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     Just when Black and Democratic lawmakers were speaking out and fighting back, coalescing with democratic forces outside the legislature, Governor DeSantis caved.  We think DeSantis’ fear motivated his abrupt change to have Secretary of State Laurel Lee seat newly elected Daryl Campbell of Broward County.

The threats disrupted each campus and have led to police investigations.

The father and son duo convicted in Arbery’s killing has agreed to serve at least 30 years in what many believe is a more inmate-friendly federal lockup.

As noted in a recent report, most of the books targeted don’t teach critical race theory but are written by and about people of color.

Policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are at the heart of the issue that the court has agreed to consider.

     Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has placed 8,500 troops on “heightened alert” to assist with the defense of NATO allies, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said during a news briefing Monday. He said no deployment orders have been given.

     Broward County welcomes two new County Commissioners. Commissioner Jared E. Moskowitz​ serves District 8. Commissioner Torey Alston serves District 9. Both were appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis after Commissioners Holness and Sharief had to resign to run for U.S. Representative.

     Emmett Till, a Chicago teen killed in the 1950s for the color of his skin, will be awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. The then teen’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, will also be awarded after she asked for the opening of the casket during burial to decry the social vice that led to the murder of her son.

White House Senior Advisor Cedric Richmond, who served as Louisiana’s representative in the U.S. House for a decade before assuming his current role as the White House Office of Public Engagement Director, said during a Zoom gathering of reporters, that voting rights are the “bedrock of democracy.”

     A new Gallup poll released on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day revealed that Americans’ political party preferences dramatically shifted by the end of 2021 from a nine-point Democratic advantage to a five-point Republican edge.