Author: Carma Henry

       Reading that parable alongside Luke 13 and 14, I cannot help asking: Has America become so comfortable in its own pig pen that we have forgotten what coming to our senses looks like?

Joining the 2026 Howard University Hall of Fame class is Norma McGraw, a Broward County native and Piper High School graduate who parlayed her academic and athletic accomplishments into a volleyball scholarship to arguably the preeminent historically Black college or university (HBCU) in America.

    “Pup or Treat is an opportunity to bring our community together while helping more shelter pets find loving homes,” said Doug Brightwell, Broward County Animal Care Director. “We’re inviting families to enjoy the festivities, treat their pets to something special, and consider opening their hearts and homes to an animal in need. With adoption fees waived, it’s an especially good time to welcome a new companion.”

       Twenty-two days before a national election, with early ballots already being cast, federal agents arrived at the home of a sitting member of Congress with a search warrant.

       In a speech titled, The President and the Press, delivered before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, April 27, 1961, US President John F. Kennedy said, “The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings.

        Republican leaders are so desperate now that they make grave mistakes and stoop to lies and their habitual conspiracies.

       Yet here we are, more than 20 years later, still discussing those same limitations.

       Broward County commissioners have unanimously authorized potential legal action against Sheriff Gregory Tony’s office after county officials were denied access to a sheriff’s office training facility, intensifying an ongoing dispute over public spending, financial oversight and control of county-owned property.

       The effort began when representative Izegbe Onyango of A Little Help Never Hurts (ALHNH) reached out to Angine Moss Founder, CEO of Hosanna 4 Youth about bringing the Community Connectors initiative to West Park. Moss connected with Commissioner Dr. Katrina Touchstone, who viewed the initiative as a valuable opportunity for the community to reunite amid tensions created by West Park Governance and citizens. Touchstone and Moss contacted approximately 10 active community members whom they believed would be committed to the program’s success.

        A North Carolina police department is under fire after numerous officers were discovered using racist language against Black residents and even discussing a competition to see who could stop the most Black drivers. While a number of officers involved in the racism scandal have been removed or are set to be fired, concerned members of the community are calling for further investigation into their past conduct and significant changes to be made for the future.