How I Broke the Council: Using One SIM Card to Make Them Listen

BREAKING: After weeks of community resistance, Andover Township in Sussex County voted to remove data centers from the list of permitted uses in its redevelopment plan, effectively canceling a planned data center before its application was filed. THIS is what people power looks like. Hundreds of community voices spoke out at public meetings to fight this project. This data center would have been eligible for the Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program, with 0% of funding going toward local scho

May is NYC Small Business Month, but supporting our neighborhood businesses is a year-round commitment. That’s why I met up with Council Member Shanel Thomas-Henry, who has been fighting to make it easier to start, grow and operate in NYC, and we brought in some extra help: Poorna Jagannathan, Asif Ali, and Saagar Shaikh to help spread the word. Whether you’re opening a barbershop, ice cream shop, bodega, or anything in between, NYC Small Business Services (SBS)@ is here to support you. 📞 Call

Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and former City Council member Aaron Banks on Monday pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a federal corruption case that rocked Mississippi’s capital city. Their pleas come a week after Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens made a similar plea in the case and a week before Lumumba and Banks were set to go to trial. A federal grand jury indicted Lumumba, Owens and Banks in 2024 on multiple charges. Read the full story through the link above. #mississippi #

Labour is expected to lose control of Birmingham City Council, with support surging for rivals including Reform UK, the Green Party and independents. Labour took control of Birmingham City Council in 2012, but its 14-year hold on the UK’s largest local authority could come to an end when voters head to the polls on 7 May. Since Labour was last elected five years ago, the council has declared bankruptcy, raised council taxes by 24 per cent over three years, and overseen a 16-month long bin strike

United Nations peacekeeping is the deployment of international military, police, and civilian personnel under United Nations command to help countries transition from conflict to peace,Authorized by the United Nations Security Council and administered by the Department of Peace Operations, it is one of the principal instruments through which the United Nations addresses threats to international peace and security,It is distinguished from peacemaking, peace enforcement, and peacebuilding, althoug