By Marlon Francis For more than 20 years, the African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) in Fort Lauderdale has presented the Ashley Bryan Art Series — its longest-running public program, named for the celebrated Black children’s author and illustrator whose work opened generations of young readers to art and imagination. This year’s series […]
The civil rights group has filed a FOIA request demanding answers about the Justice Department’s plan to deploy more than 1,000 federal personnel to polling places ahead of November’s midterms. By Phenix S Halley With the 2026 midterms approaching, the NAACP is raising alarms over a planned Justice Department presence at polling places, questioning whether deploying more
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By REBECCA BOONE A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to limit birthright citizenship, granting a preliminary injunction against an executive order that the administration said would target “birth tourism.” U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman in Maryland on Wednesday issued the injunction until a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrant families and advocacy groups is resolved.
Black men could be critical to Bottoms’ Georgia governor bid as Democrats work to rebuild trust and boost turnout among Black voters. By Phenix S Halley Keisha Lance Bottoms knows Black men could help decide whether she becomes Georgia’s first Black woman governor. Now, some of the state’s most prominent Black men are making sure we
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Ocean Springs High School, where Nolan starred before moving on to Southwest Mississippi Community College, held no moment of silence or tribute to him. But his brothers and his college teammates carry on his legacy. By Brandon Caldwell When the calendar turns to late August and early September in the South, one common uniter springs eternal: football.
By Bernard Fuller For decades, Anthony Brunson has built his accounting practice around a straightforward proposition: Clients entrust firms with more than their financial records. They entrust them with decisions that can help determine the future of businesses, organizations and, in some cases, generations of wealth. Now, one of South Florida’s prominent Black-owned certified public