FLUSHING, Queens – It was not long after President Barack Obama spoke from the East Room on the Supreme Court’s ruling of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), when Sheryl Albrechd left the New York Queens Hospital to walk along Main Street. She was alone, her ailing husband remained bedridden inside the towering building. Unlike 18 [...]
Jackson Heights residents react to federal immigration announcement
JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens – For residents living in the most diverse boroughs in New York City, President Obama’s new immigration policy is a sigh of relief. Undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country before turning 16 and who meet certain requirements will no longer have to fear the threat of deportation. They must have lived [...]
President Obama speaks about women’s rights at Barnard College commencement address
“You are now poised to make this the century when women shape not only their own destiny, but the destiny of the whole nation,” he said. “It’s up to you to stand up and be heard, to write, to lobby, to march, to organize, to vote.” Read more from The Caucus. (Photograph above by Doug [...]
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