A.G. GancarskiMarch 26, 2024
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A.G. GancarskiMarch 26, 2024
Scott PowersAugust 20, 2021
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The Bahamas Prime Minister orders cruise ships to prove vaccinations to enter port.
Associated PressOctober 17, 2019
10min224
Cummings chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 2003 to 2004,
Melissa RossMarch 29, 2016
6min223
Placing the blame on everything from “media misinformation” to the tortured legacy of the Jim Crow era, a high-powered panel of Jacksonville officials held forth on racial tensions in the city at a conference sponsored by the Jacksonville Bar Association and Florida Coastal Law School. Unsurprisingly, the most frank comments came from Edward Waters College […]
Associated PressAugust 14, 2015
5min179
Despite sharp criticism from a Florida congresswoman that it would disenfranchise black voters, the Florida House is moving ahead with a substantial overhaul of the state’s 27 congressional districts. A House panel split along party lines on Thursday and approved a proposed map that would substantially alter the state’s political landscape and which could lead […]
Bob SparksJune 11, 20157min251
There is no way to sugar coat it. The relationship and level of trust between urban African-American communities and police is at its lowest point in decades. Bringing people together will take an honest assessment of where we are followed by good-faith suggestions for solutions. Everyone must understand it is tough being a cop and […]
Mitch PerryMay 21, 2015
5min443
Although he’s been on the job for nearly two weeks, Eric Ward didn’t officially become the new Tampa police chief until Thursday morning, when the city council unanimously confirmed his appointment. It came while dozens of his fellow TPD officers crammed into the council’s intimate chambers to part of the occasion. Ward, 48, grew up […]
Guest AuthorMay 12, 20155min181
#BlackLivesMatter has become part of a symbolic movement with a powerful message. First tweeted on April 11, 2012, following the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, #BlackLivesMatter began trending heavily during protests after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Three years later, it remains relevant. For me, the hashtag conjures up images of black […]
Guest AuthorMay 10, 201510min234
It is May, a season of hope and fulfillment of dreams. Graduations bloom new flowers all across our state. A limitless future of choices and chances stand before those who are crossing our stages. I recently had the privilege of offering my thoughts through a commencement address to the students receiving graduate degrees from St. […]
Mitch PerryMay 6, 2015
8min166
Jeb Bush says the key to lifting Baltimore from its decades-long torpor is the type of education reform that he practiced in Florida when he was governor from 1998 to 2006. In an op-ed in Wednesday’s Chicago Tribune, he uses the same language other conservatives have during the past two weeks, and longer — that […]