Author: Carma Henry

     Youth participating in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County program explored the concepts of fear and safety at a special arts experience presented by Work of HeART, which provides a series of artistic and collaborative projects for youth related to JEDI (justice, equity, diversity and inclusion) initiatives.  The event, which took place at the historic Old Dillard Museum, attracted 25 Littles and Bigs.

CADE Funeral services for the late Patricia Ann Cade – 60 were held August 13th at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Pastor Kwame Alson officiating.…

ACKBERSINGH- Not Pictured Funeral services for Laretta Elizabeth Ackbersingh – 61 were held August 11th at First Alliance International Church. BRYANT Funeral services for the late…

JACKSON Funeral services for the late Jacque Jacqueline Ruth Jackson – 87 were held August 20th at New Mount Olive Baptist Church with Dr. Marcus Davidson…

     Like many Florida prisons, the aging facility near Ocala lacks air conditioning in its dorms. Philipsen consequently spent much of her eight-year sentence at the facility in a constant battle with the heat, finding little relief from fans in the dorms and opening windows for comfort only to welcome bugs that she’d later find crawling in her bed.

     Over the past three decades, that has become increasingly common in the U.S., as birthrates have declined for women in their 20s and jumped for women in their late 30s and early 40s, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The trend has pushed the median age of U.S. women giving birth from 27 to 30, the highest on record.

   If you “Google” “Black leader”, the internet would suggest that any African American with a title or a political position is a Black community leader.

  Is it true that the fate of American’s democracy is threaten by the Republican Party and its voters who’ve opted to subject it to a game of Russian Roulette? This contingency has given X-president Trump complete control of the game and his choice of weapons. If you aren’t aware, the game of Russian Roulette involves placing a single bullet in a six-chamber pistol, spinning the chamber, placing the tip of the barrel to one’s head, or target and pulling the trigger.

Are Blacks in Florida Staying Home for the Primary Election?

     Redistricting is robbing Black candidates and voters of hard fought for opportunities they have had for years. In Detroit, new districts merged Black areas of the city with white neighborhoods across 8 Mile Road. The city stands to lose Black representation in Congress and have less representation in the state legislature. Knowing what the impact could be, voters have spoken out forcefully against the new redistricting maps from pulpits to street corners to the state capitol and even before the state courts.