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Juneteenth Origin Debunked

The Gantt Report  By Lucius Gantt       Almost every day someone is “banned” from a social media site. Black religious leaders, Black community activists and even…

 Latent guilt, not diminished economic or social well-being, is more likely the cause of rising White mortality.  A March 2017 Brookings article by Ann Case and Sir Angus Deaton, Mortality and Morbidity in the 21st century, suggested the shocking increase in mid-life mortality among White non-Hispanic Americans is primarily caused by “deaths of despair” from drugs, alcohol, and suicide.

     Dyer and Mina “supported, justified, condoned, and otherwise ratified” the officers’ actions through the agency’s use of force policy and failing to discipline officers for such incidents, the suit claims. Excessive force was the policy that Mayor Dyer and Chief Mina condoned in the Orlando Police Department, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation “covered up” the Departments’ actions.    

The race war in America

     The old bumper sticker, “Keep Your Laws Off of My Body” isn’t old and isn’t a bumper sticker. It’s a chilling reality for women today. And Father’s Day is a perfect time for men to wake up to women’s reality—to stand up and speak out on behalf of women’s reproductive health and rights.

     Posit: You and some friends want your town to change a public policy and the city government is ignoring you, so you decide to make some fuss to try to initiate a shift in policy.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was also undeterred by threats from extremists; ultimately, he was assassinated, but he never backed down from his stance for nonviolence and justice. We have many examples of those we know by name who refuse to step aside. “Tank man,” however, remains a mystery.

As sheriff, I play an important role in protecting the rights of all Broward’s nearly two million residents. As Broward’s first African American sheriff, and as a person who has experienced inequality firsthand, it is a role I fully embrace. 

Impeachment Delayed is Impeachment Denied