National News

The Brittney Griner Saga Is Complicated

     WNBA players do not make as much money as NBA players, and they often go overseas to play in the offseason.  Players in the Russian league can earn exponentially more money than here in the U.S.  Griner was one of the most dominant women players in the world and was a welcomed international star. […]

Local News

Florida Budget Could Yield FAMU its biggest take ever

     Florida A&M University uses the mantra that ends with the emphatic phrase Strike! Strike! And Strike again! That’s exactly what five FAMU graduates did in ensuring that the historically Black university was funded to the highest level through the Florida Legislature in history. The “FAMU Five” used an alignment strategy both in the Democratic party and allies outside of the party to ensure a take of over $60.3 million dollars above the school’s annual operating expenditures for infrastructure, capital projects, and student enhancement initiatives. […]

Opinions

We should have left Afghanistan long ago

     Presidents George W. Bush, Barack H. Obama and Donald J. Trump all sat in office while American troops were stationed at risk in Afghanistan.  Bush, who initiated the Gulf War, also sent troops into Afghanistan to seek out Osama Bin Laden who had been responsible for the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil in the attacks of September 11, 2001.  Claiming intelligence had pointed to Afghanistan as the harboring territory of Bin Laden, the U.S. military and a coalition of countries went after Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. […]