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Apollo Announces Impact Advisory Committee

NEW YORK, March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Apollo” or the “Firm”) today announced the creation of an Impact Advisory Committee (the “Committee”). The Committee, …

Ten Things to Do for Free In and Around Denver (and Online) This Week

^ Support the independent voice of Denver and help keep the future of Westword free. March is finally here.  A year ago, Colorado had yet to register its first case of the mysterious novel coronavirus. The state's live-music scene was bustling, and the …

Our expanding universe

  In January, readers across the world devoured High Country News stories about the costs of building the border wall, the conflict between small-town residents and wealthy second-home owners in a Western resort area, and the gun-toting, transgender alpaca …

The U.S. and China Are Battling for Influence in Latin America, and the Pandemic Has Raised the Stakes

When Alex Almeida surveys his family farm in a rural corner of landlocked Paraguay, he sees mainly fields, punctuated by small houses with sheet-metal roofs and, in the distance, native lapacho trees blooming with bright yellow flowers. But despite the …

Biden’s Journey: Change Is Imperceptible

  The new White House Team has been in place for more than a month and it is perhaps time to consider where it is going with America’s fractured foreign policy. To be sure, when a new administration brings in a bunch of “old hands” who made their bones by …

The Illegal Arms Trade and Israel

By Terry Crawford-Browne An Israeli documentary film called The Lab was made in 2013. It was shown in Pretoria and Cape Town, Europe, Australia and the US and won numerous awards, even including at the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival.[i] …

The machine of death continues to roll on

“The cold weather is terrible here,” Bertha Bermúdez Tapia says over Zoom from a refugee camp in Matamoros, a city in Mexico just across the border from Brownsville, Texas. “I was supposed to be at home today to have this interview, but I needed to come …

TV Legend Don Francisco On His Childhood, Career Highlights And Why He Won’t Ever Retire

Don Francisco Gio Alma From Alaska to Argentina, Mario Kreutzberger's face is recognized by millions as a family friend. Better known to the world as "Don Francisco," the Chilean native served as host of Sabado Gigante, according to the …

How Trump and Bolsonaro broke Latin America’s COVID-19 defences

But Bolsonaro insisted, eager to burnish his image as the “Trump of the Tropics.” His grinning aides posed at the president’s resort in green “Make Brazil Great Again” hats. Trump declared he was “not concerned at all” before walking Bolsonaro around the …

How Trump and Bolsonaro Broke Latin America’s Covid-19 Defenses

The two presidents drove out 10,000 Cuban doctors and nurses. They defunded the region’s leading health agency. They wrongly pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure. By David D. Kirkpatrick and José María León Cabrera The coronavirus was gathering lethal speed …

Obama is Caribbean for the Spanish version of 'A Promised Land'

In the world of voice overs, there are those we instantly link to a character. The effect is that when the same voice artist dubs another person, listeners appreciate it as an anomaly. This dynamic especially happens in Spanish voice overs. The same …

Albor Ruiz, a Journalistic Voice for Latinos, Is Dead at 80

Albor Ruiz, a prominent Cuban-born journalist whose columns for The Daily News, El Diario and Al Dia News advocated for Latino immigrants and demanded that the United States lift its longstanding trade embargo against his homeland, died on Jan. 8 in …

President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton to Host a Week of Action to Build Resilience in the Caribbean Amid COVID-19

The week of September 21, the CGI Action Network will bring together heads of state with business and civil leaders to promote a sustainable recovery and investments for island states President Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton will virtually convene …

Obama Claims Evangelical Latinos Disregarded Trump’s Racism Because of Views on ‘Abortion,’ ‘Gay Marriage’

Former President Obama claimed on Wednesday that evangelical Latino voters chose President Trump over Joe Biden because Trump backs their views on abortion and gay marriage. While Trump lost the 2020 election, he gained support among Latino voters …

Why Biden’s immigration proposal matters to Ohio agriculture

As Americans, we love a story about the good immigrants — the ones who came here “the right way.” The ones who came here with the right papers through the right process, became citizens and began working their way up the ladder, pulling themselves up by …

The Second Pillar of the Biden Administration’s Policy in Ethiopia: Make Ethiopia China’s Graveyard in Africa

What Blinken today calls “preventive diplomacy and deterrence” used to be called “big stick diplomacy” over a hundred years ago. Folded Arms: How are we going to sock it to Ethiopia? An old African saying teaches, “When two elephants fight, it is the grass …

US Lawmakers Urge ‘Haitian-led Democratic Transition’ After State Dept Backs Moise’s Power Claims

Latin America 22:26 GMT 08.02.2021Get short URL Haitian President Jovenel Moise won the disputed 2015 election, but thanks to a prolonged investigation, was not inaugurated as president for a full year following the vote. As a result, he now claims his …

George Shultz obituary

Many politicians and diplomats from the 1980s lay claim to a pivotal role in ending the cold war, but the former US secretary of state George Shultz, who has died aged 100, had a better claim than most. And he was not shy in letting people know, as he did …

Assange Verdict, Severe Blow to Press Freedom: Chomsky

Though WikiLeaks founder will not be extradited to the U.S., the America-led war on the press goes on. In an exclusive interview with Brazilian journalist Edu Montesanti, Chomsky strongly opposes Washington's accusation, that the Australian journalist …

