Author: Carma Henry

     Throughout history, America has always welcomed immigrants. Clearly, immigration has fueled the growth of our Nation and has contributed much to what is great about America. If all of this is true, why has immigration become an albatross around the necks of Congress; thus, threatening to create a political division within the Nation?

     The 2016 Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances, indicated the median net worth of Whites with a HS diploma is $100,600, compared to $68,300 for Blacks with a bachelor’s degree. This gross inequality in wealth is the result of America’s failure to pay monetary reparations for 246 years of slavery and decades of systemic racism.

people are organizing and attempting to overcome interference by mobilizing the Democratic base of voters. Barbara Arnwine, who founded and leads the Transformative Justice Coalition (www.tjcoalition.org) gathered dozens of activists to participate in a day-long strategy session on voting rights on August 7, fifty-four years after the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. Arnwine’s organization is among the many planning to ensure both voter turnout and election fairness in the upcoming elections.

In celebration of the National Black Business Month, The Mosaic Group in partnership with the Urban League of Broward County (www.ulbroward.org), will host the Ninth Annual South Florida Black Economic Forum (SFBEF) on Friday, August 16, 2019, at the Urban League of Broward County, 560 NW 27th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Advocates for children and education denounced a Trump Administration regulation finalized today that effectively restricts immigration access based on income and other factors, threatening millions of children in immigrant families. Advocates urged swift congressional action to block its implementation.

     I’m torn between life and death as it pertains to being Black in this country, wondering if being dead is better than being Black? Now I’m no fool; I will fight with all might and borrow some for others to stay alive.

The money will be used to sponsor this year’s football season. “Head Coach Eddie Frazier and I played high school football at Dillard together, so we decided to show him love on his first year of head coaching”, said an elated McClover

In a rare public statement Monday about twin mass shootings that have rattled the nation, former President Barack Obama offered a forceful rebuke of the growing gun violence in America, denouncing not only the lack of federal gun control measures but public leaders who demonize marginalized groups and stoke racial divisions. 

     A Georgia teen who choked his sister to death last year during a fight over the family’s Wi-Fi password has been sentenced to life in prison.

Growing the Voices of  Our Future Say, “Have You Got That Spirit!!” By Leja Williams This weekend I went to the Universal Cheerleading As-sociation (UCA) Cheer-leading…