Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

       The Divine Nine are nine historically Black Greek-letter fraternities and sororities founded in the early 1900s during a time when Black students were excluded from white organizations on college campuses. Many of their founders were shaped by church, scripture, and Christian values. These organizations were not formed to replace faith. They were formed to cultivate scholarship, character, service, and community uplift.

       The persistent U.S. maternal healthcare crisis is increasingly putting midwives in the spotlight as being part of the all-hands-on-deck approach to reducing the number of women having pregnancy related complications that too often include death.

       America’s greatest national security threats are not limited to foreign armies, cyberattacks, or nuclear weapons. Two dangers are quietly converging from within: a mounting national debt,  and the gradual weakening of the constitutional balance among the branches of government. Together, these forces threaten America’s economic independence, democratic safeguards, and long-term sovereignty.