Author: Carma Henry

      This week we again observe the anniversaries of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WW II – the only time nuclear weapons were used against human targets. It is worth remembering that the unimaginable devastation and death caused by those two bombs is dwarfed by the power and ubiquity of today’s weapons.

Pegasus and the global surveillance business

      Learning from the eviction moratorium crisis, the Biden administration got a jump on the federal student loan repayment pause. The Department of Education announced this final extension of the repayment pause would extend through January 31, 2022.   

     Stabenow, along with Reps. Gary Peters (D–Mich.), Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), and John Larson (D-Conn.) introduced the Revitalizing Downtowns Act. According to the International Downtown Association (IDA) the bill would establish a new federal tax credit to “support the conversion of obsolete and excess office spaces into residential or mixed-use properties.”

     While shining my shoes, I discovered that they were shiny on the surface; however, a closer examination revealed some crud in the cracks, frayed laces and deep scuff marks that took away from the shine.

     The would-be murder failed because the FBI had a confidential informant inside a Ku Klux Klan operation that planned the killing.

     “We as a country have never had a national infrastructure or national policy preventing avoidable evictions,” American Rescue Plan Coordinator Gene Sperling responded in a White House briefing on Monday, August 2. “State and local governments must do more to help,” Sperling asserted.

     There’s been dramatic summer surge in COVID-19 positivity rates in South Florida and throughout the country. Most new cases are younger patients who are not vaccinated.

Democrats are handling the voting rights issue. There seems to be a replay of the 19th-century Jim Crow laws, which ended in Black voters having no faith in authoritative leaders.

Tools for Schools, Broward County’s largest back to school drive, has kicked off and BrightStar Credit Union is once again one of this year’s proud participants. The school supply drive is organized by Broward Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming the lives of Broward County Public School students by helping them receive a quality education. Donations will be accepted for the first time both virtually and in person.