All posts on December, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said this week that the Obama administration’s new surge-and-exit troop strategy in Afghanistan is aimed more at wringing …

Rosemary Fuller and Patricia “Pat” Mellerson have emerged from relative obscurity in a semi-rural area of Miami-Dade County to become respected examples of effective community …

Before African Americans created the blues and gospel music, work songs and spirituals were their mainstays. The phenomenal history of black survival from the Middle …

Many are imprisoned and defeated by their own negative thinking.  An absence of optimism produces   flawed reasoning, and leads to sinful choices.  Negativity can easily …

MIAMI — When you ask Ruth Shack to recount her biggest political accomplishment, you might expect the former county commissioner to speak of ensuring equal …

In its short history, the city of Miami Gardens has racked up several honors.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Clusters of adoptive parents, children and friends lined up in front of the Broward County Central Courthouse on a recent Saturday.

Allow me to dispel what seems to be an ongoing myth surrounding black folk in the outdoors, the one that says we don’t camp.

FORT LAUDERDALE — There is a popular belief  that the late Norman Rockwell, a legendary illustrator and storyteller, only painted whimsical images of middle-class white …

HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS President Barack Obama’s administration has unveiled a new program intended to force lenders to renegotiate home loans instead of foreclosing on families. …