by sameergdm | Jul 5, 2017 | GDM
Diversity should be as easy as the Baseball Hall of Fame selection process. Tim Raines, an African American, Ivan “Pudge” Rodriquez, a Hispanic American from Puerto Rico and Jeff Bagwell, a Caucasian were elected into the 2017 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame this...
by sameergdm | Jul 5, 2017 | GDM
Drivers for Uber in Boston cancelled rides for men with “black- sounding” names more often than for other men. Additionally, in a study conducted by MIT, Stanford and the University of Washington, it was found that in Seattle black men faced longer wait...
by sameergdm | Jul 28, 2016 | GDM
The title of this blog is somewhat misleading. In 2016, 191,000 residents left the state of New York for other areas of the country. This was the largest exodus since 2007. With this loss however, the demographics shift has accelerated. While there was a 191,000 loss,...
by sameergdm | Jul 27, 2016 | GDM
What do Laurie Hernandez, Shakur Stevenson, and Ibtihaj Muhammad have in common? Each will be representing the United States in the Rio Olympic Games. Laurie Hernandez, a 16 year old is an explosive gymnast. Her grandparents are from Puerto Rico and she is the first...
by sameergdm | Jul 26, 2016 | GDM
Over the last week I’ve seen, in person and in videos, masses of people walking through the streets focused on finding and capturing these virtual creatures. Interesting that with all the violence in the world a simple game like ‘Pokemon Go’ has...
by sameergdm | Jul 26, 2016 | GDM
I grew up visiting Giants Stadium, watching the Giants and Jets play American Football. Who would have thought, many years later, the same stadium would be filled to capacity with over 82,000 fans watching a soccer game on June 26th 2016 between Chile and Argentina in...
