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PHOTO COURTESY OF BT.COM CONGRESSWOMAN FREDERICA S. WILSON APPLAUDS THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION MANDATING GENERATORS AT FLORIDA NURSING HOMES MIAMI, FL –Last year, 14 patients …

People protest the United States’ immigration policy; alleging racism directed at Haitians. PHOTO COURTESY OF COMMUNITY VOICE By JENNIFER KAY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) – …

Statues of chained slaves in Tanzania stand as a memorial to the old slave market. PHOTO COURTESY OF HISTORY.COM Staff Report TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s …

Statue of abolitionist John Brown PHOTO COURTESY OF VISIT KC.COM Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – A statue of fiery abolitionist John Brown has …

Puerto Rico remains consumed by devastation. PHOTO COURTESY OF BIG THINK By DANICA COTO Associated Press COROZAL, Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria shredded the electric poles …

Cuba’s wholesale market provides limited access. PHOTO COURTESY OF FINANCE APPRISE Associated Press HAVANA – Cuba has opened its first wholesale market, lending a hand …

PHOTO COURTESY OF MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA SURVIVOR OF SCHOOL SHOOTING TO USE ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE’ MIAMI – One of the students who survived last month’s …

More than 250,000 immigrants – many of them Haitians – are in jeopardy of deportation after losing Temporary Protected Status. PHOTO COURTESY OF HOWARD U …

Brown University announced the cancellation of a planned display. PHOTO COURTESY OF BROWN UNIVERSITY By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University …

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA Staff Report MIAMI – Representatives of world governments and institutions will converge on Miami to consider the …