Author: Carma Henry

Imagine you bank at a financial institution where nobody checks whether the numbers add up, the software hasn’t been updated since 2005, and the company running your account was caught bribing auditors to keep their contract. You’d snatch your coins and run.

  There have been seasons in my life when I felt like a glass filled right to the brim. Work responsibilities. Family obligations. Community commitments. Church. Leadership. Deadlines. Expectations were both spoken and unspoken. I was grateful for all of it. Truly grateful. But if I’m honest, there were moments when I wasn’t just busy, I was full.

       Congresswoman Wilson has been a relentless advocate for the people she served, a champion for education, a defender of working families, and an unwavering voice for those too often overlooked. While many know her for her signature hats, history will remember her for the countless lives she touched through her leadership, compassion, and commitment to justice.

G. Eric Knowles, president and CEO of the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce, has been named the 2026 Florida Small Business Advocate of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration South Florida District Office as part of its National Small Business Week honors.

  While President Trump himself was not a fan of FEMA and campaigned on getting rid of the agency, it was Kristi Noem who sent FEMA into dormancy.  She would not sign releases of emergency funds that frustrated Democrats and Republicans alike.  It was the threats by Republican congressmen and Senators that really brought this to light as it not just being another dysfunctional relationship between the country’s two major parties.  Real disasters in the areas these elected officials left their constituents looking at them for answers and they pressed Trump for a resolution.

   The so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center could be pumping hundreds of tons of toxic gases into the atmosphere without a permit, Florida environmentalists suing the state claimed in a new court filing.

     The history of America is not credible without examining the enduring influence of white supremacy as both an ideology and a political plot. At its core, ideology has historically pursued two objectives. First, it promoted the belief that white people occupied a superior position within society. Second, and perhaps more as a deceitful and  delusional strategy, it sought to convince poor and working-class white Americans that they shared a common destiny with wealthy white elites. Despite they often suffered the same economic hardships experienced by Black Americans and other marginalized groups.

       Can’t we establish a common cause organized body that shows no fraternal or sororetal affiliation but is guided by the principles of Black Unity? More specifically Voting Unity, Candidates selection unity,

       But what is often overlooked is that, across the planet, most people favor a very different way of engaging with the world. In late 2025, Focaldata, a major research company commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation, conducted a landmark survey of 36,405 people across 34 countries. The resulting report, Demanding Results: Global Views on International Cooperation, revealed that 55 percent of people worldwide “believe their country should cooperate on global challenges even if it means compromising on national interests.” If international cooperation was proven to solve global problems, public support jumped to 75 percent. Respondents viewed such cooperation as essential for food and water security, jobs, health, trade, and climate.

Suffering And Frustration Continue Because The Iran War Won’t End.