Wednesday, September 18, 2024
The saying goes, If you can make it at an HBCU, you can make it anywhere. It’s sort of a double-entendre because HBCUs are really great at nurturing student leaders who move on to impact the world. However, the lengths taken to be in leadership are usually taken to extremes. […]
When the 2020 COVID-19 stimulus package was announced, it was clear college students would be on the short end of the receiving stick. To make matters worse, students would also be subject to predatory off-campus housing practices with no champions in the Florida government. When the Board of Governors announced […]
Americans are three weeks into social distancing at home while day-dreaming about going outside, partying and possibly a new president. FAMU student Melissa Lavoile says she isn’t confident President Donald Trump is doing enough to combat the financial, burdens felt by many families like her own. “My dad got temporarily […]
If Rebecca Joseph knew that her last time knocking on doors to encourage voter registration would have been the last time she would knock on doors, she likely would have knocked a little harder and a little longer. “If we are not going to go out, then we need to […]
In Tuesday’s Senate Appropriation Committee meeting on criminal justice, senators moved to approve an expanded Second Look Act, or Senate Bill 1308, into a large criminal justice package for this year. The bill was overwhelmingly approved by the committee but faced opposition from the Florida Association of Sheriffs. Matt Dunagan, […]
A year ago, Shelby Nixon held her newly born granddaughter for the first time. Little did she know, it would also be the last time. She would soon learn that her daughter Tammy Jackson gave birth to a baby girl, Miranda, alone in a solitary confinement unit of a Broward […]
Senate Bill 1794 is making its way through the 2020 legislative session. Its aim is to place more restrictions on citizen initiatives. After the successful passage of several controversial amendments to the state Constitution, legislators appear poised to make it more difficult to place initiatives on the ballot. Republican Senator […]
On the eve of Florida’s 2020 legislative session, thousands of educators and supporters from across the state rallied at Florida’s Historic Capital demanding more funding for education. Amid threats of mass teacher terminations, a sea of thousands sporting “Red for Ed” accompanied by keynote speakers the Rev. Al Sharpton and […]