Author: Carma Henry

     As a “social scientist” who loves American history, and as one who has put his money where his mouth is related to American history, I’m thrilled that Florida is one step closer to correcting a long-standing omission in how it tells its own story.

       According to a statement from her family, Gibson died at home on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, surrounded by family and her priest. She was described as a “beloved nurse, trailblazer, community champion and family matriarch,” whose greatest achievement was serving “the community, her family and her church, Christ Episcopal Church.” Funeral arrangements are pending.

    Today on our Black History Month tour in this 100th Anniversary Month, we’re going to visit Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. It is one of the longest cave systems in the world that has been explored, and the heroes of this story are “the Sable Guides of Mammoth Cave.” who began probing its depths in 1838. Indigenous people occupied and traversed the branching cave system long before.

     Those moments are irreplaceable. Character-building. Life-shaping.  I don’t resent today’s athletes or today’s system. It’s simply different—remarkably different. And while today’s players are benefiting financially in ways we never could, it comes at the cost of something that lasts far longer than any NIL deal.

       Even more damning is what followed. The man who gave Epstein his infamous sweetheart deal in 2008, allowing him to escape real prison time despite overwhelming evidence of child sexual exploitation, was Alex Acosta. Instead of being held accountable for protecting a predator, Acosta was later appointed by Trump to a cabinet position as Secretary of Labor. The same administration that claimed to stand for law and order elevated the official who shielded one of the most prolific abusers in modern history.

     The team posted images of the jersey, created by artist Clancy Riehm. The design, which features iconic black, green, yellow and red colors, was inspired by Harlem Renaissance artist Aaron Douglas, considered the father of African American art, according to the Lightning.

     On Monday, February 9, we lost more than a leader; we lost a compass, a conscience, and a flame that refused to be extinguished. When I received the news that my friend, my teacher, my mentor, and my brother had transitioned at age 66, the silence that followed was deafening. For more than three decades, Salim walked through the halls of Virginia power not with a welcome mat, but with a blowtorch; illuminating uncomfortable truths that others preferred left in shadow. Now we must learn to navigate those halls with only the memory of his light to guide us.

        Edward Marion Augustus Chandler was the second African American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States, which he received from the University of Illinois in 1917.

       American families are carrying more debt than at any point in the nation’s history. As debt collection lawsuits climb back to pre-pandemic highs, millions face a little-known but devastating risk: the legal seizure of their entire bank accounts, sometimes overnight.

     The reason for the spotty record of the world organization is that many organs of the United Nations are weak and, therefore, unable to cope adequately with the enormous job that lies before the international organization and the world. The solution is to transform these UN organs by drawing upon Article 109 of the UN Charter, which lays out the method for making changes in the UN system.