Author: Carma Henry

     At least 2.2 million delinquent student loan borrowers have seen their credit scores drop by 100 points or more since loan servicers resumed reporting to credit bureaus in the first quarter of this year.

Broward County’s Bridge 2 Life (B2L), a nonprofit operating under the Broward Education Foundation, welcomed national, state, and local leaders for a milestone event as one of only a handful of organizations nationwide—and the only one in Florida—selected to participate in the 2026–2027 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) beta test made possible by the generous support from the Helios Education Foundation.

      For more than a century, Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs) — known collectively as the “Divine Nine” — have been cornerstones of educational, cultural and civic life. In Miami, their chapters raise scholarship funds, mentor young people, and provide school supplies and leadership development to students who often face financial and social barriers.

As the 2025–26 school year begins, Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach — a proud A-rated institution with deep community roots — is welcoming students with new programs, fresh facilities, and a focus on both academic and personal growth. Principal Tavures Williams, now in his fourth year leading the historic campus, sat down for a back-to-school conversation to share what’s ahead for students, families, and the community.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The book is an unapologetic examination of how the horrors of the past—rooted in slavery—continue to manifest in present-day America through police brutality, mass incarceration, economic disparities, and educational inequality.

   Multiple pieces on Tech Policy Press have already unpacked aspects of this moment: the real harms of framing AI as “anti-woke”, how the administration’s “innovation” push is in reality a broad deregulation effort, and how the very attempt to ban “woke AI” exposes the deeply ideological nature of these policies. Building on these conversations, I want to focus on a dimension that often gets overlooked: how this shift in federal AI priorities lands on Black communities, who have been and will continue to be the first to feel the weight of these choices.

       So, the question isn’t only why we give him so much power as well as how long we’re willing to keep doing it. Power doesn’t disappear; it shifts. The same energy used to prop up a failed bill can fuel movements that center people, not personalities. It can lift communities, not walls.

       In its nonstop assault on the most vulnerable Americans, the Trump administration is preparing to impose sweeping cuts to Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a program that provides a lifeline for the nation’s poorest seniors, children, and severely disabled adults. The proposed rule would strip eligibility from hundreds of thousands and slash monthly payments by as much as one-third, even as new data confirms Social Security’s trust funds are facing insolvency within the next decade.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Late on August 14, day four of a military and federal law enforcement occupation of Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered that the Police Chief of Washington, D.C., Chief Pamela Smith, be replaced in the chain of command by Terry Cole, the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

   Our own native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Harriet Gregory, was chosen by Director Mr. Michael Galanes to participate in their Beauty Pageant with other contestants at Broward Mall on June 1, 2025, winning First Place as South Florida Perfect Classic Women 2025 were she went on to Orlanda, Florida, at the Sheraton Lake Buena Vista Resort, where she and other participated with other contestants from July to August 2, where she also won in the Top 10 were she was rewarded and crowned The World Brightest Classis Women on July 30, 2025 as a dream of hope, faith, Believing in never giving up on God who gave me this honor experience, which I am so grateful to give to Him the praise.