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

   A nation cannot exist as both a democracy and an autocracy. One demands accountability, the other demands obedience. One protects the vulnerable; the other protects power. America now stands at that irreversible crossroads—and its current trajectory reveals a disturbing truth.

     For decades, Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell has been known as an entertainer, entrepreneur, youth mentor, and defender of free speech. Now, he’s asking voters to send him to Washington as the next representative for Florida’s 20th Congressional District. But is a lifetime of challenging authority, building community programs, and advocating for South Florida enough to prepare him for Congress?

       The U.S. has emptied the immigration detention camp in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz after the state spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the high-profile facility to support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

       Such was the case at the Juneteenth Diaspora Candlelight Vigil, where history, faith, culture, and ancestry converged into an unforgettable evening of remembrance and celebration. What began with a simple request for permission from an elder evolved into a powerful testament to the enduring spirit of a people whose journey has stretched across continents, centuries, and generations.