Americans for Safe Access Launches 100 Days of Medical Cannabis Advocacy

Campaign Urges Biden-Harris Administration to Take Action Now! WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, March 2, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Washington, DC -- Today, Americans for Safe Access (ASA) launched its Biden-Harris Can Do It: No Patient Left …

Brain Injury Awareness Month: Video Highlights The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Children and Their Families

PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK, USA, March 2, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- A new video from New York brain injury lawyers, De Caro & Kaplen, LLP sheds light on the impact of a traumatic brain injury on a child, their parents, and loved ones. The …

Stand Up NY Shutdown Lawsuit vs. Cuomo is No Laughing Matter

James Mermigis, the ‘Anti-Shutdown Lawyer’ files suit on behalf of Stand Up NY Comedy Club to operate under the same guidelines as restaurants and bars. NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, March 2, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Comedy club owner Dani …

WORLD HAPPINESS WEEK (MARCH 18TH - 23RD) TO OFFER HOPE AND REAL SOLUTIONS FOR A RESILIENT GLOBAL COMMUNITY

6-day Digital Summit Unites Leading Happiness and Well-being Experts Across 80 Cities for The World’s Most Uplifting Free Event! NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, March 2, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Presented by the World Happiness Fest. …

Hoyer Floor Remarks on H.R. 1, The For The People Act

he People Act – aims to do: reassure the American people that their government will always work for them. “First, it will protect the sacred right to vote by ensuring that every American can participate equally and without undue barriers to casting their …

Marter Campaign Launches Bold Grassroots Effort to Unseat Kinzinger

Marter for Congress Supporters get enthusiastic welcome at Scott Presler event WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES, March 1, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Marter for Congress Campaign kicked off its grassroots efforts with attendance at a recent …

Hope on the Horizon - Two New Bridge Housing Projects for LA’s Homeless

Peter DeMaria's completed Homeless/Bridge Housing projects mark a new and innovative chapter in solving the homeless crisis in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA, March 1, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- LOS ANGELES, CA — This morning, …

THE DAILY LEADER: TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2021

“One Minutes” (15 per side) Begin Consideration of H.R. 1 – For the People Act of 2021 (Rep. Sarbanes – House Administration) The Rule provides for one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee …

Fighting prostate cancer in the Mississippi Delta, one man at a time

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, March 1, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- In the impoverished communities of the Mississippi Delta, where prostate cancer death rates are more than 28 men per 100,000, residents were leery about the …

COMMON SENSE REQURED PODCAST RETURNS TO IRMIX RADIO

Two Black Girls Trying to Make Sense Out of Nonsense OAKLAND, CA, UNITED STATES, March 1, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Today IRMIX RADIO announced the return of Common Sense Required Radio Podcast, available to listeners everywhere on irmixradio. …

Where Have All The Children Gone? Part II: Tracking Truants and Absentees in Georgia Schools

Georgia Public Policy Foundation Investigative Journalism Initiative Examines How State Tracks Absenteeism Amid Pandemic ATLANTA, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES, March 1, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Absenteeism has long been a concern of educators and …

Auto-ISAC to Provide Members Access to Risk Management Platform by Partnering with SecurityScorecard

Advancing Cybersecurity of the Connected Vehicle across the Industry WASHINGTON, DC, USA, March 1, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC) is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with …

THE DAILY LEADER: MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2021

USA Merchants Targeting YoReSpot

BAYARD, IOWA, UNITED STATES, February 27, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- There’s a new social media that is making waves with people from all over and with all backgrounds. The site is called YoReSpot. Created and funded by Brandon Irlbeck of …

New Book Investigates Over 1,200 U.S. School Shootings

WELLINGTON, FLORIDA, U.S.A., February 27, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- -- February 14th, 2021 marked the third anniversary of the Parkland, Florida mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Florida librarian and MSD alumnus, Luis …

Dr. Marcus A. Hunter and Congresswoman Barbara Lee calls for Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation

The Commission will provide healing to the ongoing impact that institutional racism and discrimination perpetuates against people of color in the United States. LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, February 27, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Truth was …

Talk Show Host “ANNE ELIZABETH SMART CONSERVATIVE" Takes CPAC by Storm on her Conservative Commandos Radio Network Show

Conservative Tv and Radio host Anne Elizabeth becomes media darling of CPAC ORLANDO, FL, USA, February 26, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Anne Elizabeth, Conservative TV Talk Show host of her ANNE ELIZABETH SMART CONSERVATIVE which currently …

Allan W. Fung Joins Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC as Partner

JOHNSTON, RHODE ISLAND, USA, February 26, 2021 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC (PLDO) announced today that Allan W. Fung, former Mayor of the City of Cranston, has joined the firm as a Partner. “Allan has served …

THE WEEKLY LEADER: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2021

MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2021 AND THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK On Monday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for Morning Hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. …

Hoyer Statement in Support of the American Rescue Plan

WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight during House consideration of the American Rescue Plan: “When the pandemic began this time last year, Congress took immediate action to enact four …