Punished but preserved: Williams survives, others fired
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has been suspended from the program as managing editor and anchor for six months, without pay, according to an …
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Residents remain firm, Keys dredging will harm environment
With South Florida arguing relentlessly during the last few years over the numerous issues concerning the dredging of ports like Miami and the Everglades, the …
Ascension of an election Supervisor / Part II
FORT LAUDERDALE — A long road trip from Alabama to South Florida over five decades ago was the beginning of a long and prosperous career …
President’s $2 billion request will foster black’s use of parks
If money is our measure of worth, then the news that President Obama proposed an additional $2 billion in his 2016 budget to fund the …
The pride inside humility
Our pride is a double edged sword. On the upside, West Indians have the type of pride that galvanizes us around sports and pageantry, brings …
New superintendent for Brown v. Board site
PHOTO COURESY OF MORGANMAPS.COM By JAN BILES The Topeka Capital-Journal TOPEKA, Kansas — Sherda Williams, the daughter of an engineer who worked for Firestone and …
Jamaica Senate starts debate on pot decriminalization bill
By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Senate on Friday started debating a bill that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot …
University of Florida reports big drop in black enrollment
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida saw a more than 50 percent drop in enrollment of black freshmen from 2007 to 2013 and a …
“Go, Set, Ready…” This is how change really begins
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Annual Breakfast for the Urban League of Broward County. Sitting in the large, beautifully decorated meeting room, …
In America slavery and Jim Crow were justified in the name of Christ
There is an up-roar in America because President Obama was telling the truth at the National Prayer Breakfast. Somewhere in the American mind we only …