Author: Carma Henry

DELOATCH Funeral services for the Pamela Evette Knox-Deloatch – 50 were held August 28th at National Church of God. JOHNSON Funeral services for the late Dannette…

BELL Funeral services for the late Eric O. Bell – 53. BRINSON Funeral services for the late Isaiah “Boy” Brinson – 90 were held August 24…

     Can crippled Americans be made whole? “Yes we can”! We are not sitting at the gate begging; we are standing in the poll booths making a difference by voting. We do understand that “A voteless people is a hopeless people.” 

     For quite some time, Florida has been going through nursing shortages. We have a shortage of nurses and healthcare workers in general and the shortage isn’t anything new. For quite some time, there have been declining numbers of nurses for the state, a state with a large retirement population that needs a lot of care.

     “In what is already a challenging time for the people of Haiti, I am saddened by the devastating earthquake that occurred in Saint-Louis du Sud, Haiti,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. “We send our deepest condolences to all those who lost a loved one or saw their homes and businesses destroyed. I have authorized an immediate U.S. response and named USAID Administrator Samantha Power as the senior U.S. official to coordinate this effort.”

     With Adam Harris’ new book, “The State Must Provide,” that conversation is brought up once again, this time directing those funds towards the education system at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

At least 22 people were killed when more than a foot of rain fell in just hours, causing a creek to rise and tear through the town of Waverly, Tennessee.

 Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, demanded an executive order, which stated that if schools do not make masks optional and uplift the mask mandate in school, he will cut funding to schools.

      According to the grant proposal, FAMU will establish a multi-institution coalition to recruit underrepresented minorities (URMs) for a program that will give hands-on experience to students in NASA-relevant fields. FAMU is one of three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) selected to participate.

       *The Florida Department of Health has suspended daily case and vaccine reports. The department will instead post weekly updates. The numbers reported here reflect the number of new cases and deaths for the previous week, August 13 – August 19.