Local News

Careersource Broward Launches 2023 Summer Youth Employment Program

CareerSource Broward (CSBD), providing innovative employment solutions and quality workforce services to businesses and individuals in Broward County, has launched its 2023 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). More than 1,000 students, a record high for CSBD, participated in the SYEP three-day employability skills workshop that took place at Dillard High School, Pompano Beach High School and Hallandale Beach High School.  […]

Local News

Holland & Knight Announces new Leadership Team

Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Robert J. Grammig will become the firm’s Chair and Chief Executive Officer, and David C. Whitestone and Tiffani G. Lee will serve as Managing Partner and Deputy Managing Partner, respectively. The new leadership team will succeed Steven Sonberg, who has served as Managing Partner since 2008 and will step down after the end of the first quarter in 2024, concluding a 16-year term. […]

Local News

We should recognize the contribution of  Black Colleges during Black Music Month

What goes unrecognized often is how Black colleges furthered the musical experience of America.  During the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s Black college campuses were the musical hubs of Black music.  Without the access to the large venues that white musicians enjoyed there were basically only two options.  The first option was to play the “Chitlin’ Circuit,” which was a string of small clubs owned by Blacks. Some were graduated barns that might be leaky if it was raining outside.  There were limited amenities, but during the time where there weren’t many options, some of the top acts would frequent these venues as they were the social center of Black music culture. […]

Opinions

Weaponization v.  Prosecution

   America’s government, since its  founding on July 4, 1776, has accumulated a legacy of using its laws as  weaponization tactics to harm, kill and enslave Indigenous and Black people. Thus, ensued the belief by this government  that white people were superior and thereby had the right to eradicate Indians using cultural genocide. The Supreme Court in 1857 ruled that Black people were  not citizens and slavery continued from 1619 thru 1865. […]

Health

Vets Using Cannabis Aren’t At Risk of Losing VA Benefits

     While being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) several years ago, U.S. Army and Iraq War veteran William Davis realized he had become hooked on the opioid pain medication hydrocodone. Seeking to break his dependency on the legal yet highly addictive drug, Davis turned to marijuana as an alternative pain relief solution, despite its illegality in Louisiana.  […]