Earth Day 2020 is Live and online.
On April 22 we mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. While we may not be able to come together in the streets this year, that doesn’t mean we can’t take powerful, collective action online. From April...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s most pressing concern during the pandemic that’s killed over...
Dear Editor: There is little doubt that President Trump was informed about the impending pandemic and acted intentionally and knowingly to benefit his own political and personal interest over the...
View ArticleStudy Finds Viewers of Sean Hannity Have Higher Rate of Covid-19 Deaths
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic there was a stark difference between FOX News host Tucker Carlson and his colleagues Sean Hannity and Trish Regan. While Carlson warned the virus should be...
View ArticleTrump is not a wartime president — and COVID-19 is not a war
Using a war narrative to talk about COVID-19 plays into the hands of white supremacist groups. U.S. officials and the media should stop it. Fighting a war is not an appropriate metaphor for navigating...
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EARTH DAY – 30 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day Every Day
Written by Dr. Edward Group GlobalHealing.com founder In Your Home 1. Use Essential Oils Many candles, scented plugins, and room sprays contain toxic, synthetic fragrances. Instead of those, add pure...
View ArticleFox News hosts go mum on the drug hydroxychloroquine they spent weeks...
Paul Farhi and Elahe Izadi of the Washington Post report that “At the height of Fox News’s coverage of a would-be treatment for the novel coronavirus, the network’s medical correspondent, Marc Siegel,...
View ArticleAll You Political Junkies Either Listen to the NPR Interview or Read Jane...
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View ArticleHundreds turn out in South Buffalo to the Food Drive Through to benefit...
On Saturday, a drive-up nonperishable food collection at Southside Elementary School (430 Southside Parkway) to assist FeedMore WNY. Hundreds of vehicles lined up while volunteers unloaded donations,...
View Article56,527 DEAD Americans March 14, Donald Trump: “It’s one person coming from...
United States Coronavirus Deaths: 56,527 Infected: 1,004,942 Recovered: 120,299 "We have it totally under control … It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be...
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When Donald Trump Lies People Die – But We Should Have Empathy for Trump’s...
by Wim Laven Martin Luther King Jr.’s question “Where do we go from here?” is timeless and I want to suggest we consider how to apply it to ourselves right now. The coronavirus has produced pain,...
View ArticleCoronavirus outbreaks in more than 48 U.S. meat packing plants
Dear Editor: Massive slaughterhouse closures are driving U.S. consumers to plant-based meat products, as sick workers pay the price. Tyson Foods, JBS USA, and Smithfield Foods, the largest meat...
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5 Things that Can Teach us Sustainability
Introduction Sustainability – one of the most popular buzzwords used by the media and large corporations alike! Although this word is literary a synonym to the word “stability,” it is used in a very...
View ArticleMasten District Mask Giveaway
On May 2, 2020 at 10 am to 2pm, Masten District Council Member Ulysees O. Wingo, Sr. will be sponsoring a Free Mask Giveaway at the Delavan Grider Community Center (877 E. Delavan Avenue Buffalo, NY...
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OPEN LETTER TO MITT ROMNEY TO CALL FOR TRUMP REMOVAL
“Do what is right; let the consequence follow.” Hymn 237, Church of the Latter Day Saints Dear Sen. Romney, As the lone Republican who made history voting to convict Donald Trump at his Senate...
View ArticleIf Farmworkers Are “Essential,” Why Are They Treated So Badly?
by Lawrence Wittner On March 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, spurred to action by the coronavirus pandemic, issued a memorandum that identified the nation’s 2.5 million farmworkers...
View ArticleAll New York schools in the state to stay closed through end of school year,...
New York schools to stay closed Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday schools statewide will remain closed through the end of the school year because of the Covid-19 pandemic that has infected more than...
View ArticleRepublican Group Releases Anti-Trump Ad
The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump conservative group whose aim is to derail the president’s reelection campaign, has unleashed a devastating new ad that aims to be the mirror image of former President...
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From Buffalo Rising: Friends of Night People Provides Extended Food Pantry
by Vilona Trachtenberg Friends of Night People (FONP) was originally founded back in 1969 to help those less fortunate along the Chippewa strip, which was, then, a red light district. Since that time,...
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FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS NY PRIMARY REINSTATED
More than a dozen Bernie Sanders delegates and members of the New York State Democratic Committee filed a lawsuit in federal court last Friday against Democratic Elections Commissioners Douglas Kellner...
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