Nominations add intrigue if not diversity to Oscar race
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The Oscar nominations added intrigue if not diversity to an Academy Awards race by favoring one late-season release (American …
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MLK Breakfast reaffirms the legacy
WEST PALM BEACH — For nearly three and a half decades, Edith C. Bush, the executive director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Coordinating Committee, …
At least 50 Ebola hotspots, but new cases are declining
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s Ebola chief says there are still at least 50 hotspots in the hardest-hit West African countries but new cases …
Haiti’s new prime minister faces instability, protests and delay
By DAVID McFADDEN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti has a new prime minister as it enters a phase of political uncertainty, with its parliament dissolved, opposition …
Fear and sacrifice
I went to see the movie “Selma.” I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the fact and the fiction shown in the cinematic picture. I enjoyed it …
Screaming at Bears
True freedoms are part of the reason we leave the islands to take root in these foreign lands. From our homes where we are physically …
The hypocrisy of the manufactured hatred of success
When did success get to be a nasty word? Better yet, when did the successful get to be the dreadful villains? And finally, when did …
The System Targets Black Lives Everyday
The deeply disturbing news that North Miami Beach police officers used mug shots of several black men for target practice is, simply put, absolutely disgusting. …