Three days after the crown was placed on her head, Justus Kelley’s Miss USA victory remains bigger than a pageant win — it represents a barrier broken three times over.
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From the gutting of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 to the racial gerrymandering sanctioned in Louisiana v. Callais earlier this year, to the Court’s latest emergency ruling enabling the current administration’s federal takeover of mail voting, the pattern reveals itself with brutal clarity. Every time Black communities organize, mobilize and build electoral power, the legal architecture shifts to contain it. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest court — has named this pattern from the bench with a moral precision that demands a national reckoning. The question is whether the nation will listen before November.
Jolly is running on a gun safety platform that includes four tenets: He wants to ban the sale of assault weapons, require universal and comprehensive background checks on gun purchases, explore licensing for firearm ownership, and preserve and expand the “red flag” laws passed in the wake of the 2018 school shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public High School in Parkland.
Life has shown me that growth is rarely loud or glamorous. Sometimes growth looks like taking one small step when life has drained your energy. Other times it looks like trying again after disappointment, rejection, heartbreak, or failure. Challenging yourself is much like exercising a muscle. If you never stretch it, never work it, and never place resistance against it, it will eventually weaken. The same applies to our minds, faith, discipline, goals, and personal development.
Approximately 150 cancer fighters and survivors from across South Florida will be celebrated during the 6th Annual Ella’s Day: A Day of Pampering for Cancer Fighters & Survivors on Saturday, September 12, 2026, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Ken Thurston Inverrary Community Center in Lauderhill.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to hold two associates of former Florida Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick in contempt of Congress for allegedly failing to comply with subpoenas issued during an ethics investigation into the Haitian-American former lawmaker.
Melissa Payne, an African American woman who fatally shot a white retired Army veteran during a confrontation in a Walmart parking lot, will not face criminal charges after prosecutors determined that she was legally protected by the state’s controversial Stand Your Ground law. She shot 62-year-old Bart Diguglielmo on June 30 outside a Walmart in North Lauderdale, Florida. Prosecutors have now concluded that she acted in self-defense and is immune from prosecution.
The Joseph Caleb Auditorium’s Caleb Around Town series proudly announces its Rhythm Reborn Concert, a dynamic night of soul-driven music featuring South Florida favorite Big Brooklyn Red with opening act Burgundee, live at the Miami Theater Center on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 7 PM.
Being yourself does not mean you have to be perfect. Everyone has flaws, mistakes, awkward moments, and things they are still learning about themselves. Those things do not make you less valuable. They make you human.
A growing decline in student enrollment is forcing school districts across South Florida to consider closing or restructuring dozens of campuses, raising concerns about the future of neighborhood schools and the communities that depend on them.