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Why Hollywood Just Can’t Get It Right When It Comes to Women
December 27, 2018
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
Two-thousand and eighteen was the year of the female avenger in popular culture. In a year bookended by Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globes exhortation for greater representation of female stories and the death of...
Ford vs. Kavanaugh: Where is the Evidence?
September 28, 2018
Today, as most of the country knows, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate – she to accuse him of sexual assault some 35 years ago, he to defend his life’s work, his good name,...
What Mr. Rogers Understood About NYC Neighborhoods
June 25, 2018
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
Mister Rogers would’ve been sad about the way we treat each other.
That thought occurred to me as I sat in a Kips Bay theater one afternoon last week, escaping the heat and watching “Won’t You Be My...
Iraqi Parliamentarian, Friend of US and Israel, Calls for ‘Mideast Summit’ as Islamists Burn Ballots in Baghdad
June 19, 2018
by Heather Robinson
From The Algemeiner
Iraqi Foreign Ministry Officials Tried to Shelter Alleged Rapist, Murderer of Jewish Teen, Says Parliamentarian
June 12, 2018
by Heather Robinson
Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al Alusi told me Tuesday that officials in Iraq’s foreign ministry attempted to prevent the extradition to Germany of a man accused of raping and murdering a German-Jewish teenager.
Susanna Maria Feldman,...
A New Man on the Job
April 20, 2018
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is joining President Trump’s legal team to “help bring the Mueller investigation to conclusion,” according to CNN.
Giuliani told CNN his objective will be to interact with...
Caitlyn Jenner Celebrated by Shmuley Boteach, Orthodox Jews at the Plaza
March 9, 2018
by Heather Robinson
Last Thursday night, something occurred which, at this juncture in human history, could perhaps happen only in New York: an Orthodox rabbi, to the applause of a roomful of raucous, spirited, mostly Orthodox Jews, honored transgender...
Anderson, Bialik: self-defense can take many forms
December 24, 2017
I’ve hesitated to write much about the sexual harassment scandals that have rocked the worlds of entertainment and media this year. First, no shortage of ink has been spilled on the subject and second, although I believe it’s positive...
New Yorkers, Help Children While Beautifying Your Life this Holiday Season
December 7, 2017
by Heather Robinson
Happy December! This month, from December 1st until December 25th, Galleria on Third art and framing gallery in Manhattan will donate all proceeds from sales of a selection of framed artwork to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in...
NYC Activists Gather to Protest Libyan Enslavement of Black Africans
December 4, 2017
Last week in New York City, African-born Americans rallied outside the Libyan Mission of the United Nations to protest enslavement of black Africans taking place in Libya.
The protest’s focus, according to Queens-based human rights...