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Parallel War Zones: George Floyd’s murder touches all of U
George Floyd’s murder touches all of U […]
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Coronavirus: How did Florida get so badly hit by Covid-19
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. […]
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Black Lives Need to Matter More to Black People
Black Lives Need to Matter More to Black People […]
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Superintendent Robert W. Runcie recommends Broward Schools extend 100% e-learning during coronavirus pandemic
“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. […]
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‘BLACK LIVES’ always mattered to Walter “Mickey” Hinton
SUNRISE JUNE 17, 1937-SUNSET JUNE 30, 2020 By Charles Moseley It’s been often said, “Leaders are born not made.” Every so often, an individual comes along who touches the lives of their fellow man, not […]
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Where were the 1,200 officers last weekend?
The deadly Fourth of July weekend in Chicago’s Black neighborhoods had residents questioning the city’s failed strategy of putting 1,200 additional officers on the street. […]
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State orders all Florida schools to reopen in August
Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an emergency order Monday requiring all schools to open in the fall and laying out the requirements that districts must meet to offer any sort of nontraditional remote instruction in addition to their in-person option. […]
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Destroying Digital Ballot Images Is A Common Practice in County Election Offices: Lawmakers and Voters File Lawsuit to End It
Digital ballot images are automatically created by digital voting equipment for all ballots, whether submitted by vote-by-mail, during early voting, on election day or provisionally. The lawsuit asks digital ballot images be preserved for 22 months as required by federal and state law and be treated as public records available for inspection and production under such laws. […]
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African Americans die more frequently from Covid-19. But MIT researchers say poverty is not why
“Why, for instance, are African Americans more likely to die from the virus than other races? Our study controls for patients’ income, weight, diabetic status, and whether or not they’re smokers,” wrote Knittel in the study. “We must examine other possibilities, such as systemic racism that impacts African Americans’ quality of insurance, hospitals, and healthcare, or other underlying health conditions that are not in the model, and then urge policymakers to look at other ways to solve the problem.” […]
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FPL and Partners help 200 Miami-Dade homebound disabled residents in Little Haiti and North Miami
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and the Meals on Wheels program provided by the Miami-Dade County Community Action and Human Services Department partnered to help 200 Miami-Dade homebound disabled residents in Little Haiti and North Miami stock up on emergency food supplies to prepare for hurricane season. […]