Author: Carma Henry

NNPA NEWSWIRE — While the policies aim to bolster what the administration calls “American values and safety,” they carry profound implications for Black Americans and other marginalized communities.

NNPA NEWSWIRE — A large swath of the 62 members of the Congressional Black Caucus who were invited to the ceremonies chose to observe the National King Day away from the nation’s capital.

        Legacy Ball founder Audrey Warren, still on cloud nine after detailing the overwhelming support from the West Park/Carver Ranches community, symbolically passed the mic to Cynthia Strachan-Saunders, but only after Stephanie Bevel extolled Cynthia’s special talent as a historian, which led to her publishing, Promises from the Palmetto Bush, a detailed account of Carver Ranches’ genesis as a community.

NNPA NEWSWIRE — we acknowledge the transformative contemporary benefit to the amplification of the strategic importance of the Black Press that will be rendered by the courage and professional effectiveness of April Ryan.

Today, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and United Way Miami proudly welcomed the first class of students to the pilot Pre-Apprenticeship Program, which will prepare them with technical skills and knowledge required for a potential career as lineworkers.

“No matter who’s in the White House, they’re not daddy,” Chavis remarked with a decisive rebuke of the congressman.

President Donald Trump’s flurry of first-day executive actions included a slew of orders related to health, energy, international relations and the federal workforce.

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Biden’s broad act of clemency also included others like Don Scott, the current Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, who transformed a past drug conviction into a catalyst for advocacy in criminal justice reform. Ravi Ragbir, an immigrant rights activist; Kemba Smith Pradia, a former drug offense convict turned prison reform advocate; and Darryl Chambers, a Delawarean who now studies and writes about gun violence prevention, were also granted clemency.

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The preemptive pardons, described by Biden, aim to prevent the “baseless and politically motivated investigations” that could harm the reputations and finances of those targeted. He emphasized, “Even when individuals have done nothing wrong—and in fact have done the right thing—the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances.”

   After serving as a pillar of business advocacy and development for over half a century, the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce has reached a defining moment: securing its first permanent headquarters in Liberty City.