Celebrities lift up art for young people
MIAMI — Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons recently surprised students at the Design & Architecture Senior High School (DASH) art gallery. He was there Friday, March …
Marley class inspires UM students
CORAL GABLES — On a recent weekday, students at the University of Miami watched a screen in front of a blackboard ignite with lively performances …
COMMUNITY CALENDAR MARCH 20 – 29
Friday, March 20 Miami HEAT/Nova Southeastern University Essay Contest: Where can 250 words become $10,000? In the Miami Heat/Nova Southeastern University Essay Scholarship Contest! This …
FILM REVIEW: TALKIN’ WATER
We all remember the day Hurricane Katrina swept through South Florida. We breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to go to work the next …
The Benefits of Salvation
On March 8 this year, the United Church of Christ (UCC) celebrated “Amistad Sunday,” one of my favorite occasions. We recognized nationally the July 1839 …
AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA with ELGIN JONES 03-20-09
BRINK OF COLLAPSE With the record number of job losses, this abysmal economy and the resulting property foreclosures, the judicial system is on the brink …
CARIBBEAN CROSSROADS: The African Diaspora must unite!
February was Black History Month. Throughout the month, communities organized intellectual and cultural events to bring into light our problems, our dreams, our visions, our …
New CEO: AARP is working on behalf of all ages
LAS VEGAS (AP) _ AARP has long been seen as the domain of the aged. But its new CEO says the group's central issue of …
Michael Steele’s failing GOP makeover
Michael Steele’s historic election as the first black chairman of the Republican National Committee was supposed to usher in a new era of broad-tent GOP …
WAKE UP CALL: Chris Brown and Rihanna put domestic violence onto a national stage
With March’s designation as Women’s History Month, it seems almost a tragic irony that one of the predominant headlines to engage the American public recently …