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Four milestones were reached in June on the road to racial equity. They recognize progress while underscoring the distance yet to be traveled.
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By Elaine Gross
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7/1/21
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Baldwinites Shajarah Williams, a community affairs police officer, and George Siberón, executive director of the Hempstead Hispanic Civic Association, have been appointed by Nassau County …
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By Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez
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6/17/21
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Zoom and other online video conferencing applications are exposing the underlying racism that infects American society, including in its schools.
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By Alan Singer
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5/20/21
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News sources are filled with reports of claims about “woke” universities and corporations, complaints about critical race theory and anti-racism training sessions . . .
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By Robert A. Scott
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5/13/21
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After former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts against him on April 20, civil rights leaders, officials and activists breathed a sigh of relief momentarily before reminding Americans of the racial challenges the nation will continue to face going forward.
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Tom Carrozza
tcarrozza@liherald.com
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4/29/21
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More than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, food insecurity and financial worries have made Sharon’s Food Pantry, at the Rockville Centre Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, an …
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By Tom Carrozza
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4/22/21
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President Biden’s proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan is remarkable for its ambition and breadth and for taking significant steps to address historic racial inequities. The president deserves great credit . . .
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By Elaine Gross
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4/15/21
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March 2021: embracing the change. Covid-19 isn’t something that has just afflicted us; it changed us in ways that are irreversible.
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3/25/21
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The new year is off to a promising start in the effort to eliminate housing discrimination, with significant actions taken by the federal and state governments. Those actions, and related ones that are brewing . . .
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By Elaine Gross
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2/11/21
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During February, Black History Month, we celebrate the great African-American political and civil rights leaders, scientists, artists, poets, movie stars and athletes. But we must also pause to recall America's dark past . . .
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2/4/21
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