News for Harlem and the Harlems of the World
When the presumptive President-elect Joe Biden announced his candidacy 18 months ago, many Republicans felt that he was the most feared opponent out of the 23 Democrats who had declared their intentions to run for the job.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg – our nation’s leading advocate of “equality under law” – has died, and her loss will be widely felt. Her impassioned and compelling judicial opinions – and dissents – which fought for (and advanced) gender equality and rights for the disabled, and against stereotypic prejudices of all types, were landmarks
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by THT Staff The Republican National Convention in 2020 focused on how well Republicans feel Trump has done as President for the past four years, making bold statements like ” America needs four more years of President Donald Trump in the White House.” The convention speakers explained why they do not believe that Joe Biden
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by THT Staff Joe Biden To some people Joe Biden represents an extension of the Obama administration and to others he represents a potential American president we are all too familiar with. Americans want change, real change. No longer can politicians skirt around their words, but lack action that follows. The American people not only
Op-ed: Six Speeches that Made the 2020 DNC Read More »
As graduates face this new chapter in their lives, they will be presented with different financial learning and obstacles including earning a salary for the first time, starting their own business or anything in-between that brings them face-to-face with finances. To make the adjustment to adulthood a little easier, please find five helpful post-grad finance
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With the COVID-19 pandemic still killing Americans, the murder of George Floyd on Monday, May 25, by Minneapolis police officers has inspired protests in dozens of American cities across the country, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Louisville, Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. Despite the simultaneous pandemics of coronavirus and racism, President Donald Trump
America is burning: Can Joe Biden unite the country? Read More »
Propelled by Legba the African divinity deemed the Guardian of the Road and Gatekeeper, both as a human rights activist and a Vodou priest, I spent over 10 years following the footsteps of the apparitions of our people along on the Atlantic perimeter. Those in the Ancestral Realm on their paths of grief, triumph, struggle
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The tragic, indefensible death in Minneapolis of George Floyd – by uniformed police with a documented record of vicious, anti-black action – has evoked anguished cries for communal action. This national crisis must be acknowledged for what it is – a reflection of the bigotry and bias that contaminate our society. They are charges against
OUTRAGE, Then Progress? Read More »
The battle against COVID-19 has been compared to war, and with casualties from the deadly virus increasing, we are relying on those fighting it on the front lines more than ever. The Harlem Times spoke exclusively with healthcare workers about what could be the battle of a lifetime. Dr. Ed Lathan, an emergency medicine physician
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Derrick Jones, better known as hip-hop legend DJ D-Nice, already enjoyed a great deal of success, having played at the White House for President Obama and the 50th birthday party of Sean “Diddy” Combs to name two of his high-profile bookings. But now, after launching “Home School,” a social distancing party on Instagram Live, he