4,327 Results for:
Filters

September 10, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Africans Coming to New York

Henry Louis Gates estimates that altogether about four hundred and fifty thousand Africans were brought to what is now the United States as part of the Atlantic slave trade, legal and illegal (legal …

Africa Immigrants in NYC
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

April 17, 2017

Israel
The New York Times Calls a Convicted Terrorist a "Parliamentarian"

Today the New York Times ran an op-ed by Marwan Barghouti, and described him as "a Palestinian leader and parliamentarian." Period. In his op-ed, Barghouti states that he was first arrested at …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

April 30, 2007

Brazil
Mexico's Oportunidades comes to New York

Last week Mayor Michael Bloomberg traveled to Mexico City, Tepoztlan, and Toluca to view their premier anti-poverty program, named Oportunidades. Bloomberg is launching a similar conditional cash-t…

Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

July 1, 2020

Senegal
How Remittances From Petit Senegal, a Diaspora Community in New York City, Build Wealth Abroad

The African diaspora sends more money to Africa than U.S. foreign aid and foreign direct investment. Petit Senegal is filled with thriving, tax-paying businesses owned and operated Africans, whose remittances fund investments in communities back home.

A black restaurant awning is pictured that says "Pikine" and "African Restauran" and "Fine African & Fresh Food." The restaurant is on the first floor of a light brick apartment building. A tree with thin foliage is to the left of the restaurant.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 21, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
On "Outside Agitators" and Gaza Protests

Half of those arrested during disruptive Gaza protests on U.S. campuses were not students or faculty members. 

On "Outside Agitators" and Gaza Protests
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

March 6, 2015

Turkey
Ahmet Davutoglu: Only in New York

With all the hubbub over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s visit to New York City this week was al…

Ahmet Davutoglu Only in New York
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates