Foreclosure clinic offers hope
Hundreds of people streamed into a courtyard on Miami Dade College’s North Campus last weekend, hoping to get help hanging onto their homes. The Foreclosure …
Activists unite across Diaspora
MIAMI – Gentrification. The American Heritage Dictionary classifies that word as a noun, and describes it as the “restoration of deteriorated urban property in working-class …
Tiger in rare role as runner-up
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) – They were together in the Butler Cabin, then on the putting green for the trophy presentation, both times Zach Johnson helping …
OUTDOORS WITH JULIA YARBOUGH: Hip-Hop at the Eiffel Tower
“Oh, the French don’t like Americans.”
Music festival draws diverse crowd
RIVIERA BEACH – Fans saw award-winning jazz performer Will Downing saunter onto a stage for the first time in two years last week at the …
Agencies address black infant mortality
LAUDERHILL – Several Broward County health agencies this week combined forces to bring attention to the disparity between black and white infant deaths.
Women reach out to Africa
MIAMI – In March 2005, Shamele Jenkins founded a support group for single mothers. Three years later, the organization has evolved into a group for …
Fisk partners with Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College forged a new partnership with Fisk University last week.
Around South Florida with Elgin Jones 4-18-08
BBEO PROBE The investigation into how “scholarship” money collected by the Broward Black Elected Officials, Inc. was actually spent is ongoing, but the probe may …
“Spring Cleaning (Part I):” Cleaning Up Our Motives
Spring brings a compulsion to clean, fix up, and straighten out our lives. It is the season for new beginnings. Our Bible study group, using …