The Central County Community Development Corporation (CCCDC), a subsidiary of the Urban League of Broward County, announced a $250,000 investment from Bank Leumi USA to fund its Small Business Loan Fund. The fund was established in 2015 to improve access to capital for low-income entrepreneurs and small business owners in low-wealth communities across Florida. […]
As floodwaters and the after-effects of Hurricane Ida ravaged Louisiana, Mississippi, and eventually wreaked havoc in the northeast, FEMA officials announced that there will be significant changes in how they verify the ownership status of disaster relief applicants, noting that the objective in making the changes is to better assist applicants whose property was inherited without a will. […]
On Nov. 5, The Biden administration successfully passed their long-a-waited infrastructure bill. The 78-year-old president gushed about the big victory after the $1.2 trillion piece of legislation passed through the House with a 228-206 vote. […]
Trailing 31-14 with less than 13 minutes left in its first-ever homecoming football game, Florida Memorial University(FMU) needed to do something historic if it was going to rally back to win. […]
Immigration is a Black issue. This phrase became a rallying cry for Black and immigrant communities last month, as the nation witnessed anti-Black racism on full display in Del Rio, Texas. But communities like mine have known the truth behind this phrase for far too long: Although Black immigrants comprise one of the fastest-growing segments of the immigration population, the solutions devised in Washington fail to address the needs of our communities. […]
MONROE Funeral services for the late Steven Llnard Monroe – 54 were held November 6th at James C. Boyd’s Memorial Chapel with Bishop Tony Mitchell officiating. officiating. PITTS Funeral services for the late Errold Fitzgerald […]
ADAMS Funeral services for the Bobby J. Adams – 71 were held November 6th at St. John Missionary Baptist Church. ASHLEY Funeral services for the late Pearlie Mae Ashley – 83 were held November 6th […]
AUSTIN Funeral services for the late Willie Austin, Jr. – 67 were held November 3rd at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. CHAFERS Funeral services for the late Martha Jane Barlow Chafers – 73 were […]
Climate change and environmental destruction will prevail if money prevails as the god that national leaders (and almost all the rest of us) worship, or don’t know how not to worship. Part of indigenous wisdom is not being under the control of this civilized force. What would a world without money — or a world that saw and understood money differently — look like? […]
The myth of redemptive violence is everywhere, a unifying force that keeps gun sales healthy and military contractor’s wealthy. Real violence is everywhere as well, both intentional and accidental, but it’s fragmented and isolated, a sudden moment that shouldn’t have happened, needn’t happened — a human soul is ripped from her loved ones. Such moments bring only shock and grief. […]
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