New trustees join economic development agency
Miami, Fla. – The MiamiDade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT), a county agency charged with ensuring that Black residents participate in the county’s economic growth, welcomed …
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100 Black Men host 31st Thanksgiving Food Drive
Pembroke Park, Fla. – The 100 Black Men of South Florida’s 31st Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive took place Saturday at Feeding South Florida in Pembroke …
Rained out
WET DAYS: Weather dampened some of the Palm Beach Hurricanes’ fun, but not the team’s spirit, Sunday at Dyer Park in suburban West Palm Beach. …
Threats to schools across US may be coming from overseas
Washington (AP) – Federal agents believe a recent spate of threats and false reports of shooters at high schools and colleges across the U.S. may …
House Democrats request review of local water utilities
Jackson, Miss. (AP) – Amid an investigation into the water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city, two congressional Democrats are requesting a review of the federal …
Judge blocks DeSantis law barring ‘woke’ education
Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) – A federal judge in Florida on Thursday blocked a law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts certain race-based conversations and …
Search for Tulsa Race Massacre victims comes to an end
Tulsa, OK. – The latest search for remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has ended with 32 additional caskets discovered and eight …
Biden’s infrastructure law paying off for Florida
Miami, Fla.—On the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s bipartisan $2 trillion infrastructure law that went into effect for new construction of roads, bridges, airports, seaports …
Jeffries makes historic bid to lead House Dems
New York (AP) — A day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would step aside, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York launched a history-making bid …
Lena Horne
New York City had a theater presence as early as the mid-1700s, but not until the late 1800s did most theaters move uptown to the …