Yvette in the News

  • Thousands of Adventist Youth March Across Brooklyn Bridge Against Violence
    Mar 29, 2013 - Thousands of Adventist Youth March Across Brooklyn Bridge Against Violence By Kimi-Roux James The Adventist News Network 3/29/2013 More than 3,000 Seventh-day Adventist youth and supporters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York last Saturday in a demonstration calling for compassion and an... More
  • Financial, Energy Sectors Call for Cyber Information-Sharing Legislation
    Mar 13, 2013 - Financial, Energy Sectors Call for Cyber Information-Sharing Legislation By Jennifer Martinez The Hill 3/13/13 3:46PM Two representatives from the financial and energy sectors on Wednesday called on Congress to pass legislation that would increase the flow of data shared between the government and ... More
  • A Rise in Rank with Election of New Assemblymember
    Mar 8, 2013 - A Rise in Rank with Election of New Assemblymember By David Kene New York Amsterdam News 3/8/2013 12:23 PM The February swearing-in ceremony of Walter T. Mosley III marked his official rise in rank as representative of the people residing in the 57th Assembly District in Brooklyn. After eking out a... More
  • The Voting Rights Act Revisited
    Mar 7, 2013 - The Voting Rights Act Revisited By Rep. Yvette D. Clarke The Hill 3/7/2013 5:30 PM Nearly 50 years after the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Shelby County v. Holder. This case is about whether the federal government can... More
  • Will Jurisdictional Fight Slow Down CISPA's Momentum?
    Mar 7, 2013 - Will Juridsictional Fight Slow Down CISPA's Momentum? By Mike Masnick TechDirt 3/7/2013 11:06 PM Thanks to a fair bit of propaganda making the rounds, it feels like CISPA -- the cybersecurity bill that seeks to obliterate privacy protections without explaining how that will increase our security --... More
  • Rum Battle Meeting in Washington
    Jan 16, 2013 - Rum Battle Meeting in Washington By Tony Best The New York Carib News 1/16/2013 12:19 PM Obama Administration and Caribbean to meet in Washington to discuss USVI and Puerto Rico subsidies to rum producers on their soil, Refund of U.S. Excise Taxes threatens rum industry in DR. Jamaica, Barbados and... More
  • Three Years After Devastating Earthquake in Haiti
    Jan 16, 2013 - Three Years After Devastating Earthquake in Haiti By Tony Best The New York Carib News 1/16/2013 1:04 PM Three years after a monstrous earthquake devastated Haiti, killing more than 250,000 people and leaving at least one million homeless on January 12, there is a mixed report card on the country’s... More
  • Jamaican scientist honoured by US legislators
    Jan 10, 2013 - Jamaican scientist honoured by US legislators By Anthony Henry CayCompass.com 1/10/2013 The United States House of Representatives honoured Jamaican cancer researcher Dr. Henry Lowe with a proclamation last month, while the New York State Senate gave him a citation for outstanding contributions to ... More
  • CBC Ready for Obama II
    Jan 9, 2013 - CBC Ready for Obama II By Teria Rogers Afro 1/9/2013 Energized with a new chairman and five new freshman House members, the Congressional Black Caucus was sworn in for the 113th Congress Jan. 3 with a pledge from incoming Chairman Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) to “play to win” with the Obama administration... More
  • Sheepshead Bay’s New Congresswoman Yvette Clarke Sworn In Today
    Jan 7, 2013 - By Willie Simpson Sheepshead Bites 1/7/2013 Yvette Clarke, Sheepshead Bay’s newest representative in the House of Representatives, is getting unofficially sworn in at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Brooklyn today in a community-based ceremony with other public officials. Clarke represents the 9... More
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