Author: Carma Henry

       In 2020, as the nation reckoned with systemic racism in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, the U.S. Department of Defense took a long-overdue step: initiating the process to rename military bases that bore the names of Confederate generals — men who fought to preserve slavery and divide the Union.

This Independence Day, Remember Fighting Back is America’s Great Tradition

      It’s late afternoon, and most of the cars are pulling out of the parking lot behind a nondescript office building in Whippany, New Jersey, as I arrive. Our small group has been gathering here since March, so we know the drill. After some quick greetings, we pop our trunks and unload. There are flags, banners, signs, bungee cords, rolls of tape, noisemakers, and, most important of all, letters. A stack of black, 20-by-30-inch foam boards, each bearing a single white letter, has been carefully prearranged to spell out the day’s message.

      In the aftermath of the U.S. government’s military strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities, it is easy to assume that Iran and the United States will never come to diplomatic terms over Iran’s nuclear future. President Donald Trump reportedly decided to launch the strikes partly because he had become increasingly frustrated with Iran for not responding to the latest proposal for a nuclear deal.

     Following Trump’s comment, other less grand assessments of the US strikes have been offered, ranging from “enormous damage” and “severe damage” to the Ayatollah Ali Khomeini’s insistence that “nothing at all” was seriously damaged. Accompanying these assessments of what bombing accomplished are wide-ranging predictions of how badly Iran’s nuclear program has been set back: a few months, several months, several years. All these assessments and predictions obscure a simple fact: Iran still has the human and technical resources to produce a nuclear weapon at some point in the future, and now with greater incentive than ever to do so.

       Liberalism is the political and social philosophy that promotes democracy, freedom, civil liberties, and limited government intervention. The goal of Christian Nationalism is to restrict freedom and civil liberties through government intervention. And so Christian Nationalism is fundamentally opposed to Liberalism. In this context, one can understand the hate-filled anti-liberal rhetoric of the Christian right. But it is liberalism’s freedoms that made America a great nation. Restricting freedom diminishes us.

       Black-owned businesses across America are fighting for survival as a perfect storm of economic challenges threatens to wipe out years of progress in minority entrepreneurship. Rising tariffs, persistent inflation and shifting political landscapes have created an increasingly hostile environment for these enterprises, forcing many to make difficult decisions about their future.

With deep sorrow and heavy hearts, we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend, Betty Jean “Lil Sis” Robinson Boyd, who entered her eternal heavenly home on Thursday, June 19, 2025, at the age of 80. She passed peacefully in her home surrounded by family in Bracey, Virginia. 

   The City of Fort Lauderdale has officially recognized the exceptional contributions of two longtime community leaders, Mr. David Nuby and Mr. John Wimberly, by proclaiming June 29, 2025, as David Nuby and John Wimberly Day. This honor celebrates their lifelong dedication to public service, education, mentorship, and community empowerment throughout Florida.

       A brother and sister are running against each other for a Florida Senate seat, and their mother has already chosen a side.