Author: Carma Henry

     Don’t let all the bad news get you down. True, we’re facing lots of crises, some of which even carry a risk of human extinction (nuclear war, climate change, maybe even AI). But there is hope, and you can start experiencing it simply by chatting with your neighbors.

    The immensity of the carnage in Ukraine, Sudan, and now Israel and Gaza, makes it seem as if the community preached by religious prophets old and new feels beyond the capacity of our species.

     Here’s some advice you probably never got about parenting: Write your child’s name on his or her leg or stomach, so that if — when — your building is bombed, the child can be identified when she’s pulled from the rubble.

     In the wake of the brutal, unconscionable Hamas attack against Israeli Jews, and the decades of deadly oppression the Israeli government has perpetrated against Palestinians, could I ever recognize a sliver of hope? Yes. My broken heart may mend knowing there are Israeli and Palestinian groups looking beyond the decades of bloodshed, to a society based on understanding, respect, and equality. More than a cease fire, may their work, described below, ignite a peace fire.

Nunnie on the Sideline

The Mission Is Possible

     Baltimore officials have agreed to pay $48 million to three Black men wrongfully convicted of a high-profile killing over three decades ago.

Since its inception, officials have secured ten settlement s with financial institutions, facilitating increased credit access for communities of color in various cities, including Houston, Memphis, Philadelphia, and Jacksonville.

A mother whose 6-year-old child was tragically killed in an alleged anti-Muslim attack near Chicago has been released from the hospital. She had endured a horrifying ordeal, being stabbed over a dozen times.

BSO and Sheriff Gregory Tony Award $100,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Broward County