Author: Carma Henry

      If we hope to improve public health, impeach Donald Trump.

     Those who purport that possession and use will not be criminal must be reminded that possession and drinking of alcohol during prohibition was not criminal. It was only illegal to manufacture, transport and sell booze but the resulting 13 years of mayhem led to repeal of the law. Marijuana has been decriminalized in New York since the ‘70s, but it didn’t prevent the police from targeting Black and brown people for marijuana possession resulting in tens of thousands being arrested over just a few years, hence, “Stop and Frisk.”

     Michael Bloomberg was Mayor in New York from 2002 to 2013. When new Mayor Bill DeBlasio took office in 2014, and after an ACLU lawsuit against New York City, the stop and frisk program was greatly reduced. All the theories that stop-and-frisk reduced crime were disproven by crime stats going down along with the use of the policy.

     As a child in a Chicago apartment, he loved to build towers out of red and yellow plastic bricks. Today his firm, C.D. Moody Construction, has earn more than $3 billion business contracts. For the past 26 years, he has kept secret a childhood torment that dogged him at every chapter of his life.

URGENT, Inc.’s FACE Media Arts and Film Internship funded by The Children’s Trust and the Southeast Overtown/Parkwest Community Redevelopment Agency landed 4th on a list of Top 10 Internship Programs for 2019.  The Talent Development Network (TDN) is South Florida’s premier internship hub responsible for connecting Miami’s brightest students with internships that offer hands-on experience in a variety of industries. 

Veterans who served in our military to provide security and a safe future for our citizens. These are our heroes and we should respect and appreciate the sacrifices they make for us. However, the love and bravery they show is not always appreciated. A big determinant and indicator as to how that veteran is going to be treated is his race or the race of those who make the decision to honor or ignore his efforts.

By Donnie Williams TALLAHASSEE—Members of the Black Press Association of Florida conducted annual meetings with cabinet officials by reviewing the 2020 priorities of two powerful state…

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      In his Metro Spirit column titled, Roundtree’s Stubbornness Exceeded Only by His Ego, radio host Austin Rhodes referred to Augusta, Georgia Sheriff Richard Roundtree as “an immature A-hole.”  Rhodes must issue a public apology to Sheriff Roundtree.