Author: Carma Henry

       School Board Partners’ (SBP) latest paper, Fulfilling Promises: What America’s School Boards Actually Need to Succeed identifies three core challenges that hinder the effectiveness of school boards nationwide: a lack of representation, a lack of role clarity, and a lack of training and resources. To address these obstacles, we need to ensure school boards are more representative of the students they serve, provide clear guidance on the responsibilities of board members, and dignify the role of board members through professional development and effective governance resources.

       As a child of Holocaust survivors, the president’s public displays of callousness chill me. His proud, unapologetic heartlessness reminds me how humans are capable of unspeakable brutality. Yale University psychology professor Paul Bloom describes cruelty as even worse than dehumanization. Dehumanization is what enables soldiers to enter into battle and kill without moral paralysis. By contrast, Bloom writes, “cruelty is when you act fully aware of the humanity of the persons you are mistreating or humiliating. In fact, that’s the whole point.” 

The Destructiveness of “America First” Begins at Home

       Few designers have reshaped the sneaker industry the way Devlin Carter has. The founder of SIA Collective, Carter has built a brand that is not only creating some of the highest-quality sneakers on the market but is also challenging the status quo of sneaker culture, corporate control, and the way independent designers operate.

        Arlington National Cemetery has stripped content from its website related to Black veterans, the Civil War, and other information involving Black history to comply with the Trump administration’s attack on DEI.

       It’s amaz-ing how His-Story manages to forget certain factual details. To wit, the Moors’ sophisticated contributions to Europe, centuries before those same Europeans decided to enlighten anyone else. The logic, of course, is duplicitous: ignore centuries of Black achievements, then declare slavery a “favor” to those ignorant Africans. To Black people, who had built empires and advanced civilizations, saying slavery elevated us is almost a “Trumpian” insult. The Moors, with their scientific and architectural marvels, must be rolling in their graves. But why let facts get in the way of a good, self-serving myth? 

Junior Bridgeman, a former NBA player and billionaire businessman, has died at 71 years old after a medical emergency. With a net worth exceeding $1 billion, he was reportedly the second richest NBA player after Michael Jordan. He owned and operated more than 160 Wendy’s restaurants and about 120 Chili’s franchises

       Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Mr. Hawkins holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, where he pledged Phi Beta Sigma. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami and a Master’s degree in Social Work and Public Administration from Florida State University.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The event will highlight his new book, “The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Overcoming the 500-Year Legacy,” co-authored with award-winning journalist Stacy M. Brown

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Operations-Valley Bureau saw a 28% drop, while communities involved in the Gang Reduction and Youth Development program and the Community Safety Partnership recorded a 40% decline in homicides.