Author: Carma Henry

    Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing a team of predominantly Black football players who were pepper-sprayed by police following a game in Ohio earlier this month.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — They said it would never happen here. Yet here we are. Forty-eight percent of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s fascist playbook for dismantling American democracy, has already been put into motion.

       Demings opened a campaign account for governor Friday, a necessary first step to starting a campaign for the office currently held by Gov. Ron DeSantis. POLITICO reported last week that Demings was expected to announce his candidacy at a rally scheduled Thursday in Orlando.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — America’s economy is not collapsing by accident. Under President Donald Trump, Russell Vought, and Stephen Miller, a deliberate plan has taken hold, a plan that weakens the labor market, starves families of food and health care, and rewards the wealthy with power and profit.

       It’s hard to enjoy your vacation when, even as you try to escape politics, the shadow of your country’s turmoil finds you on foreign maternal soil. When you see how the rest of the world perceives the United States not as the “shining city on a hill,” but as a place stumbling over its own arrogance, its racism, its widening political divide and its falling from grace you begin to understand how deep the wound has become.

       Nearly two-thirds of Black children are shut out of after-school programs — a vital resource that experts say improves social well-being and academic performance, according to a new study.

 BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The National Institute for Early Education Research reports that a robust and growing body of international research shows that too many children across the globe are not receiving nurturing care in their second 1,000 days of life.

       Command Master Chief (SWIAW Marshall E. Ford II born March 31, 1983, in the Republic of Panama, parents  Faye Baker Ford and Marshall E. Ford, Sr., both parents serving overseas in the United States Army. He is the grandson of Bernice and Clifford Baker Sr, long time residents of the Dorsey Riverbend community for more than 60 years.

        At 46 years old, I’ve learned that life isn’t just measured by the victories we celebrate; it’s also defined by how we handle the darts that come our way. And truthfully, those darts don’t always come from strangers. Sometimes they come from family and friends. Sometimes they come from co-workers, people in your organization, or even church members, the very places you expect support.

       Broward County Commissioner Hazelle P. Rogers, alongside Mayor Denise D. Grant of Lauderhill and Mayor Veronica Edwards-Phillips of Lauderdale Lakes, and Sharon Thomas of City of Lauderdale Lake, held a press conference Friday morning to highlight key initiatives aimed at helping those affected in the Caribbean.