Last two weeks to register for ‘Obamacare’ coverage
Uninsured Broward residents have two weeks left to sign up for affordable healthcare coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace. This is the last chance for …
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Memoir recalls MLK, family and the movement
In a new memoir, My Time with the Kings: A Reporter’s Recollections of Martin, Coretta and the Civil Rights Movement, retired Associated Press reporter Kathryn …
Ricky Aikens wants to transform his community
PALM BEACH – Mention of Dunbar Village in West Palm Beach usually brings to mind the heinous 2007 gang rape and forced incest between a …
I touched a snake and I liked it
In my attempts to fulfill the needs of my clients, the practice grows in mysterious ways. One of my newer clients has 5 pets: two …
They’ll take your guns away!
The second amendment was ratified in 1791. It stated that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Bear …
Black America: Stop riding for creeps
I keep trying to avoid wading into the morass of the Cosby debate, but two things keep drawing me back – attitudes around women and …
Attorney fraud brings Chicago law department under critical review
CHICAGO – A former U.S. attorney will conduct an independent review of the division of Chicago’s law department that defends police after a judge last …
Black Americans made big strides in the job market, 2015
WASHINGTON – Black Americans made big strides in the job market in 2015, achieving their lowest unemployment rate since before the recession. The black unemployment …
Symposium highlights proposed open-carry law
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – One of the most controversial issues facing the Florida Legislature this year is the open carry gun law, which is …
First Key West cemetery stroll of 2016
People interested in learning more about Los Martires de Cuba, the B’nai Zion Cemetery, the Hulbert family restoration, the Dade Lodge plot, and Piedad Ayala …