BIDEN’S NEW ROLE IF SENATE SPLITS
BY JOSH LEDERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s the stuff of a campaign manager’s dream: The sitting vice president, in the midst of his own run …
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DEMOCRATS LOOK FOR HOPE IN VOTES CAST EARLY
ATLANTA (AP) – Registered Democrats have out-voted Republicans by double-digit margins among ballots cast early in two bitter southern Senate races. But the political climate …
Haitian families may legally migrate to the United States
Orleus Louima made his way from Haiti to the United States by way of the Bahamas in 1989. While riding the bus during a 2007 …
Black Americans struggled and died for the right to vote
Sybrina Fulton, mother of iconic slain teenager, Trayvon Martin, says she’s not a celebrity! But with one look at her date book, you’ll find that …
Commissioner Lopez sees politics as chance to serve the Keys community
In eclectic Key West, a guitar-playing commissioner jamming with his siblings in a band called ‘Total Recall,’ is not out of the ordinary. Ordinary could …
Dream Defenders combine activism, technology and social media to fight racism
The video of a woman conversing with her young son in their kitchen looks like a routine interaction from a middle class African-American home. As …
Voter turnout, races, critical in Palm Beach
(WEST PALM BEACH) — It was one small step for a young man that some hope will be part of a quiet leap in voting …
Community leader Fair says blacks must vote against Amendment 2
If the amendment to allow medical professionals to prescribe marijuana to sick patients passes, it should not happen as a result of support from the …
Richards says record warrants re-election
Although some in the legal community have pegged him an “easy mark,” vulnerable to being defeated, Judge Ian Richards’ record presents a solid defense in …
New initiative will boost HUBZones program
Special to South Florida Times WEST PALM BEACH — The administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Maria Contreras-Sweet, announced the launch of Destination: HUB. …