The Florida House of Representatives on Wednesday passed House Bill 991, a measure that would make significant changes to the state’s election laws, including new citizenship verification requirements and revisions to accepted forms of voter identification.
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Now, the Senate has unanimously passed SB 694 to pay the Groveland Four’s surviving family members $4 million, years after Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Ernest Thomas were fully exonerated. The Senate vote was 38-0.
On the evening of Sept. 23, 2025, those words resonated at the American Red Cross national headquarters in Washington, D.C., during an unveiling of her portrait hosted by the Red Cross, the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. — three organizations with deep ties to Dr. Bethune, the first African American woman honored through portraiture at the headquarters.
The Community Foundation of Broward and The Jim Moran Foundation are excited to announce a collaboration providing matching grants to help nonprofits grow endowments that ensure support for their charitable missions for generations to come.
A week after a woman was found dead in Fort Lauderdale, police are working to calm community concerns and dispel online rumors surrounding the case.
An Administrative Law Judge today ordered an emergency hearing for Wednesday, February 25, in AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s legal challenge to the Florida Department of Health’s plan to slash eligibility for the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program, known as ADAP.
The Sistrunk Historical Organization, in partnership with Smitty’s Wings, proudly hosted its 1st Annual Sistrunk Family Feud Edition. The event brought together six high-energy teams for a fun-filled, fast-paced game show celebrating Black culture and the rich history of Sistrunk.
This past week, Florida Memorial University proudly welcomed representatives from the U.S. Department of Education, including Under Secretary Nicholas Kent and members of his distinguished team, for an engaging and forward-focused visit to campus.
Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) will mark the inauguration of Dr. Albert D. Mosley as its eighth president on Tuesday, April 14, marking a new era of leadership for the historic institution.
Many men, especially Black men, move through life wearing a smile that holds more weight than most people will ever understand. It is a practiced smile, a protective smile, a survival smile. Behind it lives a world of pressure, expectations, quiet fears, unspoken disappointments, and dreams we were not always told we had permission to pursue. I know this kind of smile well because I wear it too.