Author: Carma Henry

        Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Howard Hepburn has formally recommended 11 changes to school attendance area boundaries and school usage for the 2026–27 school year, including multiple school consolidations, boundary shifts, and campus reconfigurations.

       Commitment Over the Next Five Years Includes $5 Million of Immediate Assistance for Families in Local Communities Across the U.S.  | Bank of America recently announced a $250 million commitment over the next five years to support families and individuals experiencing food insecurity and other basic needs in communities nationwide. This investment builds on the company’s long-standing support in this area, as it currently provides annual philanthropic funding to more than 1200 organizations that focus on combatting hunger and other related needs.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, David told the Black Press of America’s Let It Be Known, is proposing a rule that would strip away key fair lending protections and make it far more difficult to prove discrimination in the credit market.

     The pool of future teachers in Florida is less diverse than the current workforce, according to a study by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a national teacher nonprofit.

       In a tragedy that has sent shockwaves through Hollywood and the nation’s social justice and labor movements, acclaimed filmmaker, actor, and tireless advocate Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Brentwood home on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in what law enforcement is treating as a double homicide.

     No congressional maps were presented at a second meeting of the Florida House’s redistricting committee. Now, Democrats are questioning why any would be drafted at all.

       Ryan Stubblefield connected with Jordan Smith on a decisive two-point conversion in the fourth overtime, lifting South Carolina State to a dramatic 40–38 victory over Prairie View A&M on Saturday in the 10th Celebration Bowl, the annual clash between the MEAC and SWAC champions.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Joy Reid had finally had enough. After Stephen A. Smith went on his show and tried to frame her departure from MSNBC as a failure of ratings rather than a collision with an administration working to silence Black voices, she laid out the truth without ceremony.

     Albany State head football coach Quinn Gray Sr. has officially announced his departure from the team in the wake of speculation of a new coaching opportunity.

       Jamaica’s senior women’s national football team will close the calendar year ranked 39th in the world, according to FIFA’s final women’s rankings for 2025, a meaningful milestone that underscores the program’s growing international credibility.