Becker & Poliakoff hosts ‘Sister to Sister’ luncheon
Left to right: Lauderdale Lakes Commissioner Sandra Davey; Mayor Hazelle Rogers; Commissioner Beverly Williams; Vice Mayor Veronica Edwards Phillips; and Becker & Poliakoff shareholder and …
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New talk show focusing on black issues coming to South Florida
T. Willard Fair, President and CEO, Urban League of Greater Miami PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE Staff Report MIAMI –The Word (1080AM) began airing ‘Black Talk …
Conference: U.S. mayors may shape national climate policy
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By JENNIFER KAY Associated Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) – With the Trump administration’s withdrawal from …
Threats of lynching and murder unnerve lawmakers
Mourners leaving Mt. Perry Baptist Church with flag-draped coffin of lynching victim George W. Dorsey, July 28, 1946 PHOTO COURTESY OF WABE By MATTHEW DALY …
Harvard students ousted over offensive posts
Harvard University PHOTO COURTESY OF HARVARDSMHL.ORG By SALLY HO Associated Press LAS VEGAS – Few college-bound kids lose their shot, and their slot, at their …
Shootings kill or injure at least 19 US children each day
Black boys and teenagers are most at risk of being killed with a gun. STOCK PHOTO By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO – Shootings …
Black gun owners worried by acquittal in Castile shooting
Philando Castile was shot by Officer Yanez. PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. Gerry Martin isn’t sure he …
Black victims of decades-old discrimination fight tax bills
Kevin Fantroy, 62, stands on his porch in Hamtramck, Mich. PHOTO COURTESY OF SACBEE.COM By ED WHITE Associated Press HAMTRAMCK, Mich. – Black victims of …
Third noose found at museum in Washington, D.C.
Hirshhorn Museum Associated Press PHOTO COURTESY OF WASHINGTON.ORG WASHINGTON – Authorities say a noose was found hanging from a lamp post outside a museum in …
Republicans divided as Trump reverses some Obama Cuba policy
President Trump signs the memorandum on strengthening the policy of the United States’ toward Cuba. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON …