One day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, women, men and children by the hundreds of thousands descended on Washington, D.C., New York City and more than 60 major points around the globe on Jan. 21 to send a signal to Republican lawmakers: Women’s rights are human rights.
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By Scott Brinton and Rossana Weitekamp
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1/22/17
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Russia. Friend? Enemy? Campaign and political pawn is more like it these days.
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12/22/16
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Republican Brian Curran, a lifelong resident of Lynbrook, is seeking re-election to a New York State assembly seat in Nassau County’s 21st District. Democrat Travis Bourgeois is challenging him.
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By Mary Malloy
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11/1/16
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State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) defeated Republican challenger Chris McGrath of Hewlett Harbor by 886 votes in a tightly contested special election in April. Kaminsky was then the assemblyman representing the 20th A.D.
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By Anthony Rifilato and Jeff Bessen
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10/12/16
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Nassau County Legislator Laura Curran (D-Baldwin) held a press conference at the Theodore Roosevelt Nassau County Legislative & Executive Building in Mineola on Aug. 23 in hopes of putting an end to …
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By Nakeem Grant
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8/31/16
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Editor’s note: Merokean David Stonehill served as a Hillary Clinton campaign volunteer during the primary season and is now volunteering for Clinton’s effort to defeat Donald Trump. Below …
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By David Stonehill
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8/29/16
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Everyone says that none of the current candidates for president have anything in common. But I’ve concluded that the two candidates who are most alike are Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
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5/26/16
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Republicans and Democrats in New York state will hold their presidential primaries on April 19. It has been some time since candidates on either side orchestrated fierce campaigns in New York.
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4/8/16
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For the first time since the bad old days of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall, some New York voters will be able to vote twice on the same day. But this year, on Primary Day, it will be legal.
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4/7/16
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Former president and potential first gentleman Bill Clinton will be speaking in Elmont on Tuesday in hopes of gaining support for his wife Hillary’s nomination before the April 19 presidential …
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By Steve Smirti
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4/4/16
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