Author: Carma Henry

     For more than a decade, troubling claims about César Chávez’s sexual abuse were already documented. Miriam Pawel’s 2014 biography, The Crusades of César Chávez, explored both his extraordinary achievements and the darker corners of his personal conduct, including allegations of coercion and sexual abuse. Yet the story remained largely unspoken, held back by reverence, hero worship, and structures that protected power. When a New York Times investigation resurfaced these allegations, for me, sorrow came first — for the women whose lives were scarred, for the movement that carried hope across fields and classrooms, and for the part of me that needed Chávez to be a saint.

     It is the slow, steady erosion of the Black vote. And the question before us is simple: Will we be engaged… or will we be erased?

State Attorney Harold F. Pryor was recognized for his outstanding leadership by the Broward Alliance of Black School Educators during its annual S.L.I.C.E. Conference in Miramar.

     A proposal sponsored by Tom Leek, a Republican from Ormond Beach, has now passed the Senate in back-to-back legislative sessions. But the House version, filed by Kiyan Michael, a Jacksonville Republican, did not receive final approval in either year, effectively stalling the effort.

        His attempt to alter the state’s vaccine policies for schoolchildren failed during the now-concluded legislative session, but Gov. Ron DeSantis said he remains committed to seeing his policies pass before having to leave his post in January 2027.

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Frederick Douglass understood something fundamental: identity is not granted by paperwork. It is asserted through presence, voice and participation. He claimed authorship over his own life in a nation structured to deny it. Today, we are debating whether documentation should determine access to democracy.

    Commissioner Hazelle P. Rogers’ legacy in public service has never been measured by titles or tenure, but by the lives she has touched and the unwavering commitment to people. For more than three decades, she has poured herself into public service not as a profession, but as a calling root in community.

    Bobby, I felt compelled to write you because what I witnessed in him stirred something deeper than admiration—it stirred hope. When Major AIRD arrived at Martin Correctional Facility, he carried a title that demanded authority and respect: Major, overseer of security. But those who have observed his tenure quickly realized he brought more than rank—he brought vision.

   America’s “holy Grail” of exceptionalism is shattered by the shielding of the Epstein files and the diversionary war with Iran. Over a thousand young girls were sexually abused while the perpetrators remain free.  Still, the untimely diversionary  war with Iran injures and kills thousands to change the headline as though it’s merely a video game.

Evil is in his DNA, Dangerous Nonsensical Ambition