Truly Heartbreaking! Quadruplets Die in (Cameroon) Government-run Hospital

*YAOUNDE, Cameroon — When 21-year-old Anne Christelle Ntsama gave birth to quadruplets, she was over the moon. She believed her children, who had been born prematurely at Yaounde Central Hospital, one of the largest public hospitals in Cameroon, would grow into adulthood. But soon after their delivery on May 11, her world collapsed. Anne Christelle […]

Obama’s Facts and Favorites

[…] announced candidate endorsements for the 2020 election. For more on how to get involved go to: https://www.obama.org/ PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FINAL WAVE OF 2020 ENDORSEMENTS ALASKA: Alyse Galvin, U.S. House (AK-AL) ARIZONA: Mark Kelly, U.S. Senate; Tom O’Halleran, U.S. House (AZ-01); Hiral Tipirneni, U.S. House (AZ-06); Coral Evans, State House (LD-06); Felipe Perez, State House (LD-11); […]

Ending the U.S. Department of Education: What it Would Mean and Why Trump and Project 2025 Want it | VIDEO

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[…] he was invoking a GOP promise that goes back to President Ronald Reagan and the department’s founding. Yet through multiple Republican administrations, including Trump’s first term, the U.S. Department of Education has persisted. That hasn’t stopped Democrats from sounding the alarm that Trump’s views epitomize the GOP’s bad intentions for public schools. Kids hurry to […]

2021 Sundance Film Festival: Full Program Announced

[…] premiered in this category in recent years include Minari, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, The Farewell, Honey Boy, Clemency, Eighth Grade, and Sorry to Bother You. CODA / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Siân Heder, Producers: Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger) — As a CODA – Child of Deaf Adults – Ruby is the only […]

Haitians Concerned Over Lack Of US Assistance To Homeland In Crisis

[…] (John Moore/Getty Images) Uphill battle to recovery While international aid, including food and medical care, make inroads in the uphill battle toward recovery, many Haitians in the U.S. fear what lies ahead. Haiti native Pierre Nicolas, now a U.S. citizen based in Brooklyn, New York, said he and other Haitians want the people in their […]

Alexandra Pelosi Talks Trump and Her HBO Documentary: ‘The Words That Built America’

[…] Pelosi, the daughter of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), spoke to EUR/Electronic Urban Report about her latest HBO documentary that brings together all of the living U.S. presidents and vice presidents, senators and A-list celebrities in an unabridged reading of The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Narrated by David […]

Coronavirus/Covid-19: Continuous Updates from Reputable Sources

[…] Paper Alternatives – EURweb / Click Here. House to vote on economic relief bill; Trump, Xi discuss coronavirus in phone call – Washington Post / Click Here. U.S. Has More Cases Than Any Other Country (including China) – NY Times / Click Here. Mayor Garcetti announces water and power will be shut off for nonessential […]

President Obama’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2016

[…] $478 billion, six-year surface transportation reauthorization proposal paid for with transition revenue from pro-growth business tax reform. This transition tax would mean that companies have to pay U.S. tax right now on the $2 trillion they already have overseas, rather than being able to delay paying any U.S. tax indefinitely. The proposal would allow us […]

U.S. Mayors Commend Transportation Sect. Foxx’s Connecting People Opp

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx *Connecting People  to Opportunity ~ Washington, D.C. – U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) President Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake issued the following statement on U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and his Connecting People to Opportunity Initiative: Connecting People to Opportunity “The U.S. Conference of Mayors commends U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony […]

These Are the Best U.S. Economic Sectors to Work in During a Pandemic

[…] or your job so disgusts you that you’d rather be without it, getting fired or laid off is never a good experience. But some sectors of the U.S. economy are hurting more than others, and some seem insulated from the blood-letting. Tens of millions have been weathering the Covid-19 pandemic without work. Entire cities virtually […]

Black Concerned Freedmen Urge Biden: Prioritize Enforcing Environmental Laws, Not Renaming Key Bridge

Baltimore Key Bridge collapse (Julia Nikhinson-Reuters via CNN Newsource)

Baltimore Key Bridge collapse (Tasos Katopodis-Getty Images via CNN Newsource) *ST. LOUIS  — The Coalition of Concerned Freedmen™, comprised of members of the descendant community of U.S. chattel slaves, descendants of free Negroes, unaffiliated Negro descendants of slaves to Native American tribes (collectively “Freedmen”), and allies, extend sincere condolences to all affected by the tragic […]

1968 Olympian Tommie Smith’s ‘With Drawn Arms’ to Open Hybrid Hamptons Film Festival

[…] years later, their conversations on racial injustice, religion, and personal responsibility still resonate.  An Amazon Studios Release.   SPOTLIGHT FILMS   AMMONITE dir. Francis Lee (UK/Australia/USA), 2020 U.S. Premiere Mary (Academy Award® winner Kate Winslet), a gifted paleontologist long overlooked by patriarchal scientific societies in 19th-century England, works alone, searching for common fossils on the […]

Black Americans Skeptical of U.S. Institutions Despite Financial Optimism: Pew Survey

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[…] Americans – via eurweb AI *While many Black Americans consider themselves at least somewhat successful and hold an optimistic outlook regarding their financial future, their views on U.S. institutions are markedly critical. A recent Pew Research Center survey conducted in September 2023 highlights significant doubts and suspicions among Black adults about the fairness of various […]

Carnival Corporation Granted U.S. Approval for Travel to Cuba 

World’s largest travel and leisure company granted U.S. licenses to operate direct U.S.-to-Cuba travel for the purpose of providing cultural exchange  Company intends for fathom, its new purpose-travel brand, to begin full-week sailings to Cuba, beginning in May 2016, in addition to fathom’s full-week sailings to the Dominican Republic MIAMI — Carnival Corporation & plc, the […]