $50,000 is not reaching people in the city’s poorest neighborhoods.
Since graduating two years ago from a small private high school in Queens, Ya’seen Madyun has completed a culinary