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

     California politics is currently being shaken up thanks to a drive, led by the Service Employees International Union, to enact a one-time wealth tax on the state’s billionaires to offset federal cuts to healthcare and support public education and food assistance programs. Campaigning for the measure, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders told an enthusiastic crowd that “never before have so few people had so much wealth and so much power.” In a democratic society, he thundered, “the billionaire class cannot have it all.”

      When Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl halftime performer, critics predicted backlash. He’d be too Spanish. Too political. Not “American” enough. The assumption was that in a country this polarized, cultural borders were fixed — and he stood on the wrong side of them.

     Justice John Roberts, speaking for the majority, rejected the government’s argument that the IEEPA “gives the President power to unilaterally impose unbounded tariffs and change them at will. That view would represent a transformative expansion of the President’s authority over tariff policy.”  No President has ever made such a claim, said Roberts. The tariffs “extend beyond the President’s ‘legitimate reach.’”

       The win makes Jordan the first Black team owner to win the Daytona 500. The win also came two days before Jordan’s 63rd birthday.

   Atlanta-born NASCAR driver Rajah Caruth returned to his roots this week, visiting the Jesse Draper Boys and Girls Club to speak to middle schoolers about his professional journey in motorsports and to inspire them with messages centered on perseverance, resilience, and determination. 

    Cannabis is poised to be a major issue in 2026, as a federal effort to lower its classification moves forward and some states face initiatives to roll back adult-use laws. In Florida, lawmakers are weighing changes to medical marijuana policy, and a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana failed to qualify for the November ballot.

       Underground style and ATL style clothing mean a lot to some of us young people,  because they help us express who we are, where we from what we often stand for. Even though I’m not from Atlanta, ATL style still inspires me because of the confidence, discipline, and mindset behind it.