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    New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has done a lot of good things and has shown great leadership during the coronavirus pandemic.  His daily news briefings have been informative and […]

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    New York City’s subway system was shut down earlier this morning as part of a plan to thoroughly clean all cars and help stem the coronavirus. In New York City, this is highly u […]

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    The coronavirus pandemic has left higher-education leaders facing difficult decisions about when to reopen campuses in the Fall and how to go about it. The Chronicle of Higher Education […]

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    Governor Andrew Cuomo offered a strategy yesterday for restarting New York’s economy based on signs that the outbreak is in retreat.  He presented a “soft” blueprint for how New Yo […]

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    Increasing numbers of students who wanted a campus experience, but were sent home to learn remotely during the coronavirus pandemic are filing lawsuits against their schools. According […]

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    In an interview (see video above) with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) yesterday forcefully condemned the racist symbols, including Confederate flags and […]

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    Mary Ann Vecchio gestures and screams as she kneels by the body of a student lying face down on the campus of Kent State University on May 4, 1970. National Guardsmen had fired into a crowd of demonstrators – […]

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    Warren Buffett
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    Warren Buffett said yesterday at Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Meeting that he is optimistic that the U.S. economy will re-emerge even after being dealt a body blow by […]

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    The New York City public schools are being  watched closely here in the Big Apple to see what will be happening over the next six months as the state and […]

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    Megan Rapinoe
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    Megan Rapinoe, the two-time World Cup champion, offered to be Joe Biden’s vice president during an Instagram Live with the presumptive Democratic nominee and his wife J […]

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    Dear Commons Community,

    Joe Biden publicly responded for the first time to a sexual assault allegation against him made by Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer.

    “I want to address allegations by a fo […]

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    I have just finished reading Nicholas Reynolds’ 2017 book on Ernest Hemingway entitled, Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy. It illuminated for me a part of Hemingway I knew nothing a […]

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    Dear Commons Community,

    Yesterday New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) was joined remotely by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to describe efforts to develop and implement a comprehensive coronavirus […]

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    Dear Commons Community,

    California Governor Gavin Newsom will order all beaches and state parks to close tomorrow according to a memo sent yesterday evening to police chiefs around the state. Last […]

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    President Donald Trump is feeling the heat of fighting the coronavirus and running for re-election as he erupted at his top advisers yesterday when they showed him polling data […]

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    Felicity Huffman’s daughter Sophia Macy has been accepted into Carnegie Mellon University’s drama program.  It appears she has landed on her feet and has put the college admis […]

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    Dr. Lorna Breen
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    Dr. Lorna Breen, 49, the medical director of New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital’s emergency department, committed suicide in Charlottesville, a spokesman for the l […]

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    Today, Tuesday, April 28, is Workers’ Memorial Day and a day to remember workers who have died or were injured on the job.  The theme for the day, “Protect our rights. Speak up for […]

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    For the adults at home, trying to do their own jobs while helping children with class work has become one of the most trying aspects of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.  The […]

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    Christina Paxson
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    Brown University President Christina Paxson has an op-ed in today’s New York Times making the case that colleges and universities must reopen in the Fall for  ed […]

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