Author: Carma Henry

     It takes a small amount of conscious observation to see what types of media is allowed online. It takes but a moment to venture into your memory bank to recall what was and wasn’t allowed on television in the past. It doesn’t take long to conclude that the rules governing what is considered appropriate content has become more lenient over time. This is evident in all forms of media, as the music, television shows, movies and now online imagery and videos all have gradually allowed more content that was censored in the past. But why is there such a difference in what is allowed on the radio today than just 60 years ago?

       The news of Impact Church in Jacksonville losing six members to COVID-19 made national headlines and spread throughout the faith community, causing many to further encourage their members to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Turnovers Haunt FMU; Lions Fall to Rival St. Thomas University Two second-half turnovers put Florida Memorial in a tough position that it couldn’t rally back from…

Jaumarcus McFarland, a student-athlete who was enrolled at Champion Prep Academy in Atlanta, sadly died when an elevator collapsed, trapping him in between floors for more than an hour. The incident happened at the 444 Suites Student Housing in Northeast Atlanta, a building that is reportedly used as temporary housing for students at Clark Atlanta University, an HBCU.

     The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open “Reckoning with Remembrance: History, Injustice and the Murder of Emmett Till” as a monthlong display of the bullet-ridden sign that was placed by the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi in remembrance of Emmett Till through Oct. 5.

      At least three major banks have decided to opt out of a new process for getting Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven directly by the Small Business Administration, The Intercept has learned, leaving their small business customers with no other recourse if the banks refuse to forgive loans or drag out the process.

Rashad D. Thomas has accepted the position of Regional Director of External Affairs with AT&T Florida. In his new role, Rashad will be responsible for External and Legislative Affairs activities in Miami-Dade County and parts of Broward. Rashad’s responsibilities will include working with Local and State Government Officials and enhancing AT&T’s presence throughout the Miami-Dade and Broward region.

     I congratulate New York City’s Democratic mayoral nominee, Eric Adams. He will be a strong new mayor of our nation’s largest and most diverse city.  Adams has promised to address homelessness in the city, a problem that has grown increasingly desperate as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cripple the economy and drive record numbers of individuals into bleak and unwelcoming shelters. 

      On January 20, 2015, at his State of the Union Address, Ex-President Obama made a statement that the environment (climate change) would be the number one challenge in America and the world.  I personally thought he was incorrect, but I was well aware that the environment was something that human beings could not control. The devastating climate change had the power to create was indescribable, and I knew it was necessary to do more investigating and studying to understand the significance of the ex-president’s statement.

     Presidents George W. Bush, Barack H. Obama and Donald J. Trump all sat in office while American troops were stationed at risk in Afghanistan.  Bush, who initiated the Gulf War, also sent troops into Afghanistan to seek out Osama Bin Laden who had been responsible for the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil in the attacks of September 11, 2001.  Claiming intelligence had pointed to Afghanistan as the harboring territory of Bin Laden, the U.S. military and a coalition of countries went after Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.