Harlem could soon have first Dominican-American in Congress
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK – In an election year filled with debate over immigration, Adriano Espaillat hopes his personal story makes …
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D’Angelo to Savannah State to honor deceased mother
By ROGER CALDWELL There are too many young Black men graduating from high school with no goals and visions after they receive their diploma. …
Black Lives Matter, a terrorist organization? Let’s be clear.
By ROMANO A. LOPEZ Semantics is that part of linguistics that has to do with the meaning of words. Etymology is another part of …
Black skin, white words
By LUCIUS GANTT Many people are celebrating the comments made by professional basketball players, Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwayne Wade, about …
Harming Glades communities not the solution to water crisis
By JANET TAYLOR For five generations, my family has called Clewiston home. We love our community, its people and our culture. We also care about …
Despite 3rd acquittal, Baltimore prosecutors pushing on
By JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press BALTIMORE – A Baltimore judge dealt the state yet another blow in the protracted and unsuccessful prosecution of six …
Event targets prevention to combat gun violence
By DAPHNE TAYLOR RIVERIA BEACH – The large banquet room at the Hurst Chapel A.M.E. church in Riviera Beach was filled to capacity as …
Nominee Trump and wife dodge plagiarism charge
Staff Report The flap led one Democratic Party partisan to quip, “So now we know who Melania Trump wants to be when she grows …
Obama tells police: ‘We have your backs’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says the nation will get through the recent killings of police officers with the …
Black Lives Matter must have bigger role than street protests
By Mohamed Hamaludin Black Lives Matter, the organization which has done more than anyone else to draw attention nationally and globally to the fatal shootings …