Author: Carma Henry

  We all have heard the cliche “The real McCoy!”  This trope means authentic or genuine – “The real deal.” Most people don’t know that the phrase comes from the pristine workmanship of a Black man named Elijah McCoy.

     The Biden-Harris 2024 campaign announced 50 Democratic leaders who will serve on the board, including U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost and state Sen. Shevrin Jones. Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will chair the group, which also includes a few former opponents of Biden from the 2020 Democratic primary.

Florida’s low unemployment rate remained unchanged for a third straight month, with new jobs continuing in the fields of professional services, education and health, and hospitality.

  Florida Power & Light customers could see a slight reduction in their bills starting in July, under a request to reduce charges due to a decrease in natural gas costs.

After spending his first five months of life at Broward Health Medical Center, baby Alanie Lettsome graduated from the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and is going home to the island of St. Thomas.

The recent death of a New York homeless person, Jordan Neely, is not merely a reflection of two individuals caught in a Shakespearian tragedy – one, the victim, Mr. Neely and the other, Penny Daniels, the perpetrator of the crime. Rather, this incident is a microcosmic reflection of many White Americans’ view of Black lives. The “Black Lives Matter” slogan was prompted by the realization that George Floyd’s horrific death by a White policeman was a stark representation of many Americans’ subconscious lack of value for the life of a Black American.

Parenting is hard. There’s no play book or guide. When you’re in school there are so many things that you can’t be taught and so you spend a significant portion of your life in a trial-and-error mode. Fortunately for me, my mother lived long enough for me to “get it,” to have an understanding of many of the “whys” we lived through and that I questioned.

     Can you imagine Marjorie Taylor Greene being threatened by anyone?

BankUnited Inc. (NYSE: BKU) recently announced the election of Germaine Smith-Baugh, Ed.D. to its Board of Directors.

     *FPL plans to place 750 overheard powerlines underground across Florida in 2023 as it expands its Storm Secure Underground Program (SSUP)