Author: Carma Henry

     The act, cited as the “Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Medal Act of 2021” was recently passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives, the Congressional Record shows, and now sits on President Joe Biden’s desk for the final approval.

     Wells Fargo has agreed to a $3.7 billion deal with regulators to settle charges that it took advantage of customers on their auto loans, mortgages, and bank accounts.

MOBLEY Funeral services for the late Lee J. Mobley, Jr. – 74 were held December 26 at Mt. Hermon AME Church.  

Officials in Buffalo, New York, are concentrating on restoring power, cleaning roads, and searching houses and automobiles for anyone remaining stuck days into a catastrophic winter storm that plagued much of the country, with expectations that more citizens will be found dead. In Buffalo, New York’s Erie County, at least 28 people have perished as a result of the storm, which dumped up to 50.3 inches of snow on the city and caused blinding blizzard conditions for drivers over the Christmas holiday.

On Sunday, December 18, 2022, the members of Zeta Chi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. and their youth mentoring group (Lamplighters), visited Mt. Nebo Missionary Baptist Church, in Fort Lauderdale.

Giving back to the South Florida Community means so much to Chico The Virgo,  who has been an award-winning Radio On-Air Personality for 50 years. As a native of South Florida, Chico has done much work and provided services at no cost to support many causes. Creating the Sylvester Wesley Foundation 501(c) 3 is his way to give back to victims of Sickle Cell Anemia and the underserved in South Florida. And, during the holiday season of 2022, he wanted to give warm blankets and a hot breakfast to the Senior Citizens in Northwest Pompano Beach.

      A second pharmaceutical company has recalled a blood pressure medication that could increase the risk of cancer if taken in large amounts, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week.

       Bobby Henry, standing well over six feet tall as Publisher of the Westside Gazette, has answered the call to literally become the new Sheriff in the Broward County School District. In fact, he’s reminiscent of the character played by Joe Don Baker in the movie entitled , Walking Tall. This movie was based on a true story of Bufford Pusser, a tough Tennessee Sheriff who defended justice using a single plank of wood the size of a baseball bat.

A Change is Gonna Come

     Since President Biden came into office, he has made it a priority to nominate federal judges who are not only legal stars but are diverse, come from underrepresented professional backgrounds, and have a deep commitment to civil rights. Many of them have been civil rights lawyers or public defenders. This is a real change, even from past Democratic presidents. For decades, presidents most often nominated corporate lawyers or prosecutors to the bench. Those people were also overwhelmingly white and male. Not anymore.