Florida International University sophomore Oumy Diop is on the cusp of realizing her lifelong dream as she prepares to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Born and raised in Grenoble, France, to Senegalese parents, Diop will proudly represent Senegal in the 100-meter butterfly event.
Author: Carma Henry
Carma Henry
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The thousands of red MAGA hat wearers at a Donald Trump rally symbolize a vote for Trump and personify the words of Benjamin Franklin.
The Unspoken
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, known as SLAPP suits for short, are a type of lawsuit intended to silence or punish people who speak out on matters of public interest. They often attack protected free speech and have mostly been used by powerful and wealthy interests to harass. The suits are usually not built to win in court, but rather to leverage the deep pockets of those filing the suits to bully less wealthy groups and individuals and force them to divert their time and resources to defending themselves in court. This is a tactic increasingly used by the fossil fuel industry and other corporate polluters to suffocate environmental activism and advocacy.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democrat nominee, has a history of proposing sound affordable housing plans that resonate with voters. Given how much attention voters are paying to this issue, she should quickly make them a central part of her campaign platform.
Two Wars with No Way Out
The Research & Development (R&D) spending is $72.6 million, according to Charles Weatherford, Ph.D., vice president for Research.
Broward County has been recognized with an impressive 29 Awards of Excellence from the National Association of County Information Officers (NACIO) in 2024. The county’s aviation department took top honors with the prestigious Best of Show award for its Holiday Travel Advisories public outreach campaign.
According to the campaign, ever since President Biden selflessly stepped aside, enthusiasm for Vice President Kamala Harris has been high. Across the country, volunteers are offering their time including in critical battleground states, and Americans have broken fundraising records as a broad coalition comes together to support VP Harris by donating over $81 million in one day, with 60% of the 880,000 donors giving for the first time this election. This signals strong enthusiasm to stop the Trump/Vance campaign and their extremist Project 2025 agenda.
The National Park Service today awarded $10,670,000 to 15 projects in eight states as part of the Historic Preservation Fund’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant program, which focuses on the repair of historic structures on the campuses of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).