Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

     As the federal government shutdown that began on October 1 continues, over 74 million citizens await an important but delayed announcement: Social Security’s 2026 Cost of Living Adjustment, also known as COLA. Originally planned for October 15, the 2026 COLA will now be announced on October 24. 

     While our screens flash with Trumpian theatrics, headlines that should shake the world are being buried under the noise. The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize? Barely analyzed. Japan electing its first female prime minister? You’d think that would have led the news everywhere, right? Yet somehow, it didn’t. The story came and went; a blip in the algorithm, a whisper under the roar.

     Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Lake County Sheriff s Office on Monday night, Oct. 20 in Painesville, Ohio to protest the county working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain and house immigrants who have been apprehended.