Author: Carma Henry

     Although the decision is extremely controversial, and there is much to be said about the High Court’s rationale, the intent of this commentary is not to question the wisdom or legal efficacy of the recent decision but to address what I consider the decision’s redeeming value and potential positive impact on HBCUs.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a controversial measure that directs transportation officials to determine if a waste byproduct from the fertilizer industry could be used in building roads.

As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency and accountability, the Broward Sheriff’s Office has published the 2021-22 Annual Report detailing how we protect and serve the community. In its pages, you will find the facts, from the crime-fighting statistics specific to your city to the bold agency-wide initiatives benefitting residents and visitors in Broward County.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a measure that will overhaul the state’s alimony laws, after three vetoes of similar bills and a decade of emotional clashes over the issue.

ACOSTA Funeral services for the late Jeremy Acosta were held June 23rd at AGS Multipurpose Center. BLUE Funeral services for the late Bruce Blue, Sr., were…

ANDERSON Funeral services for the late Alberga Anderson – 92 were held July 1st at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. MINCEY Funeral services for the…

‘Test Your Bible Knowledge’

     The idiom “Stay Woke” is the popular phrase du jour. Lost in the banter between the Right and Left is the Black history story of these words. The words began as a cautionary Negro warning in the post Emancipation, Jim Crow era. Succinctly defined, it was a warning to be mindful of every detail going on when you were amongst White folks.

Recent SCOTUS decisions abolishing Affirmative Action, allowing public entities to discriminate against the LGBTQ community (ruling on a fictional, bogus case that shouldn’t have been heard), and prohibiting President Biden from offering relief to students burden with college debt simply fortifies my contention that conscientious student/athletes should strongly consider selecting and attending universities in states that believe in democracy, DEI – diversity, equity and inclusion – and the American dream for all juxtaposed to states with governors, senators, congress persons and politicians who consistently and insidiously vote against minority interests.

     Jackson’s disapproval could easily be summed up in a single and precise sentence: “Our country has never been colorblind.”