Local News
We Are the Vote!
We Are the Vote! […]
Articles by Carma Henry
Business
Fair credit denials limit wealth-building for Black consumers and businesses
Fair credit denials limit wealth-building for Black consumers and businesses […]
National News
Black Chicago Swim Team Member Confronted by Police, Files Lawsuit Against Three Police Departments
Butler was allegedly walking back to a team bus at the end of a trip by the Eastern Illinois University swim team when the incident occurred. The team was returning from a championship tournament last year in Sioux Falls, SD, when their bus driver pulled off of Interstate 80 near a rest stop in East Moline, IL at about 8 p.m. at night. […]
Opinions
Ending Workforce Discrimination is Up to Us
During my tenure at the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), it became clear to me that access was the foundation of economic opportunity. The transportation sector lacked diversity, equity and inclusion, and this was glaringly obvious to both leadership and employees. Pathways began to emerge to grow a diverse pool of talent, but it was obvious that a more organizational framework was needed to operate at full capacity to best serve veterans, women, underrepresented, and underserved workers; groups that had been previously overlooked. […]
Opinions
Trump’s 2021 Budget Reflects His Values
Forty-five’s hostility to poor people is reflected in reductions in Medicaid, food stamps, and the CHIP program, which provides health care for poor children. And while he is starving poor people, he insists on preserving the 2017 tax cuts that mostly benefitted the wealthy. I’m not surprised that “forty-five” maintains his hostility to the poor. We’ve seen this in the previous budgets that he’s presented to Congress. […]
Local News
Voting Rights Groups Demand Equal Access to Voting Sites for African American Voters in Panama City Ahead of March 17 Primary Election
A coalition of Florida and national voting rights advocates urged Florida Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee, Bay County Supervisor of Elections Mark Andersen, and other Florida officials to expand voting access for African American and low-wealth voters in Panama City ahead of the March 17, 2020 Presidential Preference Primary Election. The groups’ letter identifies serious racial disparities in Early Voting access in Panama City, as well as other barriers to voting access for African American and low-wealth voters, many of whom continue to face difficulties recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Michael, which made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane on October 10, 2018. […]
National News
‘THE AMERICAN AUDIT’ exposes America as a 400-year old business and its toll on Black humanity
To pull together photographs, videos, and audio records he collected for this performance, Rose interviewed researchers and activists including Michael ‘Quess’ Moore, who co-founded Take ‘Em Down NOLA; Maxine Crump, CEO of Dialogue on Race-Louisiana; Chris Tyson, president of Build Baton Rouge, Jason Perkins, Ph.D., professors Eva Baham and Lori Martin; LSU history chairman Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Ph.D.; Southern University law professor Angela Allen-Bell; historian Thomas Durant, and many others, he said. […]
Local News
Broward County OESBD Announces 2020 BBB Conference
The Office of Economic and Small Business Development (OESBD) announced today that it will host its 5th annual Broward and Beyond Business (BBB) Conference on May 1st at the Signature Grand in Davie. The conference theme this year is “We’re on the Move” highlighting Broward’s progress towards a world-class inter-modal transportation system and investments in the expansion of our convention center, seaport and airport which provide unprecedented opportunities for Broward’s business community. Register Early! […]
National News
Counting Young Children in the 2020 Census
Counting Young Children in the 2020 Census […]
Local News
Whoa Mentoring Works
The original concept and name of Whoamentoring Works was conceptualized by Founder and President, Dr. K. Kymrae Hill. The concept derives firstly from her innate passion for women empowerment and philanthropy, but later through her doctoral studies and her dissertation research findings, she found that there is an imperative need for stronger mentoring and empowering programs for women specifically. The name “Whoamentoring Works” was also thoughtfully created. […]