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Month: April 2021

Salman Rushdie reflects on post-colonial India 40 years after release of ‘Midnight’s Children’

Forty years after the publication of “Midnight’s Children,” author Salman Rushdie said he believes the India he was brought up in “is crumbling.” His acclaimed book, which won the Booker Prize, encompasses 30 years of India’s history, spanning independence from Britain in 1947 to the turbulent rule of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Saleem Sinai, the

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How a Bay Area clinic is helping provide vaccines to people experiencing homelessness

While some people nationwide have successfully booked their vaccine appointments online, many others — including people who are experiencing homelessness — are struggling to even get access to the booking sites. That’s why in Oakland and Berkeley, California, one clinic is working with local officials to bring Covid-19 vaccines directly to unhoused people. “We’ve really

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Republican congresswomen revoke endorsements of Texas GOP candidate after ‘hurtful and untrue’ comments about Chinese immigrants

Two Republican congresswomen are revoking their endorsements of Texas GOP congressional candidate Sery Kim after she said that she didn’t want potential Chinese immigrants in the United States. “As the first Korean American Republican women to serve in Congress, we want to empower and lift up fellow members of the (Asian American and Pacific Islander)

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Top homicide detective says Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd was ‘totally unnecessary’

The Minneapolis Police Department’s top homicide detective testified that kneeling on George Floyd’s neck after he had been handcuffed was “totally unnecessary,” saying that “if your knee is on someone’s neck — that could kill them.” Lt. Richard Zimmerman, head of the homicide division for more than 12 years, testified Friday that Derek Chauvin’s actions

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Chicago police shot and killed a 13-year-old boy in what the department says was an ‘armed confrontation’

Chicago police shot and killed a 13-year-old boy on the city’s West side early Monday morning and haven’t provided many details about the shooting in the four days since. The boy, identified by the Cook County medical examiner as Adam Toledo, lived near where the shooting happened in the Little Village neighborhood. The initial police

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United Nations Fast Facts

Here’s a look at the United Nations, an organization of 193 member states from around the world. United Nations Charter October 24, 1945 – The official United Nations Charter is ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of other countries. There are 51 member states when

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