Author: Carma Henry

     Fresh off striking a tentative deal to avoid a rail strike that would have caused major travel disruptions across the country, President Joe Biden plans to meet Friday with the families of WNBA superstar Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.

 America’s democracy and its foundational institutions of governance face a consequential dilemma. Unfortunately, this dilemma involves Trump’s personification of evil and his ability to corrupt others. The central tenet of this dilemma is whether Trump  can corrupt the Republican Party and its base against their will, or can he only feed and elicit their inherent corruption? Or does he possess a silver-tongue? Thereby, as a silver-tongued serial corruptor, he’s able to convince others to blindly do his corruptible biddings.

     After the Civil War ended in 1865, the 11 southern states had to abolish slavery to be readmitted to the Union. The Black Codes implemented a mendacious, fraudulent ploy by the South to secure their goal of maintaining White superiority.  The Congressional Rights Foundation describes these reprobate acts from the South as duplicitous chicanery. 

‘Test Your Bible Knowledge’

Queen Elizabeth’s funeral ends with royals joining huge procession through London on her final journey to Windsor.

Thursday marks 59 years since the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Sarah Collins Rudolph’s sister, Addie May Collins, died with three other Black girls in the explosion: Carol Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Rosamond Robertson.

      While possession of marijuana is still a crime in Florida, getting caught with it does not necessarily lead to arrest and criminal prosecution in some cities and counties. 

The traditional Founders’ Day Convocation, which filled Sawyer Auditorium, kicked off TSU’s 95th anniversary year.

     “Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker is described as Soulful, Bold, Colorful, Exciting, Lively and Delightful.  A holiday treat for the entire family.”

Fall is in the air and the weather will be a few degrees cooler for family, friends, and neighbors to attend the October 1, 2022, Fall Festival and Marketplace at the E. Pat Larkins Community Center, west parking lot, 520 Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard, Pompano Beach from 9 am to 1 p.m.