Month: October 2021

         Although midterm elections aren’t until November 2022, you would not be able to tell with the way Paul R. Wiggins is vigorously approaching his campaign for the Broward County School Board District 1 seat. His passion for community and the best interests of our children’s education was on full display last week during his official Campaign Kickoff Fundraiser.   The event, which took place on October 21st at Pita Xpress Mediterranean Grille in Fort Lauderdale, was complemented by smiling faces, great networking, and a delicious spread of Mediterranean cuisine.

The Justice Department announced the launch of the department’s new Combatting Redlining Initiative today. Redlining is an illegal practice in which lenders avoid providing services to individuals living in com-munities of color because of the race or national origin of the people who live in those communities.

     The January violent event that saw Capitol Police being bludgeoned with American flag poles was, in my opinion, an aspect of a highly orchestrated “Klan Plan” to insure that a white supremacist would forever occupy The White House.

      American voters having grown angry and fearful that America’s democracy was in danger of crumbling, decided during the 2020 Presidential election to clear the political landscape. In other words, voters elected Joe Biden as the 46th President, and gave Democrats control of the Senate and House. The newly inaugurated President, Joe Biden ran on a bold platform, “Build Back a Better America.” Little did voters know that the Democratic Party was no less fit to govern than the Republican Party.

     Right-wing media outlets and social media spread false information and conspiracy theories. Conservative activists and politicians opposed public health measures as a form of “tyranny.” Angry people have harassed and threatened public health officials, and politicians have passed more than 100 laws restricting their authority to take action to protect the public.

     On display at the NMAH since Sept. 3 – now extended until Nov. 2 – the exhibit has been a stark reminder that America continues to harbor the same evils that caused the death of the 14-year-old Chicago teenager, who was mutilated by White supremacists in Mississippi on August 28, 1955. Hartig says the exhibit is part of the vision being established by Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian’s first African American secretary and the first African American to lead the institution of 19 museums, founded in 1836.