The Failed Education Hezitorial YONKERS, NY — February 7, 2021 — Not only has Covid-19 uncovered the financial ability of the residents of the City of Hills, it has stretched the disparity between the educational capacity afforded our student population along color, ethnic, and gender lines, and thereby exacerbated the ever widening gap due to bigotry, a lack of planning …
By HEZI ARIS
President Biden’s Executive Orders Address Issues Attorney General James Sued Trump Administration Over
Multiple Executive Orders Signed, Including Those Protecting Census, Dreamers, and Against Discrimination on Basis of Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation NEW YORK, NY and WASHINGTON, DC — January 21, 2021 —New York Attorney General Letitia James yesterday celebrated multiple executive orders signed by President Joseph Biden hours after he was inaugurated …
Biden Rescinds Trump’s “Muslim Travel Ban” as “Inconsistent with American Values”
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
JANUARY 21, 2021 — No sooner did Joseph Biden enter the White House on January 20, 20201, when he began rescinding some of his predecessor’s strong immigration policies. Consider the so-called “Muslim ban.” In 2017, Trump issued travel restrictions into the U.S. from various nations. They are currently eight: Chad, Iran, Somalia, Libya, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. Although …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
“We Will Slaughter” Armenians “When the Time Comes,” Turk Vows
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Jihadi Hate or Territorial Dispute? Although the recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been presented as a “territorial dispute,” something else—namely religious animosity, or that old Islamic hate for infidels—has permeated it. For example, several reports and testimonials, including by an independent French journalist, confirmed that Turkey was funneling …
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
“May the Ever Pervading Lamp of Awareness Continue to Brighten and Guide Your Life” — DEEPAK CHOPRA
YONKERS. NY — November 14, 2020 — Diwali is the Indian “festival of lights”—a holiday that celebrates the triumph of good over evil. This year, Diwali will be celebrated on November 14. Though technically religious, it’s also become a cultural event in North America that’s celebrated with sweets and special foods. Diwali (also called Divali or Deepavali) is a “festival of lights” that celebrates …
Erdogan and His Arab “Brothers”
By BURAK BEKDIL
Neither the Ottoman nor the modern Turkish language has ever been short of racist proverbs denigrating Arabs and their culture. No more, said Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Islamist leader who has been at the helm in Turkey since 2002. He made it a habit to publicly refer to Arabs, including his then regional nemesis Syrian President Bashar Assad, as “my …
By BURAK BEKDIL
Empowering Latino SMBs This Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanics in Philanthropy’s PowerUp Fund Receives $3M Google.org Donation OAKLAND, CA — September 21, 2020 — Google.org announced a $3M grant to Hispanics in Philanthropy’s PowerUp Fund, in partnership with Ureeka, to directly support hundreds of Latino-owned small businesses across California, New York, and Texas—states with large numbers of Latino-owned small businesses—with access to capital and the training they need …
Bringing Down Churchill
By Dr. GARY SCOTT SMITH
Last week, Winston Churchill’s statue in London’s Parliamentary Square was defaced by a protestor who spray-painted “was a racist” across its base. Protestors have called for taking down the statue, which has been boarded up to protect it. In this article, Dr. Gary S. Smith evaluates Churchill through historical contexts and argues “without Churchill, Britain might have capitulated to the …
By Dr. GARY SCOTT SMITH
Victoria Gearity, Ossining Mayor, Tracey Brame, Western Michigan University Law School Associate Dean, Mimi Rocah, Westchester County District Attorney Candidate, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Publisher / Editor-at-Large on Westchester On The Level – Friday, June 19, 2020 @10am EST
Listeners are welcome to share their perspective and/or make inquiry when on topic. Call: (347) 205-9201 Listen to this broadcast “Live” or “On Demand” via the Internet – http://tobtr.com/s/11752242 Guests and Topics of Discussion are defined herein: GRAND RAPIDS, MI, OSSINING, NY, and YONKERS, NY — June 19, 2020 — Ossining Mayor Victoria Gearity in her Monday Mayor’s Message of …