Author: Carma Henry

     Trump, as the AFL-CIO noted, targeted Medicare and Medicaid for $1 trillion in funding cuts, eroded the Affordable Care Act (thereby increasing the number of Americans lacking health insurance coverage by 7 million), and “made workplaces more dangerous by rolling back critical federal safety regulations.” Trump’s administration not only refused to publicly disclose fatality and injury data reported to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), but slashed the number of federal workplace safety inspectors and inspections to the lowest level in that agency’s 48-year history. According to one estimate, with these depleted numbers, it would take 165 years to inspect every worksite in the United States.

     Daytona State College (DCS) has received a $15,000 grant from Bank of America that will be used to help students in the college’s Education program as they prepare to take state-mandated teaching certification tests.  

The Second Baptist Church of Los Angeles (SBCLA) has posted a notice of pulpit vacancy for a Senior Pastor to lead their traditional African American congregation into the next phase of the 21st century. Founded in 1885, SBCLA has enjoyed an uninterrupted presence in the Los Angeles community for 139 years. For the past 37 years, the church has been under the leadership of the Reverend Doctor William Saxe Epps and First Lady Agretta Epps.

        Wallace “Wally” Amos, the entrepreneur and founder of Famous Amos cookies who later became a children’s literary advocate, died on Tuesday at the age of 88, his family said.

       Mr. Henry Graham, founder of LES – Liberia Economic and Social  Development, Inc. -will be honored and celebrated for his 4 decades of community service in the South Broward/Hollywood area of Broward County. The celebration, hosted by LES and the Liberia Civic Association, titled “ Portrait of a Public Servant “ will be held on Saturday, August 24, at Tropical Acres Steak House, 2500 Griffin Road, Dania, Fl. The celebration will begin promptly at 4:30 p.m. The tickets cost $60 and can be purchased on Eventbright. The attire is semi-formal.

       A Florida jury on Friday found a 60-year-old white woman guilty of manslaughter with a firearm for fatally shooting an unarmed Black mother during an ongoing dispute over children playing near her home.

       Sherman Lee Butler, 45, was shot and killed July 12 by a bailiff, who is an independent contractor with Detroit’s 36th District Court, when Butler failed to vacate his Palmer Park apartment when his lease ended, said Marc Landau, the attorney for the Manderson Road apartment complex.

       The research, which Eden King, the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Psychological Sciences at Rice University, led, sought to ascertain whether doctors use biased language when describing patients in post-visit reports. “Language and communication are central to social interactions across cultures, including the critical exchanges that occur between clinicians and patients,” King stated. “Our study sought to uncover whether the words physicians use in health records reflect biases, and the results are concerning.”

     In a revealing and disturbing revelation, it appears that the mainstream media—once seen as the last line of defense against political corruption—may be bending to the will of Donald Trump. Multiple prominent news outlets, including Politico, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, have reportedly been handed confidential material from within the Trump campaign, including a detailed vetting report on JD Vance, Trump’s vice-presidential pick. Yet, instead of reporting on the contents, these outlets have chosen to keep the information under wraps.  The Associated Press noted that the decision is even more startling given the media’s aggressive coverage of the 2016 election, where hacked emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign were relentlessly published and scrutinized. “Back then, there was no hesitation to dive into the details of the leaked communications, despite the clear involvement of Russian operatives,” the Associated Press noted. But in 2024, when the Trump campaign’s internal documents land in their laps, the same outlets are suddenly squeamish, raising serious questions about their integrity and motivations.  Politico acknowledged receiving emails from a mysterious figure named “Robert” that included a 271-page campaign document on JD Vance and a partial vetting report on Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who was also considered for the vice presidential slot. Both Politico and The Washington Post confirmed the authenticity of the documents but have chosen to focus on the potential origins of the leak rather than the damning content within.

Aug. 16, 2024 – Perdue Foods LLC, a Perry, Ga. establishment, is recalling approximately 167,171 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken breast nugget and tender products that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.