Author: Carma Henry

     Sen. Kamala Harris won’t be traveling for the next few days after a couple of staffers associated with her campaign have tested positive for COVID-19. The campaign manager for Biden for President said they learned of the tests’ results Wednesday night and immediately took steps to make it clear that Harris was not “in close contact” with either of the staffers in the days leading up to their diagnoses.

“Our content team is made up of an amazing group of writers, editors and social media gurus who are eager to cover Dallas’ vibrant and talented Black community.” Noting the high level of engagement of the 25- to 42-year old demographic, Grace continued, “In fact, I think our coverage of the winners has the potential to make DW’s Best in Black Dallas 2020 campaign a conversation piece far beyond Election Day.”

AROCENA Funeral services for the late Jorge Abel Arocena – 74   were held October 17 at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Bishop Ralph Grissett officiating.…

BLAKELEY Funeral services for the late Constance Blakeley – 27 were held October 17 at McWhite’s Funeral Home Chapel. O’CONNOR – Not Pictured Funeral services for…

ALBRAMS Funeral services for the late Elizabeth Abrams – 74 were held October 17 at Fort Lauderdale Multicultural Church of God in Christ with Pastor Roger…

     No matter how ugly things look and how drastic news reports fill the media, the outcome has yet to be known by us.

     In Miami-Dade and Broward counties combined, nearly 1.1 million ballots have been mailed out and more than 246-thousand people have voted.

     “Mr. Floyd was treated with particular cruelty,” prosecutors wrote in court filings. “Despite Mr. Floyd’s pleas that he could not breathe and was going to die, as well as the pleas of eyewitnesses to get off Mr. Floyd and help him, [Chauvin] and his codefendants continued to restrain Mr. Floyd.”

     “It’s important to note that the FBI groups Hispanics in with whites, so the percentage of those reported missing in 2018 are 59 percent white and about 40 percent people of color. Think about that. African Americans make upare reported missing. The keyword is reported. There are many more.”

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the National Breast Cancer Awareness month, a time to educate and raise funds to continue the research for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer.  Each October, you can see so many oversized buttons displaying words of encouragement, T-shirts, pink teddy bears, self-care and inspirational books, key chains and more to remind adults to take the easy route and avoid breast cancer treatments by self-examining your breasts and scheduling mammograms.  Testing for breast cancer is a routine exam to look inside your breasts for any abnormalities.