By Isabel Wilson A year later, the COVID-19 pandemic is still impacting Americans financially. Schools are not fully reopened; businesses must follow capacity limits, and many are still left unemployed. These circumstances have resulted in many having to rely on… Read More ›
By Haley Sousa (Photo by Mike Groll/Office of the Governor) After coming under fire for attempting to cover up nursing home deaths during the beginning of the pandemic, the last thing Gov. Andrew Cuomo needed was more scandals if he… Read More ›
By Chloe George Our country’s increased use of technology and internet throughout the pandemic is in need of serious government regulation. This has been a large topic in the media throughout the recent presidential campaign and within the regular news… Read More ›
By Brianna Goodell President Joe Biden has been in office since January 20. With this in mind what has he accomplished? I believe he is somewhat being held accountable to his promises made for his first hundred days and what… Read More ›
By Richard Lee If I had to describe today’s Andrew Cuomo news conference in one word, that word would be defiant. Yes, he apologized and said he was embarrassed, but he also dared the legislature to make good on threats… Read More ›
By Richard Lee Mr. Mayor, the NBC comedy that completed a short nine-episode season last week, captured many of the day-to-day activities that go into the job of running a city. Mayor Neil Bremer (played by Ted Danson) dealt with… Read More ›
By Michael P. Riccards When I was a boy, we had off Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday, and the media each year featured stories on each of these great men. Now we have combined the two days into Presidents Day… Read More ›
By Adam Odolil Voting is an integral part of our democracy, and yet it appears to me that simply being a citizen of the United States is not a sufficient condition for being able to vote. One key component of… Read More ›
By Richard Lee As we were reminded often yesterday, the inauguration was a day of firsts. “We celebrate our first African-American, first Asian American and first woman vice president, Kamala Harris,” Sen. Amy Klobucher, co-chair of the inaugural committee, told… Read More ›
By Michael P. Riccards My late mother had a cousin who lost his life on Iwo Jima during the second world war. He was 20 and probably never had a sweetheart My sister insisted we find where he was buried…. Read More ›
