Articles by Carma Henry

About Carma Henry
Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861
Local News

Sarasota’s Newtown Community Added to the U.S. Civil Rights Trails as Southenmost Attraction

April 3, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Sarasota County is pleased to announce the addition of ­The Newtown African American Heritage Trail as an official attraction on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, which has more than 100 attractions across 15 states. The Newtown African American Heritage Trail is now the southernmost site. The announcement was made in Sarasota, Florida by Vickie Oldham, founder of Newtown Alive, an organization formed to promote the history and culture of Newtown, one of Sarasota’s oldest communities and Overtown, the neighborhood of the earliest African American settlers. […]

National News

Report Reveals How the NCAA Shortchanges Black Men

April 3, 2019 Carma Henry 0

     A new issue brief from the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington D.C.-based a nonpartisan research and educational institute, paints a vivid portrait of how college athletics distort the reality of Black male experiences on college campuses and raises significant concerns about racial equity in college admissions and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). […]

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Opinions

Can a four page letter fully Exonerate President Trump?

April 3, 2019 Carma Henry 0

   President Trump is taking victory laps around the country, and the Republicans are giving each other high fives, after a four page letter from the Attorney General, William Barr. James Brooks, a Trump supporter,” We love Trump, he is the most faithful and honest President ever, and now is the time to go after the people who stabbed him in the back and tried to take down our great country. We love you Donald.” Allen Moser, a Trump supporter, “Trump is the greatest president since John F. Kennedy; we need him again in 2020. […]

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Opinions

Toward a Living Wage

April 3, 2019 Carma Henry 0

    The poverty line for a family of three (a working mom and two children) is $16,910. A woman working full time at the minimum wage is living below the poverty line. She qualifies for SNAP (food stamps), and possibly for federal housing aid if she can get it. All too often, the list for housing subsidies is full, as is public housing, so assistance is not an option. What is a woman earning such a low wage to do, then, living at the economic periphery? She house-shares lives with family or endures homelessness. She lines up to get food at food banks or from other charities. She struggles to make ends meet, while her Congressional Representative earns $174,000 a year whether they produce or not […]