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THE POLITICS OF BLACKNESS: Tavis Smiley finally got a taste of his own medicine
Isn’t it strange that those who make their living making fun of other people or ridiculing others or making nasty comments about them can’t stand …
$ MONEY BUZZ: Why you can’t afford a house
Home ownership doesn’t add up for many who work in South Florida. To afford the average house, priced at $280,000 to $311,000, one needs to …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Support the Miami-Dade schools police chief
Dear Dr. Crew: The Miami-Dade NAACP is very disturbed by the police union’s vote of no confidence in Miami-Dade Schools Police Chief Gerald Darling.
North Carolina excited to choose between Clinton and Obama
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Not since 1988 has North Carolina had much of a voice in choosing a presidential nominee. Back then, it joined several …
Novel depicts enslaved family
JACKSONVILLE (AP) – The gnarled towering oaks, the ring of the remnants of 32 slave cabins and the white home of Zephaniah Kingsley still stand …
Danica Patrick is first female IndyCar winner
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) – When Danica Patrick finally got her first win, it was late on a Saturday night back home in the United …
South Florida hopefuls line up for NFL Draft
NEW YORK — The hopes and dreams of young men across South Florida and beyond hinge on two days of painstaking analysis and judgment calls …
Around South Florida with Elgin Jones 4-25-08
CITY SCHOLARSHIPS Lauderhill Mayor Richard Kaplan and other city officials have implemented an excellent program in which they use funds seized from criminal activities to …
“Spring Cleaning (Part II)”Cleaning Up the Junk Room
In our new home in Watkins Park, Maryland, we declared an upstairs room our “junk room.” The rest of the house was open to inspection. …