U.S. Court of Appeals to Hear Arguments in Diocese of Brooklyn Religious Liberty Case
December 17, 2020Currents News Staff Arguments in the case are scheduled to be heard Friday, Dec. 18 in the United States Court of Appeals […]
Topic: New York City
New Jersey Teen Creates Care Packages For First Responders, Says It’s Important to Help Others
December 17, 2020Currents News Staff An eleven-year-old boy in New Jersey found a way to help people during this pandemic. He decided to create […]
How New York City Handled Vaccinations During Another Infectious Outbreak: Smallpox in the 1940s
December 16, 2020Currents News Staff In 1947, New York City Health Commissioner Israel Weinstein urged all New Yorkers to get vaccinated after an American […]
Protecting Places of Worship From Terror Attacks: Former NYPD Commissioner of Emergency Management Weighs-In
November 3, 2020Currents News Staff Three people were killed by a knife-wielding attacker in a basilica in Nice, France on the morning of Oct. […]
Happy 134th Birthday Statue of Liberty! How To Virtually Celebrate Lady Liberty
October 29, 2020Currents News Staff It’s a big day for the Statue of Liberty. On Oct. 28, in 1886, Lady Liberty was dedicated as […]
Honoring Mother Cabrini in Battery Park: Remembering the Catholic Saint’s Compassion for All People
October 12, 2020Currents News Staff The dedication of a new statue honoring St. Frances Xavier Cabrini comes as a happy ending after some controversy […]
The ‘Ed Wilkinson Era’: The Tablet’s Editor Emeritus Retires After 50 Years in Catholic News
September 29, 2020Currents News Staff and Jorge I. Domínguez-López This is the first time in a half-century The Tablet was published without having Ed […]
‘Million Dollar Listing’’s Bianca D’Alessio on Why New Yorkers Are Leaving Manhattan During COVID-19
September 17, 2020Currents News Staff The real estate market in Manhattan took a big hit because of the pandemic with many who decided to […]
Statues Are Coming Down Across America. Is New York’s Columbus Circle Next?
June 22, 2020Currents News Staff Statues that stood for years are crashing down around America. Next to be removed is Theodore Roosevelt’s statue outside […]
Criminal Justice Reform Must Include ‘More Transparency,’ Says Alice Marie Johnson
June 15, 2020Currents News Staff As protests continue across the country since George Floyd’s death, calls for police to change their ways have grown […]