On Oct. 7, I, like most people, watched in horror as broadcast images from Israel showed terrorists from Gaza indiscriminately killing Israelis.
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By Brian Curran
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10/26/23
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“I couldn’t bear the thought of people being horrified by the sight of my son,” Mamie Bradley, the mother of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Black kid from Chicago who was tortured and murdered in 1955, told the press at the time.
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By James Bernstein
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2/9/23
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This Sunday is the beginning of National Fire Prevention Week, a century-old public health observance created by the National Fire Protection Association . . .
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10/6/22
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The Lawrence-based chapter of a national Jewish women’s organization is celebrating its 85th anniversary of fighting for social justice and aiming to improve the quality of life for all by protecting individual rights and freedoms.
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By Lisa Margaria
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10/21/21
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Former NFL star Donny Brady, who is also a two-time Grey Cup champion in the Canadian Football League with the Edmonton Eskimos, celebrated the grand opening of Proficient Sports Training on Vincent Avenue in Lynbrook on Feb. 11.
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By Mike Smollins
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2/22/17
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We are all witnesses to the “new normal” in the Trump administration. In power all of three weeks, the president and his proxies have . . .
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2/9/17
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On Sept. 26 Elliott Winograd, a noted attorney, devoted husband, father, grandfather and brother died peacefully at his Rockville Centre home at the age of 77.
Winograd tried over 500 jury cases …
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10/26/16
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Seven years ago, the collapse of Lehman Brothers marked the beginning of a devastating recession that hurt New York families more than most. On paper, Long Island’s economy seems to have bounced back from the Great Recession. It now boasts . . .
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10/22/15
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I’m glad Hillary Clinton lost in 2008.
I worked hard for her. I raised money and I traveled to Iowa. I believed in her then.
Now I believe she’s even better prepared than before.
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4/10/15
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The Emanuel family –– including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel –– sure knows how to stir the pot. Rahm’s older brother, Ezekiel, recently published a hugely controversial essay, “Why I hope to die at 75,” in The Atlantic.
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10/29/14
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