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      Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on a mission. It’s a congressional redistricting mission—which is to say, it’s a mission to de-Blackify a congressional district in the state of Florida. 

      Rev. Dr. Derrick J. Hughes is a gifted, passionate and anointed pastor, preacher and teacher. A genuine, courageous, dynamic and visionary leader, Dr. Hughes recently resigned as Senior Pastor of the historic First Baptist Church Piney Grove (FBCPG) in Lauderdale Lakes. He has previously served as a Senior Pastor in three other churches, always ending his tenure in good standing. Likewise, Dr. Hughes leaves an indelible mark of integrity, innovation, and progressive leadership. Under his leadership, the church has expanded its scope of services in the social, political and educational sectors.

      A federal judge issued a ruling in a case over a political fundraising law in Georgia that will put Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and even some Republicans at a big disadvantage as they try to unseat Gov. Brian Kemp.

“In the poetic words of Dr. Maya Angelou, ‘I do so now while bringing the gifts my ancestors gave. I am the dream and the hope of the slave.’”

      Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bill that will essentially change the way Black children are portrayed and described in Florida law.

Led by the Missing Child Unit, officers rescued 16 children on the missing and endangered list.

     DeSantis vetoed a legislative redistricting map that failed to dismantle a minority North Florida district held by US Representative Al Lawson

“When white people in the U.S. were more aware of racial disparities in Covid-19, they were less fearful of Covid-19,” said Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Georgia and co-author of the study.

The final tally of 53-47 included GOP Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

     Hate is as much a part of our American experience as the struggle for equality that often provokes it. Justice, which has too often been far from blind, has failed too many victims of hate. But we have a beacon of light in dark times. President Biden has signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which came to his desk with the all too rare bipartisan support we need more of where justice and democracy are concerned. It also comes at a time when it could not be more critical to our democracy to take a unified stand against hate.