Arts advocate Sandrell Rivers dies
MIAMI — Performances of blues, jazz, gospel, poetry and African dance were presented on stage at Miami’s Joseph Caleb Center Auditorium during a memorial celebration …
South Florida reaches out to Haiti
South Florida’s Haitian community – among the largest outside the island nation – struggled to absorb the extent of the damage from the massive earthquake …
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA with ELGIN JONES 01-15-10
Broward County ANOTHER FALSE ALARM Residents who intended to speak out at the Jan. 12 Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting about the city’s overcharges for …
Continue the dream by serving our children
Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life to a dream of equality. He dreamed of a day when “little black boys and black girls would …
Crist suspends Spence-Jones again
Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday issued an executive order to suspend Michelle Spence-Jones from the Miami City Commission again, effective immediately. Crist’s action came just …
Teddy Pendergrass dead at 59
Teddy Pendergrass, one of the world's great soul men, died at age 59 on Wednesday after a long battle with colon cancer. The singer, who …
Mary J. Blige to headline 2010 Essence Fest
NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ R&B singer Mary J. Blige will headline this year's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. Billed as one of the nation's …
HEALTHY GUT AND THE FOODS TO KEEP SEXY & HEALTHY
Our digestive systems continuously extract water and nutrients from an astonishing amount of solid foods and liquids over our lifetimes, all the while fending off …
Spence-Jones wins again, faces second suspension
MIAMI – Michelle Spence-Jones faces a court date on corruption charges and probably another suspension from her commission seat. But voters in the city of …
Blagojevich: `Blacker’ than Obama comment `stupid’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ Rod Blagojevich apologized Monday for saying he's “blacker than Barack Obama,'' but the disgraced former Illinois governor said he probably won't …