Author: Carma Henry

ROLLING OUT — Crucially, Williams did not read the comment as a real farewell. She said she did not believe Sabalenka truly wanted to leave, calling such an outcome a loss for both the player and the sport.

     The spotlight will shine on some of the best baseball and softball talent in HBCU athletics this weekend as the sixth annual Minority Prospects HBCU All-Star Game returns to Charlotte, North Carolina.

ROLLING OUT — The tournament is the largest in World Cup history, featuring 48 teams divided into 12 four-team groups. Thirty-two teams will advance to the knockout stage, with the top two finishers from each group joined by the eight best third-place teams. The final will be played July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Under the South Florida sun and surrounded by community leaders, elected officials, family members, supporters, and generations of lives she helped shape, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson received one of the highest honors a community can bestow — a street bearing her name. The historic street-renaming ceremony took place Friday in Miami Gardens, where city officials formally dedicated a roadway in honor of the longtime educator, mentor, legislator, and congressional representative. (Miami Gardens)

  Too often, we evaluate leaders, policies, and decisions based on a simple question: “What have they done for me?” While that question may seem reasonable, it can be dangerously incomplete. A leader who does something good for me may not necessarily be good for everyone. Personal favors, individual advantages, and special access can cloud our judgment and prevent us from seeing whether decisions are truly advancing the common good.

       As America prepares to commemorate the anniversary of D-Day on June 6, we rightfully remember the courage of the Allied forces who stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, during one of the most pivotal military operations in world history. Yet, too often left out of the story are the thousands of African American soldiers whose service and sacrifice helped make that victory possible.

      The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who has been arguing in court for 20 years that the mostly white jury that convicted him of capital murder and sentenced him to death was unjustly composed with racial bias.

“Cuba is not an enemy of the United States, nor does it want to be“

       The South Florida entrepreneur now mentors students and creates opportunities for formerly incarcerated workers

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