Author: Carma Henry

Confirmed reports said the United States government had offered to swap the so-called “Merchant of Death” Viktor Bout for Griner and another imprisoned American, Paul Whelan.

     Black business owners in the city say the latest water crisis didn’t start their problems, they just compounded ongoing issues that have caused them to lose clients.

      Voter after voter showed up at the Miramar Branch Library on Election Day for Florida’s primary, stressing out Linda Thigpen. Without speaking to them, she knew each one came to the wrong polling place.

     A Fort Lauderdale, FL, native who attended Boyd H. Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes now serves in the United States Navy and was last year’s Sailor of the Year at his command. This year, he was promoted to Petty Officer 1st Class.

     Willis recently held a press conference where she answered questions about upcoming criminal cases that involve high-profile Atlanta rappers, Young Thug and Gunna. In May, Willis charged Young Thug, Gunna, and other alleged members of YSL (Young Slime Life) with several crimes and used the RICO Law to achieve the indictments.

     Rose Brown, a former graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, filed a federal lawsuit against the school on Tuesday for claims of racial discrimination and retaliation. Brown, who is a Black woman, says she was forced to leave her graduate program after she filed a complaint with the university’s compliance office about patterns of discriminatory and hostile treatment.

     Later that day, his puzzlement morphed into deep concern bordering on panic after a follow-up email from Sarasota County officials notified him that his company’s 21 properties had been sold in a bulk transfer. His lawyer found that someone he did not know had filed paperwork with Florida’s Division of Corporations, removing the officials at the decade-old business he and his mother owned, Glenco Properties Group Corp., and installing a new chief executive, he said.

     Miami’s Historic Overtown Hosted the 7th Annual Urban Film Festival (UFF) through a jam-packed three-day weekend of educational programs, screenings, and networking social events September 2nd-4th. The weekend of events took place in a corner conglomerate of venues that provided an exclusive “Urban District” feel— Red Rooster’s Upper Deck Nightclub where all of the Networking Mixers were Hosted; and The Overtown Performing Arts Center, The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater, Center for Black Innovation, and Dorsey Library where screenings, Masterclasses, and Panel Discussions were hosted. 

     Mable John, the first woman signed to Berry Gordy’s Tamla Records label and a former Raelett with Ray Charles, passed away on August 25, 2022, at her home in the Los Angeles area. She was 91 years old. In the late 1960s, John also recorded southern soul classics such as her 1966 million-seller, “Your Good Thing (Is About to End)” for Stax Records. She also co-starred as Bertha Mae in Oscar nominated director John Sayle’s 2007 film, “The Honey Dripper”, which also starred Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, and Stacy Keach.

      The Labor Day weekend was ignited by the energy of nearly 40,000 fans at the Hard Rock Stadium, Sunday September 4th. The football game between Florida A&M (FAMU) Rattlers and Jackson State (JSU) Tigers was the culmination of a power packed weekend of social, educational, and economic impact, brought about by the 2022 Orange Blossom Classic.