Author: Carma Henry

       Nearly 80% of American households engage in some form of spring cleaning at least once a year, making it the perfect time to prepare your home for the warmer months ahead. By proactively making a few easy changes now, you can help keep your energy bill as low as possible when temperatures rise. 

Broward Health is pleased to announce that S&P Global Ratings has upgraded its long-term rating on Broward Health’s 2017B revenue bonds from ‘A-‘ to ‘A+’. Jumping two ratings at S&P is a rare achievement, particularly in today’s healthcare economic landscape, and underscores significant improvements in Broward Health’s financial stability and operational performance. The outlook remains stable.

      If you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), your airways may be inflamed. It may be hard to take deep breaths and get enough oxygen.

     Michael Coker, a pioneering force in HBCU baseball and contributor to Black College Nines, passed away on Tuesday, April 22, after a lengthy battle with pancreatic and prostate cancer, according to the website.

     The Wildcats’ softball team wraps up the regular season with a key Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) series against Jackson State University at Sunnyland Park April 25-26.

       The headlines are oppressively constant with more shootings, more hate crimes, more senseless deaths. The air feels heavy with a thick musty smell of fear and rage. It’s hard to ignore the feeling that we’ve slipped into a lawless, dangerous era trumped with more weapons of human destruction. like a modern-day Wild Wild West where life feels cheaper, and anger burns hotter. But even as the chaos seems to grow louder, I believe there’s still a quieter force like the smell of Jasmine rising in the background: the Booker will of the people to bring us back from the brink.

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The most arduous part of the Florida A&M University presidential search is over.  Now the real work begins.  A weary search committee submitted a list of four candidates to start the next steps in selecting a replacement for Larry Robinson, PhD., who stepped down in July of 2024. Timothy Beard is serving as Interim President.

Broward County School Board Member Brenda Fam has announced her resignation, effective May 1, 2025, citing ongoing hostility, dysfunction within the district, and fiscal irresponsibility as reasons for stepping down.

       How does stress affect your body? According to the Men’s Health Foundation, high stress, poor sleep and eating habits increase the risks of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, depression, and other mental illnesses in men. It can also cause low testosterone and erectile dysfunction.