Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

     The racial divide in America is alive. It’s approaching points as violent as those that led to the Civil War. Social progress has inflamed Republicans’ lust for power. MAGA followers’ hatred toward Black people and others of color remains as destructive as a stick of dynamite. Unfortunately, Trump holds an ignitable fuse in one hand and controls the detonator switch with the other.

     The city’s former top cop, in a whistleblower lawsuit alleging wrongful termination, retaliation and political corruption, claims former Mayor Matthew Pigatt and former Commissioners John Riley and the late Alvin Burke, tried to sway police personnel decisions, interfered with investigations, violated the city charter and intimidated officers who enforced the law against friends and relatives.

     A commercial brand of mouthwash can help control gonorrhea bacteria in e mouth, and daily use may offer a cheap and easy way to reduce the spread of the sexually transmitted disease, a small study from Australia contends.

     The Board of Directors selected African American Christopher Hill, National PAL’s immediate past President, to be its new CEO. “I’m honored to accept this role, continuing to lead National PAL through an exciting period of expansion,” Hill said. “We have an amazing story to tell, helping thousands of kids every year in hundreds of PAL chapters, changing young lives, and preventing crime through athletic team building, mentoring, and community service.”