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The Miramar Police Department has identified the young boy found wandering in the parking lot of an apartment complex Sunday morning as Kamdyn. Detectives said they are actively searching for the boy’s mother, 21-year-old Leila Cavett, who is missing.

George Floyd’s murder touches all of U

     The legislator, freedom fighter and justice warrior, who was famously beaten, bloodied, and arrested in Selma, Alabama — and in other cities across the Jim Crow South — during the struggle for civil rights and racial equality, was 80. His death came just hours after another the passing of another civil rights icon, Rev. C.T. Vivian, who was 95.

he Florida Education Association is suing the state to block plans for the August brick and mortar reopening of the state’s public schools. President Fredrick Ingram says Governor Ron DeSantis and the education commissioner do not have a responsible plan or the legal authority to send millions of children and teachers back into the classroom five a week, especially as the coronavirus spread is skyrocketing. 

According to the “Strike for Black Lives” website, organizers were looking to achieve four results from their demands: “higher wages, better jobs” that include healthcare for all,  elected officials using their power to make that happen, businesses doing their part “to dismantle racism, white supremacy, and economic exploitation wherever it exists including in our workplaces,” and supporting unions and “the immediate implementation of a $15/hour minimum wage, fully-funded healthcare coverage and paid sick leave for all.”

Why the census is important in this regard is that it gives the Bureau a better synopsis of the most affected areas that COVID is rampant in and provides extra measures to ensure its containment from affecting other areas. That would mean more ICU beds for patients that truly need them, and an increase in equipment to better assist with the pandemic. More mask, hand sanitizer, wipes, and paper towel would be in higher supply for businesses to sell. Food trucks could be sent to struggling neighborhoods that have been affected by the pandemic. And most of all, stimulus packs could come more quickly and more efficiently to you and your neighbors.

George Floyd’s murder touches all of U

     Florida is fast becoming America’s latest Covid-19 epicenter. The surge in the Sunshine State has been linked in part to younger Americans – but that doesn’t mean there’s no cause for concern.

Black Lives Need to Matter More to Black People

  “The health and safety of our students and staff is our highest priority. Period. We will not risk exposing our students and staff until the coronavirus is under control,”  BCPS  Runcie announced virtually  on July 14, 2020.