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Jamaica’s Consul General To New York, Alsion Roach Wilson, Has Died

by Keka Araújo November 19, 2025 She was the founder of her own financial consulting firm, the Alsion Roach Group, following a celebrated Wall Street career. Alsion Roach Wilson, Jamaica’s highly regarded Consul General to New York since 2019, has died at her New York home, officials announced last week.

Bipartisan bill aims to pay air traffic controllers during future shutdowns

The flight disruptions during the record government shutdown that ended last week inspired a rare act of bipartisanship in Washington on Tuesday, when congressional representatives from both parties introduced legislation that would allow air traffic controllers to get paid during future shutdowns. The bill proposes funding salaries, operating expenses and other Federal Aviation Administration

The ‘Welfare Queen’ is back — and she’s still a lie

If you watched Netflix’s “GLOW” — a brief series about the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in the 80s — you probably remember the character “Welfare Queen” (Kia Stevens)— a towering, flamboyant, fake-nail-clad, sequined nightmare conjured straight from white America’s imagination.  She was everything the country had been taught to fear: a

Jamaica’s Consul General To New York, Alsion Roach Wilson, Has Died

by Keka Araújo November 19, 2025 She was the founder of her own financial consulting firm, the Alsion Roach Group, following a celebrated Wall Street career. Alsion Roach Wilson, Jamaica’s highly regarded Consul General to New York since 2019, has died at her New York home, officials announced last week.

Bipartisan bill aims to pay air traffic controllers during future shutdowns

The flight disruptions during the record government shutdown that ended last week inspired a rare act of bipartisanship in Washington on Tuesday, when congressional representatives from both parties introduced legislation that would allow air traffic controllers to get paid during future shutdowns. The bill proposes funding salaries, operating expenses and other Federal Aviation Administration

The ‘Welfare Queen’ is back — and she’s still a lie

If you watched Netflix’s “GLOW” — a brief series about the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in the 80s — you probably remember the character “Welfare Queen” (Kia Stevens)— a towering, flamboyant, fake-nail-clad, sequined nightmare conjured straight from white America’s imagination.  She was everything the country had been taught to fear: a