Author: Carma Henry

Carma Lynn Henry Westside Gazette Newspaper 545 N.W. 7th Terrace, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33311 Office: (954) 525-1489 Fax: (954) 525-1861

        Americans are not merely awaiting the celebration of the 250-year celebration. They are witnessing   an organized conspiracy to political murder  democratic foundations of the nation itself. The alleged motive behind this attempted political murder of democracy is rooted in a desperate determination to halt America’s gradual movement toward becoming a more inclusive and genuinely representative union. For the conspirators, the growing political participation of Black people, immigrants, women, and marginalized communities is perceived not as democratic progress, but as a threat to a long-protected hierarchy of racial and political dominance. What fuels America’s diabolic racism?

   Although Donald Trump has never been modest about his abilities or reluctant to exercise personal power, during his second term in office he has shown clear signs of megalomania.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE—Southern University Lab School in Baton Rouge shows how Black communities built educational pathways after Jim Crow exclusion, raising a larger question: why aren’t more HBCUs building K–12 pathways of their own?

       Wake me when the credits roll, because this can’t possibly be the same world that spent decades moving forward—through hard-fought progress championed by Democrats and Republicans alike—only to now watch so much of that progress unravel. This is the same world that once advanced human rights, environmental stewardship, and a shared sense of public decency. Yet somehow, it now feels as though we are living in a version of society many never imagined we would see.

        After gutting FEMA staffing and budgets, the Trump administration is reversing course as hurricane season nears. But former employees warn the agency is still dangerously unprepared for disasters that disproportionately impact Black communities.

   Omega men from Fort Lauderdale’s Zeta Chi Chapter and Pompano Beach’s Eta Nu Chapter worshipped together in celebration of the historic 120th Anniversary of Mt. Hermon AME Church in Fort Lauderdale — a beacon of hope for the greater Broward Black community during the dark days of segregation, Jim Crow, and the ominous presence of the Ku Klux Klan.

     “The old protect the young. The young protect the old.” Those prophetic words are also the premise of this Star Wars chapter. It’s perhaps the most visually disappointing film in the franchise.  Still, it’s filled with enough commotion to capture and keep action/adventure audiences intrigued and satisfied.