Author: Carma Henry

       On the Fourth of July, Donald Trump signed his “megabill.” The law boosts the dying fossil fuel industry with tens of billions of taxpayer dollars. It invites an additional 470 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year by 2035 – that’s the equivalent annual emissions of more than 100 million gas-powered cars. And it aims to stop dead in its tracks the clean energy transition and the green manufacturing jobs boom the Inflation Reduction Act was already starting to create.

     Congressional passage of Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” provides the latest evidence that human greed, despite its primitive nature, remains alive and well.

     When Robert Oppenheimer, the civilian head of the program, informed his boss, the Nobel Prize winning physicist Arthur Compton, about the test’s apocalyptic risk, Compton was appalled. According to Toby Ord in The Precipice (2020), Compton decided, “Unless they came up with a firm and reliable conclusion that our atomic bombs could not explode the air or the sea, those bombs must never be made.” In his memoir Atomic Quest (1956) Compton recalled thinking, “Better to accept the slavery of the Nazis than to run a chance of drawing the final curtain on mankind!”

     I’m still in Appleton, Wisconsin as I write, awaiting my second cataract surgery, right eye, tomorrow. The first one went well. I’m not concerned about number two, at least not in and of itself. But I’ve felt myself plunging into a sense of deeper stress, feeling, with increasing regularity – as I stay here with my loving family – like a shrug of nobody.

      The Ministry of Culture and Community Development in Trinidad and Tobago has joined the national community in mourning the passing of Hansley “Hans” Hanoomansingh — a beloved cultural icon, veteran broadcaster, and former Member of Parliament — who died on Saturday at the age of 83.

(Left to Right) Delvis Rogers, Chapter President; Inductees: Elijah Clark, Jahterious Clarke, Zachasis Aliensy, Jacob Clark, Julian Panza, Kaleb Shanklin, Rahvell Bernardo, Cayden Williams and Anthony…

       Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and United Way Miami proudly celebrated the graduation of the first class from their pilot lineworker pre-apprenticeship program today.

       In communities across the country, and especially right here at home, there’s a phrase that gets passed around with a knowing nod: “Crabs in a bucket.” It’s a metaphor we know well—one crab climbs, the others pull it down. It’s used to describe cycles of jealousy, fear, and control that prevent people from rising.

   In the 40th anniversary season of its prestigious program, Gatorade has anointed Logan Hall of Pembroke Pines Charter High School as the 2024‑25 Gatorade Florida Boys Soccer Player of the Year, the highest individual honor in American high school sports.

       “We’re thrilled to welcome Coach Adams to the Tiger Family,” said Assistant Athletic Director Kimberly Evans. “She’s a dynamic individual and very accomplished as both a player and leader which will undoubtedly energize our student-athletes. We’re confident she’ll elevate our program, continue building a championship culture, and empower our student-athletes to thrive both on the soccer field and in life pursuits.”