Author: Carma Henry

The global icon lit up the Watsco Center with a high-energy performance Monday night honoring those lost to HIV/AIDS, supporting those living with HIV/AIDS, and raising awareness

       Lavita’s small rural community in Clewiston, where she has lived and worked for years, heard about this opportunity and unbeknownst to her began to share gifts of love towards her trip.   Many said “we just want to be a part of helping Lavita represent our collective values on the global stage. This was our chance to give back and help her share her vision with the world.”

School board approves Superintendent Alex Marrero’s consolidation plan in effort to stave off budget crisis

A Trump spokesperson, Steven Cheung, said the incoming president has made it clear that ending DEI policies is a top priority and that Americans have voted to favor these changes. Vice President-elect JD Vance has also supported efforts to abolish federal DEI programs and repeal Biden-era protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

       Over the past three years, a rash of bans on best-practice medical care has swept the country. Now, more than three-quarters of transgender youth live in states that have introduced bans on their medical care, and more than one-third of trans youth live in states where these bans have been enacted. Civil rights lawyers have challenged these bans in more than a dozen lawsuits on behalf of trans youth and their families. Due to their litigation efforts and the support of the U.S. Department of Justice, trans youth will have their day in court on December 4, 2024, when the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti. Skrmetti will make history as the first time that an openly transgender lawyer will argue before the Supreme Court.

       Ngumezi, a mother of two, suffered a miscarriage at 11 weeks on June 11, 2023 and experienced heavy bleeding. Nurses said Ngumezi was “passing large clots the size of grapefruit.” Due to the excess bleeding, Ngumezi had two blood transfusions in the emergency room at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital.

       The twice-yearly shot was 100% effective in preventing HIV infections in a study of women, and results published Wednesday show it worked nearly as well in men.

The illness, a milder form of pneumonia, is affecting children in unprecedented numbers, with cases rising since June, according to Nationwide Children’s Hospital.  By Stacy M.…

  America has long espoused a selective and often contradictory morality. It is crucial for voters to scrutinize the immorality within President-elect Trump’s agenda, including Project 2025. By understanding the relationship between morality, immorality, and consequentialism—a philosophy that evaluates actions based on their outcomes—voters can better assess whether policies serve the greater good.

       Supposedly, the acronym comes from Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency, the Doge. Whatever. When Heather Cox Richardson says the name of the pending Musk/Ramaswamy agency, she pronounces it doggy. She’s authoritative enough for me.