Author: 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

     During the HBCU Sports Pod-a-Thon, Grambling athletics director Trayveon Scott sat down with us to talk candidly about what’s really happening inside Grambling Athletics, from the difference between NIL and revenue sharing to how decisions are made, pressure is managed, and how progress is measured in an ever-changing landscape.

       In his final major address, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a prophetic message of urgency, endurance, and ultimate hope. Speaking amid violence, resistance, and exhaustion within the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. King asks the anguished question on everyone’s heart — “How long?” — and answers it with unwavering conviction: “Not long.”

 Being a teenager today isn’t just about school and friends; it’s about pressure. Pressure to succeed, to fit in, to look confident, to have a plan. Most of us don’t say it out loud, but there are days when everything feels too much. I’ve had those days. Days when I’ve questioned myself, my future, and even my faith. What I’m learning, though, is that faith isn’t about having everything together.

       During a press conference in Bartow, DeSantis and other state leaders condemned toxic filler in formula, introducing members of the Florida MAHA Commission and lauding their efforts to test “staples” like infant formula.