Author: Carma Henry

Marva Johnson would win a unanimous vote of the Florida Board of Governors, but that came after another grueling round of stakeholder testimony opposing her appointment as  Florida A&M University president. All thirteen alumni, students, and faculty denounced her candidacy, qualifications, and the selection process that brought her to the post that would pay her nearly $900,000.00 annually. 

        A Black woman walked out of a North Carolina auto shop after employees appeared to mock Juneteenth.

       During a June 17 media briefing, Catholic health system executives shared details about the conversations taking place on Capitol Hill and what signals they’re picking up as lawmakers push to move the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to President Donald Trump’s desk by July 4.

        The Miami City Commission voted Tuesday to shift municipal elections to even-numbered years to coincide with state and federal contests. The 3-2 vote advances a proposal that would delay the city’s upcoming November election until 2026, effectively extending the terms of current commissioners — including those facing term limits — without requiring voter approval.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The historically diverse statewide ticket in Virginia includes an openly gay Republican white male, a Black male attorney from Norfolk, a Jamaican-born U.S. Marine corps veteran, a Muslim woman born in India, a white woman who was a CIA officer and a Cuban American Republican.

     Our nation’s top health officials are sounding the alarm on federal nutrition policy. They’re right to be concerned. Rates of diet-related diseases — including obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, and iron-deficiency anemia — continue to rise. Anemia alone affects 10 million Americans, causing chest pain, headaches, and fatigue. Left untreated, it can lead to serious heart problems, premature births, and stunted growth in infants and children.

     This action flies in the face of the U.S. government’s lengthy record of humanitarian assistance to people of other nations whose lives had been blighted by war, poverty, and illness. From the Marshall Plan to rebuild war-devastated Europe, to Senator George McGovern’s Food for Peace project to feed the hungry, to massive international public health campaigns to eradicate global diseases, U.S. aid programs have played an important role in alleviating human suffering around the world.

     Shouts and cheers, honking horns, people banging on drums. Oshkosh! No kings – at least not today. I’m with my sister and great nephew, attending the nearest national rally, about 20 miles south of their home in Appleton, Wisconsin. I’m up here with them because I’m getting cataract surgery (left eye tomorrow), but what the heck, Saturday is open. Let’s go to the No Kings rally.

   It was all for a good cause – raising dollars to fund scholarships and veteran journalist Cheryl Smith has been hosting the Don’t Believe the Hype Celebrity Bowl-a-thon since 1995, taking a brief hiatus during COVID.

        Amber Fullwood, a standout in the storied history of Florida A&M University softball, is receiving a major league honor from her hometown team. The Tampa Bay Rays will celebrate Fullwood on August 22 during their “FAMU Night with the Rays” game, where she will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.