Author: Carma Henry

    The ineffectiveness of such bombing, despite its destructive power, has been known for many years. At the end of WW II, the economist John Kenneth Galbraith led a large staff in a government report on the effectiveness of the Allies strategic bombing. In 2004, he summarized his conclusions from nearly 60 years before. Attacks on German arms factories “were sadly useless” as “fighter aircraft production actually increased in early 1944 after major bombing” due to factory and machinery relocation and determined management. The resulting death and destruction in German cities “had no appreciable effect on war production and the war.” This lesson, he opined, was ignored when the United States initiated wars in Vietnam and Iraq.

    The first actual nuclear treaty was the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963, between the Soviet Union (SU) and the US. It ended open-air bomb testing. There were many more testing treaties, some signed and ratified, some not. Trump posted on his social media that he was ordering the War Department to resume nuclear testing “immediately.”

    Not long after the second Trump administration took office, a new power center emerged in Washington under the banner of “government efficiency.” Through the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, Elon Musk was handed extraordinary influence over federal agencies, and USAID became an early target, as legal challenges and reporting on DOGE’s efforts to control USAID’s funding streams make clear.

       Most of the critical commentary on the Trump administration’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran centers on the specific commitments each side is supposed to have made and intends to carry out. But the MOU is not a peace agreement; it is a framework for a potential agreement. 

Living, and creating, my own life

Island SPACE Caribbean Museum’s third annual Mango Festival welcomed approximately 1,200 attendees on Father’s Day, marking the event’s largest turnout yet and nearly doubling attendance from the previous year.

       When family and friends gather to celebrate the 100th birthday of Mattie B. Rutland on July 8, they will be honoring far more than a remarkable milestone. They will be celebrating a century of unwavering faith, enduring love, family legacy, and a life that has touched generations.

   The Shak’s Hope 10th Anniversary Casino Royale brought together City of Plantation Mayor Nick Sortal, community leaders, healthcare professionals, corporate partners, sickle cell warriors and their families for an evening of entertainment with a greater purpose: raising awareness, expanding education and ensuring more families understand the importance of knowing their sickle cell status.

      The Jamaican American community in South Florida is mourning the loss of respected matriarch and longtime community leader Eulalee “Mama Bax” Bax, who died on June 23, 2026, at the age of 95.

     Tony Brown, the pioneering host and producer of “Tony Brown’s Journal,” a long-running public affairs television show aimed at Black audiences that was notable for its candid and often contentious discussions about race and other politically charged issues, died on June 17 at his home in Newport News, Va. He was 93.