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FMU President Pushes Back on Financial Distress Report: ‘Our Response Will Be Results’

August 20, 2026

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Her Story Juanita Hankerson Avant–Gray

August 20, 2026

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Alston Seeks Court Intervention as Broward College Leadership Crisis Deepens

August 20, 2026

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FMU President Pushes Back on Financial Distress Report: ‘Our Response Will Be Results’

Florida Memorial University President William McCormick is pushing back against a recent report questioning the long-term financial viability of South Florida’s only historically Black university, declaring that FMU will answer its critics not through retaliation, but through measurable results.

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Family of Black Mom Wrongfully Killed By Police to Receive $11M Settlement From City

The family of Atatiana Jefferson, an African American mother from Fort Worth, Texas, who was shot and killed by a police officer in October 2019, has reached a proposed $11.25 million settlement with the city. The agreement comes nearly six years after her death.

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Dethroned Miss North Carolina Says She’s ‘Not Sorry’ For Using N-Word

By Carma HenryAugust 19, 2026

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15 Ways Black Families Can Set Their Kids Up to Win This School Year

By Carma HenryAugust 19, 2026

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Africa’s Reckoning at the U N and the Silence That Can’t Be Bought

October 14, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CDC Visit: An Insult Wrapped in Arrogance

August 25, 2025

Honoring the Life and Legacy of Malcolm Jamal Warner: A Renaissance Man of Our Time

July 23, 2025

Trump Taps Quack Influencer Casey Means for Surgeon General Part 1

May 15, 2025

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April 29, 2026

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July 3, 2025

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January 30, 2025

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October 12, 2023

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Robert Smalls: From Enslavement to Heroism

September 26, 2023

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Families sue California, claiming state failed to educate poor and minority students amid pandemic

December 8, 2020

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President Obama Helps Floridians Make A Plan To Vote

October 13, 2020

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September 17, 2020

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Kashif Saleem R&B singer sadly dies at 59

By Carma HenrySeptember 28, 2016

This is such a tragedy. R&B singer Kashif Saleem sadly died on Sept. 25 at the young age of 59

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Gene Wilder, star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and Mel Brooks Classics, dies at 83

By Carma HenrySeptember 1, 2016

The comic actor was at his best in ‘The Producers,’ ‘Blazing Saddles’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ and teamed with Richard Pryor in four films

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Red Eye Entertainment : Shaping the community through entertainment and giving back

By Carma HenryAugust 18, 2016

Shaping the community through entertainment and giving back

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Dr. Umar Johnson Interview at The Breakfast Club Power 105.1

By DvonJuly 21, 2016

Dr, Umar Johnson Breakfast Club: Dr. Umar Johnson stops by the Breakfast Club to discuss the…

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Holy Cross Wound Healing and Hyperbarics Program Named a 2025 Center of Distinction by Healogics

August 18, 2026

US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt for declining to answer COVID questions

August 12, 2026

Medicaid Ban on Routine Care at Planned Parenthood Expires

August 5, 2026

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Editorials

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Before Broward College Removes Another Black President, the Community Deserves Answers

August 18, 2026

Editorials

BALL OF CONFUSION: BUT TO THE ONE WHO ENDURES

August 12, 2026

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Back to School, Back to the Ballot Box

August 6, 2026

Editorials

Beyond Brotherhood: A Legacy of Civic Responsibility

July 29, 2026

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Where Do the Miami Hurricanes Go From Here?

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Miami Dolphins crush Titans 38-10 in Dan Campbell’s coaching debut

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Local Sports October 19, 2015

Miami Dolphins: Why’d It Take So Long to Become Good?

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Miami Heat: 5 Reasons This is the Deepest Team In the Last Decade

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Miami Hurricanes: Is Rashawn Scott the Next Terrell Owens?

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Miami Hurricanes: Why Brad Kaaya Needs A Win Vs. Clemson

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Bethune-Cookman University Kicks Off Homecoming Week

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FAMU vs. Delaware State (Homecoming 2015)

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We Must Work Together to Solve Our Waste Crisis in Broward County

July 2, 2026

Fort Lauderdale Rolls Out New Group Violence Intervention Plan to Cut Gun Violence

June 26, 2026

The Blueprint of Manipulation: How Jeffrey Epstein’s Power Network Conditioned it’s Victims

November 17, 2025

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November 4, 2025

Religion

“Test Your Bible Knowledge “

August 20, 2026

Who Gets to Decide? The Conversation Behind the Documents

August 20, 2026

National Black Church Initiative and ACHDC Urge Congress to Pass H.R. 9682 and S. 1941

August 19, 2026

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2019 NNPA Morning Prayer Breakfast

International

Black Woman Dies From COVID-19 Two Weeks After a Man Coughed and Spit on Her

Ashes instead of soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 fight

Police target attacks against Zimbabwean women

Umpqua Bank rejects $2 million from Black owner seeking to pay off mortgage — but takes offer from white male buyer

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Broward County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Celebrates Seven Decades of Impact

December 11, 2025

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November 11, 2025

Judge Denies Emergency Motion in Florida Memorial University Leadership Dispute

September 11, 2025

Senator Back Revised Social Media Bill

February 21, 2024

Black History

Black History

Unyielding Conviction: John Brown’s Stand Against Slavery

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Enduring Power of a Musical Pioneer

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Enduring Power of a Musical Pioneer

Unyielding Conviction: John Brown’s Stand Against Slavery

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Progressive National Baptist Convention leaders hail Harris, pan Trump, urge voting

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Green Book offers a heartfelt look at racial inequality, tolerance and friendship.

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Africa’s Reckoning at the U N and the Silence That Can’t Be Bought

October 14, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s CDC Visit: An Insult Wrapped in Arrogance

August 25, 2025

Honoring the Life and Legacy of Malcolm Jamal Warner: A Renaissance Man of Our Time

July 23, 2025