Author: Carma Henry

BRINSON Funeral services for the late Lucille Brinson – 64 were held November 19th at Roy Mizell & Kurtz Worship Center. BUNCUM Funeral services for the…

     More than 14.5 million people in the United States get their health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace (sometimes called Obamacare), and more than 2.7 million of them live here in Florida. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) that created the Marketplace was passed more than 10 years ago, but there have been several recent changes that may surprise you.

Bible Trivia How well are you with numbers? Today’s trivia questions are all about the numbers. 1)How many healed lepers returned to thank Jesus? 2)How…

Prior to Madam C.J. Walker, there was millionaire Jeremiah Hamilton. His birth is murky depending on whom he talked to. His death certificate stated he was born in the West Indies, but most scholars cite him as Haitian born. Mr. Hamilton put the other merchants of Wall Street in the awkward position of having to negotiate with a Black broker.

To celebrate Omega’s founding, chapters around the country and internationally hold weekly activities highlighting achievements of individual brothers and collective accomplishments with the intended purpose of enhancing the quality of life of citizens and cities in which they reside and serve. Eta Nu began its Achievement Week activities with a virtual book club discussion of a novel titled White Lies, the mid-term elections and other current events impacting our world. On Sunday, November 13, 2022,  the chapter held its formal Achievement Week program at the Mt. Hermon AME Church Family Life Center to honor, recognize and  acknowledge the myriad contributions of the chapter and individual brothers during the past fiscal year.

CareerSource Broward (CSBD) encourages Broward County employers to participate as a worksite for the 2023 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) in an effort to help prepare the region’s future workforce. Businesses can hire a young adult at NO COST – a savings of nearly $3,000 per youth hired – thanks to the Children’s Services Council of Broward County and additional funders.

On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, School Board Member, Torey Alston, took the oath of office to become part of the Broward County School Board.

   Herschel Walker, bless his soul, took it upon himself to reveal to Republican voters and white supremacists that he’s the most unfit candidate chosen by Trump to run for office. To demonstrate his unfitness, as well as level of literacy, for office, he delivered a monologue at a rally about vampires and werewolves. This monologue made far less sense than  Trump’s continued beliefs of a stolen 2020  presidential.

Blacks and Midterm Madness

   A lot of good news came out of this month’s elections—and enough bad news to remind us that we can never let our guard down when freedom and democracy are at stake. This year, democracy itself was on the ballot, and voters made an important down payment on its future.