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Demings takes fight to Rubio, blasts him as “do nothing”

June 2, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Congresswoman Val Demings came out swinging against US Senator Marco Rubio igniting crowds at a series of South Florida rallies. At the Little Haiti Cultural Center, the former Orlando police chief talked about the failure of Republicans like Rubio to protect and serve. Demings pointed to the massacre of 19 Texas elementary school children as a consequence of the Senate Republicans blocking legislation dealing with the disturbing waves of gun violence. […]

The Leadership Conference Pushes FCC to Eliminate Digital Discrimination

June 2, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Today, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and its Media and Telecommunications Task Force have responded with a 12-page letter outlining what the agency could do to help prevent and eliminate digital discrimination. […]

The complex relationship between African Americans and the military

June 1, 2022 Carma Henry 0

On the first day of May in 1865, just weeks after the end of the Civil War, a solemn procession of 10,000 mourners—mostly freed slaves but with a smattering of White missionaries—filed past a Charleston, South Carolina racetrack that had been converted into a graveyard. […]

How the Newest Federal Prison Became One of the Deadliest

June 1, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Officials claimed that opening Thomson would make federal prisons safer by relieving dangerous overcrowding. But an investigation by The Marshall Project and NPR found that the newest U.S. penitentiary has quickly become one of the deadliest, with five suspected homicides and two alleged suicides since 2019. […]

Calm after the Racist Storm, Buffalo Shootings Cease Following Massacre

May 26, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Statistics show that shootings in the city climbed exponentially in 2020 and the first half of 2021. While it has slowed since approximately 90 people were shot in Buffalo in 2022, thirty of those victims, including ten at Tops Supermarket, died. Officials said the number is more than the 10-year average of about 62 people. […]

Broward County may have Florida’s first case of monkeypox

May 26, 2022 Carma Henry 0

A person has been isolated after a presumptive case of monkeypox was diagnosed, the Florida Department of Health in Broward County announced Sunday afternoon. […]

Black Press Journalists Katherine Massey Eulogized As ‘Queen Mother’ and ‘Community Mayor

May 26, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Katherine Massey counted among the 10 African Americans killed on May 14, when self-proclaimed white supremacist Payton Gendron donned body armor, entered the Tops Supermarket with an assault rifle, and opened fire. […]

How Today’s Entrepreneurs Are Leading the Rebirth of Tulsa’s Historic Black Wall Street

May 26, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Restoring the economic vitality that permeated through Black Wall Street in Tulsa is the ultimate goal for emerging entrepreneurs who are putting the city on the map as a hub for nurturing innovation. Local business leaders have been foundational in infusing the bustling Greenwood district with not only tech talent, but corporate commitment and capital will sustain it. […]

All-Black New Orleans Graduating Class Earns $9.2 million in Scholarships with 100 percent Acceptance Rate

May 25, 2022 Carma Henry 0

The entire graduating class at the all-boys college preparatory school received acceptance to college, earning more than $9.2 million in scholarship offers. […]

Rosalind Osgood facing challenge from fellow Democrat for Senate re-election

May 19, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Rep. Patricia Hawkins-Williams of Pompano Beach is seeking to challenge Osgood in the August Primary. […]