Testimony to the New York City Council Hearing on Resolution 0976 – 2019 and INT 1621 – 2019, January 28, 2019. Fr. Steve Kelly, SJ has no other means of communication aside from a small white postcard from his prison.…

We are deeply disturbed by what clearly goes way beyond the realm of an ‘unfortunate oversight’. Our planet is literally burning and some of the police and government seem desperate to silence the fire alarm. We need to find out…

In a major ruling, the U.N. International Court of Justice at The Hague has ordered Burma to “take all measures within its power” to protect Rohingya Muslims from genocide. The court issued the ruling Thursday, calling the 600,000 Rohingya remaining…

New York City Council Hearing on Resolution 0976 – 2019 and INT 1621 – 2019, January 28, 2019. Committees on Governmental Operations with Civil Service and Labor Int. No. 1621 and Res. No. 976 Opening Statement by Council Member, Daniel…

By Andre Vltchek There are obviously some serious linguistic issues and disagreements between the West and the rest of the world. Essential terms like “freedom”, “democracy”, “liberation”, even “terrorism”, are all mixed up and confused; they mean something absolutely different…

Testimony to the New York City Council Hearing on Resolution 0976 – 2019 and INT 1621 – 2019, January 28, 2019. Dear Esteemed New York City Council: I write to express my support for New York Council Resolution No. 976,…

Testimony to the New York City Council Hearing on Resolution 0976 – 2019 and INT 1621 – 2019, January 28, 2019. I stand here as a retired New York City school teacher, Jamaica High, Queens, receiving a pension from   the…

Testimony to the New York City Council Hearing on Resolution 0976 – 2019 and INT 1621 – 2019, January 28, 2019. Dear Members of the New York City Council, I am so deeply grateful and thankful to each one of…

Testimony to the New York City Council Hearing on Resolution 0976 – 2019 and INT 1621 – 2019, January 28, 2019. I am Sachem Maqua: Chief Perry of the Ramapough Lunape Nation, the Munsee people whose ancestral land this Great…

Testimony to the New York City Council Hearing on Resolution 0976 – 2019 and INT 1621 – 2019, January 28, 2019. My father is Yuri Gorbachev, a world-famous Russian artist, cousin of Mikhail Gorbachev, and good friends with Mikhail’s wife…