Local News

“Slave to the Touch”

Artist Commentary” This piece reveals our dependability on our phones; to bring us out of the quagmire of depression that threatens to sink us into oblivion. The red threads is the lifetime that we are connected to through our touch screens and how our phones can influence our very lives. […]

National News

She Bought Freedom for Herself and Other Slaves

Alethia Browning Tanner saved enough money to purchase her freedom in 1810. “The total amount, thought to have been paid in installment, was $1,400. In 1810. $1, 400 was a significant amount; about the equivalent of three year’s earnings for an average skilled tradesperson,” attucksadams.com researchers surmised. […]

Local News

Wilson Works With Biden to Make Miami Dade College a Mass Vaccination Site

       The good news is that the Biden-Harris administration has helped make possible a mass vaccination site on the north campus of Miami Dade College, which will significantly increase access to this life-saving medication. It is in keeping with the president’s commitment to creating sites that can responsibly handle large volumes of people seeking vaccines and to increase access to low-income and minority communities. […]

Local News

Black History Is The Story Of Pioneers Who Hustle & Expand In Spite Of It All…. 

     Happy Black History Month to my Westside Gazette family! Let the final days of this twenty-eight (28) day celebration of Black Heritage be the energy you keep all 2021 (20WON). Choose to expand your thoughts, impact your community and make history. Oh, and read Expansion on the Frontier. I have so many golden nuggets to share with you as we face our own personal frontiers together. […]