Africa is home to the fastest growing economies and populations in the world, sits at crossroads of international commerce and trade, and watches over the world’s most important sea lines of communication but few Americans are very aware of US…
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COVID-19 accelerates as Trump dawdles over loss
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States accelerated, as record numbers of new cases and hospitalizations push health care systems around the country toward a breaking point. As new infections rose in every state except for Hawaii, the United States…
Court orders Wolf out of job
A federal court rejected the Trump administration’s latest attack on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The court found that the July memo issued by Chad Wolf, who claimed to be the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, was…
The government we deserve
By Lisa McCormick There can be no doubt that the Supreme Court of the United States erred in its decision regarding Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 529 (2013). It’s time to restore the Voting Rights Act but that’s only…
Trump rally turns violent
A Fascist march on the nation’s capital turned violent over the weekend, as at least one person was stabbed and 20 suspects were arrested, during a protest of President Donald Trump’s supporters who deny the Democrat Joe Biden has legitimately…
It’s too late
For decades, climate scientists have tried to predict when it would be too late to stop global warming — too late to limit the amount the temperature rises, the amount of sea level rise, and the number of lives claimed…
Silkwood’s death remains mystery
Karen Silkwood died November 13, 1974 in a car crash while driving to meet with a New York Times journalist and an official of her union’s national office. After being hired to make plutonium pellets, the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication…
Veterans Day honors those who served
Communities all over the country will pause today, on Veterans Day to honor those who served in the military forces. Veterans Day is always Nov. 11, the anniversary of the armistice that yook effect at the eleventh month hour of…
Motor Vehicle offices closed
The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission has closed the Bayonne Licensing Center, Cherry Hill Vehicle Center, and Eatontown Regional/Licensing Center due to an employee testing positive for COVID-19 at each location. The Bayonne Licensing Center will be closed until Tuesday,…
Loser’s lawsuit aims to steal Pennsylvania from Biden
President Donald Trump’s campaign organization filed a new lawsuit in a Pennsylvania federal court seeking an injunction to block state officials from certifying the state’s results of the 2020 election. President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. called Trump’s actions since Election…