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

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Voting rights advocates say this would create enormous hurdles for poor people, rural residents, Black Americans, naturalized citizens, and the nearly 70 million women whose current legal names differ from those on their birth certificates due to marriage.

       Republicans love to talk during their political campaigns and public pronouncements about “saving the children,” yet, to their eternal shame, Florida and many of the other states in the union also have a hunger — specifically, a child hunger — problem.

In Fort Lauderdale, a city rich in both civil rights history and athletic tradition, a proposed historical marker honoring long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has sparked a heated and deeply personal debate—one that underscores the tension between honoring individual achievement and preserving collective memory.

The Fort Lauderdale (FL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated has deepened its commitment to education with an $11,000 contribution to its endowed scholarship fund at Florida Memorial University (FMU), a historically Black university in Miami Gardens, Florida. This latest contribution brings the total fund to over $25,000, further strengthening the chapter’s efforts to address the critical shortage of Black male educators by providing financial support to students pursuing degrees in education.