Editorials
Where is the understanding of all this?
In trying to understand the totality of the underlining repercussions of this virus, it is truly unappreciated and unrecognizable until it hits home on your doorsteps. […]
Articles by Carma Henry
Feature
Congressional Black Caucus Focuses on Economic Recovery of African Americans in COVID-19 Crisis
The first draft of the COVID-19 Senate stimulus bill focused money to bailout large corporations and the top one percent. But after days of negotiation that included President Trump big footing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the legislation was changed to focus more on the needs of main street Americans. […]
Local News
Learning from home has its short comings
Because of the coronavirus, my third grade sister Taliya Parks and I, along with millions of other kids, are doing our school work from home. […]
Local News
Quarantine board, spiritually blessed
In this time you should think about building your relationship with God, family, and even friends. God puts us in precarious predicaments sometimes, but God will never give us something we can’t handle. […]
National News
PRESIDENT & CEO MELANIE L. CAMPBELL REFLECTS ON THE PASSING OF REV. DR. JOSEPH ECHOLS LOWERY,
Melanie L. Campbell, President & CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and National Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) offered the following thoughts about the passing of Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, who was a co-founder of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda and other civil rights and social justice organizations. Dr. Lowery was known as the “Dean of the Civil Rights Movement.” […]
Health
Trump continues Obamacare attack despite national pandemic
Donald Trump has made it clear that he will continue his assault on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). His Justice Department will plead with the Supreme Court later this year to end Obamacare and replace it with nothing. […]
National News
Spokesman: Cosby Lawyers to Seek Early Release Because of Pandemic
“Mr. Cosby’s lawyers are now considering filing a motion asking the court to re-lease Mr. Cosby from prison and place him under house arrest for the duration of his sentence,” Cosby’s longtime spokesman Andrew Wyatt of the Birmingham, Ala.-based Purpose PR Firm, stated. […]
Opinions
FLITE Center to Serve as Emergency Relief Center for the Transitional Independent Living (TIL) System of Care Community
FLITE Center, a centralized facility in Broward County for dependent youth to learn the skills needed for independent living, has created and will serve as an emergency Relief Center for the Transitional Independent Living (TIL) System of Care Community. […]
Opinions
Dear Governor DeSantis,
Dear Governor DeSantis, […]
Opinions
CHANGES TOWARD INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY
When I took office, I made it a priority to restore public trust and strengthen the relationships between law enforcement and the communities we serve. To be successful as a public safety agency, we must hold ourselves to the highest standards of professionalism and accountability. […]