Author: Carma Henry

       TMZ, which reported the news this week, indicated it was unclear whether Davis was a homicide victim or sustained self-inflicted injuries.

Nunnie on the Sideline

       The first day of the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships has concluded with many HBCU competitors punching their ticket to the finals.

       Moise’s decision comes amid growing concerns among many political observers and community leaders that Black and Brown political influence in South Florida is being challenged at a time when voting rights, representation, and district control remain at the center of national debate.

        Florida’s newly signed congressional map is reshaping the state’s political landscape, with advocates warning it could alter voting power for years, particularly in Black communities.

      A Florida school district has fired a middle school teacher after investigating a viral video of her hanging a Black baby doll by wrapping a cord around its neck in the front of a classroom full of students.

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Tiphanee Lee, an African American mother from Louisville, Kentucky, is seeking answers after alleging her 7-year-old non-verbal autistic son faced abuse at school. She says a hidden recording device she placed in her son’s hair revealed an alleged classroom abuse incident.

Since 2019, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican-led legislature have rolled back many of Florida’s basic civil rights protections. Although minorities have been most directly affected, David Jolly, the Democrat running to succeed the term-limited DeSantis, argues that all Floridians are harmed. “I don’t think the disparate impact of prejudicial and racist policies from the last 100 years has disappeared or that we’ve reached a moment of real equality and equity,” he said. “I think that disparate impact is still very real today.”

     There’s a persistent gap in healthcare performance among Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American patients in Florida and their white counterparts.