Mr. Trump, we don’t accept you
Dear Mr. Trump, Although I usually try to squash any vitriol I feel from public display beyond my social media feeds, I’ll blame this note …
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Quotes from Fidel Castro across more than five decades
Associated Press “Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.” – Oct. 16, 1953, at his trial for rebel attack that launched Cuban …
Rapper Serge performs benefit concert to help Haiti rebuild
Staff Report LEHIGH ACRES, Fla – Hurricane Matthew may have happened almost two months ago, but the devastation in Haiti will take years to recover …
America’s diminishing greatness
By CALIBE THOMPSON America today has a fundamentally flawed outlook on “greatness.” It’s directly tied to money, but apparently not to human decency. A strong …
Jamaican Singer Jack Radics hailed as national treasure
Staff Report Black PR Wire ATLANTA, Ga – Platinum-selling Jamaican recording artist Jack Radics has been hailed as one of Jamaica’s finest cultural ambassadors and …
Now that we are officially “Other”…
By CALIBE THOMPSON I am a passionate advocate of the movement to flip the election outcome. Last week, I shared one of the many posts …
A final rant about false equivalency
By CALIBE THOMPSON ‘False equivalency’ is a term we didn’t hear nearly enough in this election cycle, but it was the term I believe was …
Roswell Park to conduct trial of Cuban lung cancer treatment
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) _ Buffalo’s Roswell Park Cancer Institute has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to conduct a clinical trial of an …
A play about the shame of sexuality in Christian Jamaica
By CALIBE THOMPSON Debra Ehrhart is a Jamaican woman who happily accepts the title of “drama queen.” An accomplished actress and playwright, she skillfully creates …
FPL’S charitable foundation donates to hurricane relief
Staff Report MIAMI– On the evening of Oct. 24, the South Florida Haiti Relief Group, received a $25,000 contribution from Florida Power & Light Company’s …