It is that time again in America, when everyone gets a day off of work, and there are thousands of events to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This is an effort where Black Americans are allowed to have a special weekend, where all Americans can agree that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great American, who brought about great change to this country.
All Stories
This week, our students return to campus ready to tackle the semester ahead. 2020 promises to be a year of unique opportunity, both around the world and here at the University of Miami.
Facebook is one of the largest social media platform and technology company in the world. It is led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and the company went public in 2012 with a valuation of $104 billion. There are 30,000 employees in the company, and since the 2016 election there has been the spread of ongoing fake news and hate speeches directed at the Black community.
WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman Elijah Cummings, Chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee:
Anderson Peters became Grenada’s lone medalist at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Qatar when he won gold in the javelin. He talked with Caribbean Today’s Gordon Williams on Oct. 7, the day after his win, while on a flight to the United States where he attends school. The following is the interview edited for clarity and space:
WASHINGTON – In an opinion piece in Politico, Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, criticizes Facebook’s move to exempt politicians’ speech from its community standards. Gupta examines how the new policy will allow politicians free rein to spread misinformation and racially divisive content.
A number of black people born in the United States of America - many of whom not only simultaneously insist they are not Africans, but also ironically and simultaneously insist on being referred to as African Americans - have begun to insist they are the only people who deserve reparations in America.
Seemingly lost in the deluge of impeachment news coverage recently was the less heralded release of some new data from the United States Census’ American Community Survey (ACS).
On October 15, 2019, South Florida’s social justice community lost Jean Robert Lafortune, a committed and engaged servant leader. The history of South Florida’s Haitian community cannot be written without Mr. Lafortune’s important contributions to the many battles waged for justice and dignity.
In just over two weeks, there will be an election in Orlando for Mayor of the city. There are two Black candidates, Commissioner Samuel Ings, and Aretha Simons, against the incumbent Mayor Buddy Dyer. Mayor Dyer has been in his position for 16 years, and it appears that he will win again on 11-5-2019.
Fathers and daughters have always had a special bond.
“Our children are our living messengers to a future we will never see,” says the great Representative Elijah Cummings.
Back in the days when a man beat his wife and the wife beat the children and the children beat the dog, was that considered abuse, or mere punishment, the administering of justice?
