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Kisha Bari The lives of seven undocumented immigrants who died of COVID-19 are at the center of activist-artist Paola Mendoza's new art installation, "Immigrants Are Essential," which takes its name from a campaign spearheaded by the National Immigration Law Center and Resilience Force. The faces of Mario Hernandez Enríquez, Fedelina Lugasan, Yimel Alvarado, Juan Ramos, Guadalupe Aguilar Sánchez, Ofelia Tapia Alonso, and Moisés Hernández Delgado are digitally rendered in colorful, larger-than-life portraits plastered onto an empty storefront in New York City's neighborhood of SoHo. They ...

These Vibrant Portraits in SoHo Honor the Lives of Undocumented Immigrants Lost to COVID-19 Chelsey Sanchez © Kisha Bari Activist-artist Paola Mendoza on the"Immigrants Are Essential" installation, public grief, and the power of art. The lives of seven undocumented immigrants who died of COVID-19 are at the center of activist-artist Paola Mendoza's new art installation,"Immigrants Are Essential," which takes its name from a campaign spearheaded by the National Immigration Law Center and Resilience Force. The faces of Mario Hernandez Enríquez, Fedelina Lugasan, Yimel Alvara...

Advertising A new art installation on the Lower East Side pays tribute to the sacrifices and lives of those most at risk in NYC—our undocumented immigrants. According to a new study, almost 70% of undocumented workers are essential workers, increasing their risk of exposure to COVID-19 up to 50%. New Yorkers named Fedelina, Mario, Moisés, Yimel, Juan, Ofelia and Guadalupe, who died during the pandemic, have been illustrated by artist and The Women's March co-founder Paola Mendoza based on photographs provided by family members. Each portrait in the exhibit, named "Immigrants Are Essentia...

Kiwi Seafarers working internationally have been forgotten by the New Zealand government, their request for support keeps being ignored and their status as essential workers continues to be overlooked. Many Kiwi Seafarers are stuck outside of New Zealand borders on vessels and in foreign ports. These Seafarers are unable to return home because of the inflexibility of the Managed Isolation Allocation System (MIAS). The system was set up to assist returning New Zealanders to secure a place in an MIQ facility, Representatives from MBIE have confirmed that the MIAS is not equipped to deal with th...

The Triumph of Politics Over Science After World War II, as the economy was converted from a garrison state to meet civilian needs, economists predicted dire times. Just as after World War I, conventional academic wisdom saw no upside to the end of wartime spending that, according to academic legend, ended the Great Depression. A sweeping Republican victory in the Congressional election of 1946 had ended the economic regime of wartime government planning and spending. Dropping from 42% of GDP to 14%, government spending plummeted by a total of 61% between 1945 and 1947. Some 150,000 governmen...