Week In Review
PHOTO COURTESY OF YORK DISPATCH SECURITY CLEARANCE BACKLOG LEADS TO RISKY INTERIM PASSES WASHINGTON (AP) – A government backlog of 700,000 security clearance reviews has …
Politics
Public Space Challenge winners to improve communities of color
The Miami Foundation’s Public Space Challenge invests $350,000 in your ideas to improve Greater Miami’s parks, plazas and local gathering places. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MIAMI …
WPB announces open data policy
West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio PHOTO COURTESY OF WPB.ORG Courtesy of West Palm Beach Insider Newsletter WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mayor Jeri Muoio …
EPA grants pollution waiver to Florida utilities after Irma
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – State and federal environmental regulators issued a blanket waiver on Monday for Florida …
Harriet Tubman on $20 bill?
Will Donald Trump really replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20? PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON – …
Black Cherokee Freedmen have right to tribal citizenship
Judge Rules That Cherokee Freedmen Have Right To Tribal Citizenship. PHOTO COURTESY OF NPR By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY – Descendants of black …
Florida State answers report alleging academic favoritism
Florida State’s football program is the focus of report on academic favoritism PHOTO COURTESY OF ALL ON GEORGIA By JOE REEDY Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. …
Current racial tensions have ties to history
Protesters gather outside Hollywood City Hall in support of changing the names of several streets named after prominent Confederate war generals. PHOTO BY JAVON ANTHONY …
Symbol of racist terror set for display in state museum
The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum PHOTO COURTESY OF AL JAZEERA By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The terror of a burned …
Dedication set for renamed Yale residential college
PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale University is holding a dedication ceremony for a residential college that’s being renamed in …