My Dad was born in Trinidad. My mother is Polish and British. I was born with this beautiful, complicated ancestry. I am an immigrant. I am Black. I am white. I am British. I am Trinidadian, and “I, Too” am American.My story is common. As of 2020, mixe…
The Heights, a 147-unit Habitat for Humanity development on a former golf course, expected to be one of the largest net-zero communities in the Midwest, will not include hookups for natural gas.
The end of pandemic-era Medicaid coverage protections coincided with changes in more than a dozen states to expand coverage for lower-income people, including children, pregnant women, and the incarcerated.
Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox.Denver voters will decide in November whether to approve a record-setting $975 million bo…
With just 26 hours of public notice before a vote to approve a new University of Arizona president, a local group said it didn’t have enough time to raise a red flag about how finalist Suresh Garimella handled antisemitic harassment of Jewish students at his previous job. In a letter sent to the Arizona Board […]
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here.On the heels of the World Health Organization’s declaration of a global emergency for mpox, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on Thursd…
ITHACA, N.Y. — The proposed Tompkins County Center of Government project represents a massive construction and reorganizational undertaking for county officials, one that was always destined for hiccups and roadblocks. But ongoing discussions with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) about crucial grant funding for the project have presented certain obstacles that may delay the […]
ITHACA, N.Y. — A petition to bring ranked-choice voting and open primaries to a referendum in the City of Ithaca was denied by the Ithaca City Clerk, but the effort has spurred the Common Council to explore the election reforms in a working group. The two election reforms could have appeared on the November ballot, […]
Public Health Watch won two prestigious awards this week for its series on air pollution in the petrochemical industry: an Edward R. Murrow Award and an Online News Association award.
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here.Following years of steady declines, new HIV diagnoses have ticked upward in New York in recent years, particularly among Latino New Yorkers, mirroring national…
