Author: Carma Henry

     Officials from the Florida State Board of Education recently released a new history standard that has caused an uproar in the education community. The standard includes controversial language that claims, “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

     Ol’ Pete wants New Pete to know that we are observing and taking notes. ALL means ALL. And when he says ALL children, that includes Black, Brown, Muslim, Jewish, LGBTQIA+, and poor children.

The Montgomery police have announced the issuance of arrest warrants for three individuals involved in a significant brawl that occurred at the Alabama riverfront dock.

Nunnie on the Sideline

Ken Riley has made a home at the Pro Football Hall of Fame

  Mountmentum, a relatively new term, references a collaborative effort of three historic Black churches in the northwest section of Broward County: Mt. Bethel Baptist, the New Mt. Olive Baptist  and  Mt. Hermon AME.

     Broward Health Community Health Services is offering free immunizations and low-cost physical exams for uninsured children (ages 4 to 18) at two community health centers during its “Mobilize to Immunize” event.

    When my niece was born in 1990, my sister was told that her daughter has the sickle cell trait, which was not a total surprise since it was known that she and the father had the trait as well as both of their parents.

     Leprosy, officially called Hansen’s disease, is a rare type of bacterial infection that attacks the nerves and can cause swelling under the skin. The new research paper, published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, found that reported cases doubled in the Southeast over the last 10 years.

 Disingenuously, President Biden is  relegated as too old to run again  for the 2024  presidency. Amazingly, members of the democratic party have joined the chorus of Republicans marking Biden as a senior citizen liability for the world’s most powerful democracy. But the truth of  the matter is, what they really fear is that if something should happen to Biden, America gets its first Black woman  Vice President to achieve another first.