arrow New York Cares volunteers in partnership with Together We Can local non-profit organization and Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz distribute holidays toys and winter coats in Corona, Queens. The line of people stretched seven blocks. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock
On Wednesday, as a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, state lawmakers returned for a new legislative session, hoping to revive New York amid an ongoing pandemic that has killed more than 38,000 people in the state.
Many of the legislators did not arrive physically at the state capitol building in Albany. Instead, due to COVID-19 restrictions, meetings were held remotely, as lawmakers began what may be some of the most consequential session days of their political careers. The pandemic, in addition to killing tens of thousands, has caused severe economic damage across the state, creating a budget shortfall that Governor Andrew Cuomo has said amounts to at least $15 billion over two year
Rioters storm the U.S. Capitol Wednesday following a rally with President Donald Trump.
College and university leaders across the country responded to the violent chaos at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday using unusually strong terms for higher education leaders. Many college presidents said they were saddened and frightened by the sight of supporters of President Donald Trump storming the U.S. Capitol and condemned the rioters’ actions on Twitter and in statements or emails to students and employees. I want to be clear: the storming of the Capitol complex is not merely a brazen act by a relatively small group of instigators. It is the direct result of a campaign to sow mistrust in our democracy and to overturn an election that was by all reasonable accounts conducted freely and fairly, Vincent Price, president of Duke University in Durham, N.C., said in an email to the campus. These events are made all the more shameful by their futility they are based on falsehoods and conspira
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There is a vast archive of Syrian Prison Literature. Shareah Taleghani’s latest book navigates through the difficult narratives focusing on human rights in this genre.
In her latest book,
(Syracuse: Syracuse University Press,2020) R. Shareah Taleghani, assistant professor and director of Middle East studies at Queens College, City University of New York, argues that prison literature led to an “experimental shift” in Arabic literature since the 1960s. Her decade long research on this topic explores how Syrian prison literature changed since the early 1970s until today. Depicting important poets such as Faraj Bayraqdar, she engages with a certain cultural production that does not deal only with art itself but with the political reality in which the authors find themselves in. We discussed her approach to this genre over email.
A woman has been reunited with her beloved dog after video was released of the man who swiped the pooch from outside a Manhattan deli.
It is the 44th annual celebration by El Museo Del Barrio, with this year s event titled Fuerza Colectiva: Celebrating our Roots and Diversity and hosted by TV personality and producer Rhina Valentin.
It marks the day when the three wise men arrived in Bethlehem with gifts for the newborn Jesus and is widely celebrated in Spanish-speaking nations and communities.
The museum s first-ever virtual celebration features La Grupo R with the participation of Beto Torrens from Puerto Rico, Los Pleneros de la 21, festive skits by Victor Cruz s animated character TITA, cameos by famous giant puppets, and saludos from this year s honorees.
Professor Ronald Schurin Explores the History of Inaugurations in Session Two of “Presidential Trappings,” Presented by Library and NC Museum & Historical Society Written by KatherineBlance
January’s “Presidential Trappings “series, presented by New Canaan Library and the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society, continues Tuesday, January 12 at 7 PM EST with Ronald Schurin, PhD, Associate Professor in Residence in the Department of Political Science at the University of Connecticut, examining the history of inaugurations. The four-part series continues Tuesdays throughout January. Please visit newcanaanlibrary.org for a full schedule and to register. Zoom sign in information will be provided upon registration; each session must be registered for individually.