Author: Carma Henry

         Though Donald Trump has sought to eradicate it from government, business, and education, DEI continues to haunt him. Judges have resisted his efforts to end DEI initiatives and policies, and basic principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion remain stubbornly rooted, after decades of struggle for a multiracial democracy, in American cultural soil.

      Sixteen years after the fateful day the United Nations (UN) charter was promulgated in San Francisco, President John F. Kennedy memorably intoned on a return to that city that the UN “remains mankind’s best hope to conquer war, poverty, and disease.” Across subsequent decades this aspiration has been shared by US presidents from Ronald Reagan, who believed that the UN could help “bring about a new day,” to George H.W. Bush, who recognized the UN system as “poised to historic vision of its founders—a world in which nations recognize the shared responsibility for freedom and justice.”

     Freedom of speech is kind of like eggs nowadays – too expensive! For Columbia University, the cost imposed on it by the Trump administration was suddenly $400 million in rescinded federal funding, at least if the speech was pro-Palestinian and critical of Israel. 

     As a person who consumes large amounts of information about peace and conflict in the world, I spend a considerable amount of time talking with people about how the governance of their communities is working. I talk with educators about what they are teaching and how they are teaching it. I speak with strangers while sitting in waiting rooms or on airline flights.

Broward Health is pleased to announce that its President and CEO Shane Strum has been recognized as a top healthcare leader in the prestigious Becker’s Hospital Review. This accolade highlights Strum’s exceptional leadership in steering one of the nation’s 10 largest public healthcare systems, comprising five hospitals and more than 50 locations, supported by an 11,000-member workforce.

Creating an album is no easy feat. Creating one from inside one of the most overcrowded and under-resourced jail systems in the country? Nearly impossible. But that’s exactly what Bending the Bars set out to do. The result is a groundbreaking hip-hop album written and performed by incarcerated artists from Florida’s Broward County Jail that provides a platform for hidden talent and a blueprint for similar projects nationwide. Released on June 11, 2025 by FREER Records, Bending the Bars will also be followed by a documentary detailing its creation. A series of single releases with precede the full album from March 31, 2025. 

       Last week, in an exclusive interview with The Today Show, retired NBA player Dwyane Wade revealed how he discovered his kidney cancer in 2023. When he turned 40, he learned his father had been diagnosed with prostate cancer. “In the discovery of that, I also learned that my grandfather had prostate cancer. This is probably a part of my genetics and my history. Let me go get checked out,” Wade says in a video interview.           

       George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman, died Friday night. He was 76.

       That development came after pages honoring a Black Medal of Honor winner and Japanese American service members were taken down — the Pentagon said that was a mistake — amid the department’s campaign to strip out content singling out the contributions by women and minority groups, which the Trump administration considers “DEI.”

       For B-CU, Jesus Carralero Martin will participate in the men›s game, while Kayla Clark will don the Maroon and Gold in the women›s game.