2000 children receive book bags in time for school
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Audrey Edmonson helped get District 3 children back-to-school ready at the 10th annual District 3 Back to School Fun Day/Health and Info …
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For healthy, forgiving cooking, try a foil pack in the oven
By MELISSA D’ARABIAN Associated Press Social media tells me that in part of the country, kids are already back-to-school. And so we are teetering between …
Black history in August
AUGUST 18, 1963: James Meredith becomes the first Arrican American to graduate from the University of Mississippi. AUGUST 19, 1989: Bishop Desmond Tutu defies apartheid …
How to teach children to give back
StatePoint When school is in session, it may seem like the greatest lessons to be learned revolve around reading, writing and arithmetic. But teaching children …
Back to school health and info fair includes voter registration
Staff Report MIAMI – School resumes on Aug. 22 in Miami-Dade County. To help local families prepare, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson is hosting …
Walking from the heart to support healthy living
By MICHELLE HOLLINGER MHollinger@Sfltimes.com Fueled by love for his sister, a desire to see her at her best and a strong belief that “action speaks …
A celebratory perspective on Emancipation Day
By Calibe Thompson Between the time of the Africans’ unwilling exodus to Jamaica and the island’s Independence from Britain in 1962, perhaps the most consequential …
America suffers unfortunate lack of civility
By CALIBE THOMPSON I don’t remember America being such an aggressive place when I moved here in the early 2000s. People like Rush Limbaugh …
Eating certain foods, thinking certain thoughts, can heal
Statepoint When you’re not feeling well, conventional wisdom says you should reach for over-the-counter or prescription remedies. But many experts point out that foods …
The art of the Florida Highwaymen
In a 2002 PBS documentary by then Broward-based father and son production team, John and Jack Hamrick, the duo explored the story of the Florida …