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

The Joseph Caleb Auditorium’s Caleb Around Town series proudly presented The Infancy of Hip Hop Throwdown, an energized tribute to the birth of hip hop and the creative forces that shaped one of the world’s most influential cultural movements. The event showcased an exciting lineup of performers representing the art forms and storytelling traditions that defined hip hop’s earliest era.

TEXAS METRO NEWS — Reverend Peter Johnson reflects on a recent Dallas Morning News article reporting on proposals by Texas Republicans and activists to ban hijabs and halal foods, redefine Islam as a political ideology, and mandate school lessons emphasizing Islam’s “violence and political domination.

 It’s almost embarrassing to confess this, but yeah, that’s me (or used to be me), sitting back in my easy chair, waving a flag. My “nationality” is such a profound, lifelong part of who I am I rarely actually questioned it. At best I shrugged, then momentarily glared in anger at . . . the government, the media, whoever. Why do we have a trillion-dollar military budget, or a president who wants to up it to 1.5 $trillion? Why do we always have an enemy or two or three, who isn’t as human as we are and must be defeated, or at least arrested?