Author: Carma Henry

  But there is a frightening difference. In Russian roulette, the reckless player chooses to gamble with one’s life. With unregulated AI, a handful of corporate developers, technology titans, military planners, or government officials could effectively spin the cylinder for everybody else. The pistol  aim is not merely at one human skull but at the nation’s entire infrastructure.

Nunnie on the Sideline

       The 2026 World Mental Health Day theme, “Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change,” highlights an important truth: people who have navigated mental health and substance use challenges firsthand must have a meaningful voice in shaping the systems designed to support them.

       A Florida jury has acquitted former Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy Eddie Duran of manslaughter in the 2024 killing of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson.

       Now let’s tell the truth about what it takes to get approved for a residential unit here in Florida.

    On September 24, standing in for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, told General Assembly delegates that “the promise of democracy and international cooperation wanes when we cannot demonstrate that they can address inequality and insecurity.” Thus, “together with Brazil, Norway, and Spain, South Africa calls on this Assembly to throw its weight behind the establishment” of an International Panel on Inequality (IPI). Based on the model of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPI would research inequality within and between countries and develop policies to close the widening gap between the rich and the poor.

       At the zenith stands the President—America’s Wizard of Oz. Like L. Frank Baum’s Wizard, he projects enormous power. Executive orders thunder from the White House; certainty, instinct, and strength dominate the performance. Yet behind the curtain stands a mortal man—President Donald Trump, a man always in search of the “Ultimate Deal.”

     Democrats can’t afford to have their affordability message muffled by an internal fight over the party’s direction. The working class needs to hear a clear and direct message from Democrats on how the party will bring down costs.

Things Happen When Young Black Men In America Leave Home.

       Research from the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality exposes how 70 percent of all Americans struggle with multiple affordability issues like housing, food, health care, and childcare, according to its Family Economic Well-Being Index.  Nationally, 41 percent of Americans face a health care burden, 33 percent face a housing burden, and nearly one-third face a food burden.