As Florida governor, Legislature wage culture war, homeowners lose insurance battle
It sometimes starts simply. Someone knocks on a homeowner’s door, offers to inspect the roof and often follows up with the paperwork to file a …
Memo to the GOP: It’s content of character, not skin color, that matters
When the late Thurgood Marshall was appointed the first African American on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967, he was already a distinguished NAACP civil …
Anti-democratic forces deploying Black Codes against autocracy opponents
Chris Wallace, formerly of Fox News, was visibly surprised when, in a CNN+ interview, journalist Nikole HannahJones reminded him that the United States was not …
Guyana promotes agriculture, fends off protectionism charge in oil diversification
“Oil “don’t spoil,” the late Eric Williams, prime minister of petroleumrich Trinidad and Tobago, was reported to have once said. To which the late Forbes …
Florida voter suppression at full speed with gerrymandered election districts
A number of African American state lawmakers and residents met in Miami’s Litle Haiti neighborhood on Monday to protest a special legislative session this week …
‘Cultural genocide’ against children getting belated attention
“I feel shame and pain. I ask forgiveness of God,” Pope Francis said on Friday as he apologized for the “deplorable” abuses of Canada’s First …
Despite disgusting partisan questioning, Jackson on verge of becoming first Black woman on the Supreme Court
“Do you coddle child pornographers and are you soft on crime?” “Do you agree with this book that babies are racist?” “Can you provide a …
Hypocrisy in full display at Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings
The United States Supreme Court was established under Article 3 of the Constitution in 1790, or more than 230 years ago. It was not until …
Republicans continue to flex their majority to run Florida as a one-party state
It never ceases to amaze that, even when they were the registered majority in Florida, Democrats have not been able to win control of the …
Proposed Congressional study group will merely delay action on reparations
It should be a cause for celebration that supporters of a reparations bill in the U.S. House of Representatives say that they have enough votes …