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       Republicans love to talk during their political campaigns and public pronouncements about “saving the children,” yet, to their eternal shame, Florida and many of the other states in the union also have a hunger — specifically, a child hunger — problem.

In Fort Lauderdale, a city rich in both civil rights history and athletic tradition, a proposed historical marker honoring long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has sparked a heated and deeply personal debate—one that underscores the tension between honoring individual achievement and preserving collective memory.

The Fort Lauderdale (FL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated has deepened its commitment to education with an $11,000 contribution to its endowed scholarship fund at Florida Memorial University (FMU), a historically Black university in Miami Gardens, Florida. This latest contribution brings the total fund to over $25,000, further strengthening the chapter’s efforts to address the critical shortage of Black male educators by providing financial support to students pursuing degrees in education.

 How do I get a prenup without paying high legal fees?  This is a second marriage for me and I‘m very close to retirement, plus we both have pensions.  My partner has 3 adult kids, and I have 2 and we’re agreed that we probably should have something.  Thanks, Helen M. FL

        Dashing and debonair, Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, the “Black Eagle,” was born in Trinidad in 1897. That was 90 years after Britain had abolished slavery, and Hubert came from a well-to-do family, which sent him to school in England. World War I caused the family to move him to safety in Montreal.