Led by Mr. Shawn Rochester, MEOA’s Chairman and CEO, and Ms. Robin Watkins, its Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, the blank check company will focus its business combination search and transactions on historically undercapitalized minority-owned/controlled businesses in various industry sectors across the country. […]
*The Florida Department of Health has suspended daily case and vaccine reports. The department will instead post weekly updates. The numbers reported here reflect the number of new cases and deaths for the previous week, August 27 – September 2. […]
The Florida Democratic Party (FDP) named U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Winter Park, Fla., as Chair of its Democracy and Voter Protection Program. In this role, Murphy will work with the FDP voter protection staff, party leadership, and elected officials to protect democracy by combating voter suppression and disinformation. […]
We are all humans and we can’t rest on the thought that we are safe in our own circles, but when you publicly interact with others the homeless and everyone else become a part of your circle. So why wouldn’t we make a maximum effort to ensure that the less fortunate are informed and educated about the life-threatening act of not getting vaccinated? […]
It takes a small amount of conscious observation to see what types of media is allowed online. It takes but a moment to venture into your memory bank to recall what was and wasn’t allowed on television in the past. It doesn’t take long to conclude that the rules governing what is considered appropriate content has become more lenient over time. This is evident in all forms of media, as the music, television shows, movies and now online imagery and videos all have gradually allowed more content that was censored in the past. But why is there such a difference in what is allowed on the radio today than just 60 years ago? […]
The news of Impact Church in Jacksonville losing six members to COVID-19 made national headlines and spread throughout the faith community, causing many to further encourage their members to get vaccinated against COVID-19. […]
Turnovers Haunt FMU; Lions Fall to Rival St. Thomas University Two second-half turnovers put Florida Memorial in a tough position that it couldn’t rally back from MIAMI GARDENS, FL – Florida Memorial University found […]
Jaumarcus McFarland, a student-athlete who was enrolled at Champion Prep Academy in Atlanta, sadly died when an elevator collapsed, trapping him in between floors for more than an hour. The incident happened at the 444 Suites Student Housing in Northeast Atlanta, a building that is reportedly used as temporary housing for students at Clark Atlanta University, an HBCU. […]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open “Reckoning with Remembrance: History, Injustice and the Murder of Emmett Till” as a monthlong display of the bullet-ridden sign that was placed by the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi in remembrance of Emmett Till through Oct. 5. […]
At least three major banks have decided to opt out of a new process for getting Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven directly by the Small Business Administration, The Intercept has learned, leaving their small business customers with no other recourse if the banks refuse to forgive loans or drag out the process. […]
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