Whitney Houston’s family wants to highlight her gospel roots
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Whitney Houston’s brother remembers when his young sister listened to their mother during gospel rehearsals before she mimicked every tune that …
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Family of US couple kidnapped in Haiti pleads for release
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Nikese Toussaint was at church, so she didn’t see the text message from her sister. All she knew at …
DeSantis signs bill expanding school voucher program
Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Fla.Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed legislation to allow all K-12 students in the state to get taxpayer-funded vouchers …
NAACP: ‘Blacks, boycott Florida’ over DeSantis’ racist laws
MIAMI, Fla. – The Fla. NAACP and Fla. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis clashed over his controversial laws when the civil rights organization decided to lead …
What do race and ethnicity mean? U.S. gov’t is asking
Nyhiem Way is weary of people conflating African American and Black. Shalini Parekh wants a way for South Asian people to identify themselves differently than …
Making sense: College costs, financial aid
(StatePoint) – That moment when your child receives an acceptance letter to a coveted college is a time to feel pride in their achievements and …
Miramar Mayor Messam wins third term
Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam won a third term in political office in a landslide over political neophyte Rudy Theophin, with 90.6 percent of the vote, …
Love-Thornell Collection Largest photography gift to AARLCC
Jacqui Love Thornell and her husband Kwasi Thornell have made the largest ever photography donation to Broward’s County’s African American Research Library Cultural Center (ARLCC) …
Florida may ban girls’ menstrual period talk in elementary grades
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Legislation moving in the Fla. House would ban discussion of menstrual cycles and other human sexuality topics in elementary grades. The …
Florida GOP lawmakers continue to introduce harmful legislation
FLORIDA — Lawmakers have introduced a harmful bill that would roll back local housing protections that residents have fought hard to win. The introduction of …