Why Washington is one of worst places to be black, pregnant
By THERESA VARGAS The Washington Post WASHINGTON – A gray-walled nursery in a Maryland home is crowded with cards, Mylar balloons and toys marking milestones …
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Florida Memorial University has another interim president
By Javon Anthony Lloyd Special To South Florida Times MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – South Florida’s only historically black college and university will soon be under …
Holiday Flavors: Food Traditions in Black Families
PHOTO COURTESY OF HGCDIET.COM By ERNISHA RANDOLPH Special to South Florida Times For blacks, the holidays are a time for foods galore in varieties that …
‘Tis the season to support local black-owned businesses
Top Picture: Store director Finley Matthews, left, and produce manager Malique Jackson, right, stock fruit and vegetables at Frenly Farms Market. Left Bottom Picture: Glam’More …
Lawsuit targets Trump’s rollback of birth-control rule
STOCK PHOTO By DAVID CRARY Two national advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit in Indiana on Tuesday challenging a rule change by President Donald Trump’s …
Letters from young Obama show a man finding his way
Young Barack Obama wrote letters to his college sweetheart, Alexandra McNear during the 1980’s. PHOTO COURTESY NH1.COM By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON – …
Miami took center stage at BET Hip Hop Awards
Flo-rida, Uncle Luke, Cardi B, Rick Ross and DJ Khaled at the 2017 BET Awards in Miami. PHOTOS COURTESY By BENJAMIN EVANS III Special to …
Business forum highlights power of black consumers
Left picture: From left to right: Gordon Eric Knowles, president/CEO, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce; Shavon Brown-Robinson, editor in chief, BOSSY Magazine; and Vice Mayor Brian …
Suspension of Obama rules on campus rape, denounced
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos shakes hands with Henry Butler, dean of the Antonin Scalia Law School PHOTO COURTESY OF MIDLAND By MARCELA HOWELL U.S. Department of …
Current racial tensions have ties to history
Protesters gather outside Hollywood City Hall in support of changing the names of several streets named after prominent Confederate war generals. PHOTO BY JAVON ANTHONY …