Broward College has a new leader with deep community roots and a national résumé. In February 2025, Torey Alston was named the eighth permanent president and CEO of Broward College, returning to the community that raised him to lead one of the most important educational institutions in South Florida.
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The city is grieving the loss of Dr. Gordon Merritt, D.D.S., a man whose life and work left an indelible mark on this community. Dr. Merritt, who practiced dentistry for more than 53 years on Sistrunk Boulevard, passed away this week. He will be remembered not only for his professional excellence but also for his humility, generosity, and love for people.
Broward County Democrats are raising a red flag, warning that Florida is spiraling into crisis under the combined weight of Donald Trump’s federal agenda and Governor Ron DeSantis’ state policies. At a press conference this week, U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL-20) blasted recent Republican actions they say will devastate working families and push Black and Brown communities to the brink.
President Donald Trump has moved to end immigration programs that allowed Haitians to live and work legally in the United States. The policy shift could affect up to 500,000 Haitians, many of whom are already losing jobs and facing deportation.
American tennis player Taylor Townsend is on her way to the third round of the U.S. Open after defeating top-25-ranked Jelena Ostapenko in an upset victory on Wednesday night. However, a heated exchange between the players after the match ended has gone viral, with some claiming the Latvian player’s angry comments were not only those of a sore loser but also potentially racist.
On September 4, 1957, a 15-year-old Black girl in a neatly pressed dress walked alone toward Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her name was Dorothy Counts, and with every step she took, history was being made. She was one of the first four Black students to integrate the city’s public schools—yet the price she paid was steep.
Nearly 200 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees are warning that President Donald Trump’s policies could leave the nation vulnerable to a disaster on the scale of Hurricane Katrina.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — In a surprising announcement, Howard University President Ben Vinson III, 55, will leave his position as Howard University’s 18th President.
On Aug. 28, in solemn commemoration of the historic 1963 March on Washington, a united coalition of churches and the Black Press led by Dr. Boise Kimber, Bishop J. Drew Sheard, Dr. Samuel C. Tolbert, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr, president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA): The Black Press of America will join Civil Rights icon Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, to lead a protest march on Wall Street in New York City, the epicenter of economic power and privilege. The march will feature prominent religious and Civil Rights leaders and activists, who will speak and much more.
What should be a historic moment for Florida Memorial University — the appointment of its first-ever alumnus as president — may be spiraling into a bitter power struggle and looming legal battle.