Tension of Jones/Baraka’s classic ‘Dutchman’ still resonates at AAPACT
By KIMBERLY GRANT It would be easy to say that Dutchman, first performed in 1963, is a one-act play about a straight black man and …
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Food co-ops brace for arrival of giant rivals
BOISE, Idaho —The Boise Co-op eliminated thousands of slow-selling items, sweeping away the claustrophobic effect that accompanied too many offerings. The Wheatsville Food Co-op in …
Plater has taken helm at Strayer U.
By C.B. HANIF CBHanif@SFLTimes.com In a sign of the times, Inside Higher Education recently reported that the 18- to 24-year-old student no longer is the …
Florida will privatize nearly 3,000 prison jobs
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.(AP) _ Florida is moving ahead with a plan to privatize nearly 3,000 jobs in the state's prisons despite a promise by one of …
Boyd High School students choose to ‘Dress for Respect’
LAUDERDALE LAKES — Two hundred-fifty students at Boyd H. Anderson High School are trading T-shirts and jeans for business attire two days a week as …
Love in a time of violence: Leonard Pitts and ‘Freeman’
Freeman, one of the best books I’ve read all year, was written by Leonard Pitts, a well-known Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist whose column appears regularly …
Offshore oil wells are busts
HAVANA — Two deep-water exploratory wells in the Gulf of Mexico have proved to be busts, the state oil company announced, dealing a blow to …
Hollywood’s summer heads south as films fizzle
LOS ANGELES (AP)— Studio executives expected their biggest summer ever this year as they loaded their lineup with huge action movies and superhero franchises.
Floridians urged to register and vote
MIAMI GARDENS — Renowned law professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr. once taught President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at Harvard University.
City Year a hit in schools
MIAMI — Hooting and hollering and singing and dancing are quite common at the front gate of Edison Middle School just before 8 a.m. every …