Elections

Op-Ed: Project 2025 – The Bronx Fights Back

By SILVIA BLUMENFELD  
Folks in The Bronx are fighters. We care about all the issues that affect our lives and shape our communities. Healthcare, housing, justice, and education are top priorities, but some of the pundits would have you believe that threats to democracy itself are less important to our citizens. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Elections 2024: Will Immigration Decide the Upcoming Presidential Election? Bronx Voters Weigh In

By SHERICA DALEY
“I will not demonize immigrants!” said U.S. President Joe Biden as part of his March 8th State of the Union speech during which he addressed the global migrant crisis, exacerbated by both the wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East. Biden made immigration one of the central issues of his presidential re-election campaign as had his opponent, former U.S. President Donold Trump.

Elections 2024: Bronx LGBTQ+ Community Voices Opinion on Prospect of Trump Presidency

By SHERICA DALEY
In Election 2024, based on polling data and supporting policies important to the LGBTQ+ community, Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden shows a leg up on former U.S. President and Republican presidential nominee for 2024, Donald Trump, with LGTBQ+ voters. “LGTBQ+ voters are key in the 2024 Election,” said Kelley Robinson, president of The Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ+ right groups in the United States. “We’re going to be the deciding factor.”