Ignore the parties, look to individuals
It’s 2014, an election year, and this fall, like in every election year, many black people will be running – for their lives! The Democratic …
Mother-daughter volunteer team has stories to tell
MIAMI – The family that volunteers together can grow closer together, if Angela and Dana Deggs are any indication.The mother-and-daughter team who have volunteered for …
Juneteenth celebrations staged throughout South Florida cities
MIAMI — From the back seat of his aunt’s brown Chevy station wagon, D. L. Powell was mesmerized by the variety of license plates on …
Champion athlete gives mom credit
MIAMI — Jontavia Dykes will tell you it’s her mother who deserves the credit. So too will her brother, Mack Jackson.
No morgue space for crime victims
SPANISH TOWN — Corpses, the suspected victims of violent deaths, are wrapped in plastic bags or covered loosely in stained sheets. There is no air …
Dillard coach Marcia Pinder named to Hall of Fame
FORT LAUDERDALE — Dillard High School girls’ basketball coach Marcia Pinder, regarded as Florida’s all-time winningest basketball coach, has been named to the National High …
Black media need to be fearless and they also need your support
Black newspapers came into existence in 1827 when Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African-American periodical called Freedom’s Journal. Not long afterward, Frederick …
Students learn to manage money through web program
MIAMI — Students at Miami Edison High School were recognized for their outstanding work and completion of the BankUnited Financial Scholars Program.
Union pulls support from UNCF after Koch donation
WASHINGTON — A powerful government workers' union will end its support for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) after the group accepted $25 million from …