Author: Carma Henry

     “The ban on menthol cigarettes has been controversial and some have said that it was racist to look to ban menthol cigarettes while some have said it was racist not to ban menthol cigarettes,” says Patrick Reynolds, CEO of the nonprofit Tobacco Free Earth. “I’m on the side that says it’s racist not to ban menthol cigarettes.”

Less than two weeks after President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, where he emphasized a vision for economic fairness for the middle class, the Republican Study Committee, representing most of the House GOP, has unveiled a plan that slashes Medicare, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) while favoring tax cuts for the wealthy.

Highly regarded and recognized as one of the preeminent federally qualified community health care centers in the nation, the Board of Directors at Jessie Trice Community Health System (JTCHS) have selected Ryan Hawkins as their new President and Chief Executive Officer.

  The world has suffered the most unimaginable, horrific, and hideous war crimes throughout history. Yet only to cry out, never again must we standby idly, heads bowed, hands wriggling, and with a look of despair. Hitler orchestrated the Holocaust, murdered millions of Jews and countless others he considered misfits.

        The kids not only lived in a cloud of despair but in a cloud of lead-infused dust. The former made achieving their dreams difficult. The latter made it impossible. Fast forward a few decades and the threat of lead poisoning has continued to manifest in public health crises. It was at the heart of the well-publicized water crisis in Flint, Michigan that started in 2014 … and the subsequent not-as-well-publicized water crises in Benton Harbor, MI and Pittsburgh, PA just a few short years later.

AFTER “THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN”

Successful media and lifestyle entrepreneur Rodney Henry in acquisition deal with Erik Tazzari of Tazzari Group, Italy – Will expand operations and bring manufacturing to the U.S.

     But fair housing for whom? While homeownership has been the primary means for most American families to build and pass on inter-generational wealth, Blacks rank last in their ability to achieve the wealth-building benefits of buying a home.

     Throughout his career as an African American scientist and academic, Carroll encountered many challenges but never allowed them to deter him from his goals, embracing a credo by Thoreau that he often quoted: “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”

Lt. Cmdr. Erik Knebel, a native of Hollywood, Florida, recently participated in Exercise Keen Edge 2024 while serving the U.S. Navy in Japan.