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Stealing in the name of the Law(d)

No Time to Forget the Gulf Coast

     If a public opinion poll done last month is right, more than half of you won’t know what I mean by the initials “ESG,” and fewer than one in 10 will understand what they mean for financial markets. But listening to some self-interested politicians, many of whom have ties to our dirtiest industries, you’d think ESG was a significant threat to the American way of life.

These are the times that tries men’s souls

There’s a lot to be said about The Way We Were!

   America’s rise to become the most powerful Nation  on the planet resulted from  unparallel scientific, artistic, social, industrial, political, and educational  achievements. Yet, this blazing trail is fraught with abominable cruelty against Native Americans and Black people. White supremacists using their “Critically Authentic Ignorance,” (CAI), selectively deemed Native Americans and Black people respectively as savages and inferior.

Being one who is very offended by those who attempt to put all Black people in one lump sum, I will not do that to White people but the question has to be raised: Have Whites lost their minds?

     Where Augusta National Golf Club’s self-interest begins, a neighborhood’s legacy ends. When the deep-pocketed golf club became interested in adding nearby parking spaces, exorbitant amounts of money were used to entice all but one property owner to sell out the adjacent neighborhood.

Authoritarians Want to Write Their Own Rules. We Can’t Let Them.

      Since its inception in July 1982, Central Florida Black Nurses Association of Orlando (CFBNA) has remained at the forefront advocating for more inclusive and accessible healthcare for minority residents and promoting the professional growth and development of its members.  The association’s primary focal areas have been Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties.  Some of its activities have included teaching health education classes, participating in local health fairs, educating community health workers, mentoring nursing students, offering continuing education hours, conducting a mini nurse academy, and awarding nursing scholarships.