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Twisting the Night Away By Lucius Gantt I felt sorry for President Joe Biden’s Press secretary when conservative journalists badgered her about government documents found at Biden’s home and his old office. They asked the same or similar questions over and over and it seemed to frustrate the African American press secretary. She’ll never ask Read More…
A group of cave divers is celebrating a milestone in their efforts to map out an unknown world beneath our feet. Blake Wilson (left) and Steve Cox (right) explore the incredible underwater world deep beneath the surface. On Jan. 7, divers with the Woodville Karst Plain Project found a connecting passage between the 38-mile-long Wakulla Read More…
The Last Poets: the hip-hop forefathers who gave black America its voice Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives It is half a century since the Last Poets stood in Harlem, uttered their first words in public, and created the blueprint for hip-hop. At an intimate open house session, they Read More…
Hakeem The Dream By Lucius Gantt I was thankful to see Rep. Nancy Pelosi step down from her position as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to give Rep. Hakeem Jeffries the opportunity to serve as the first African American Minority Leader in Congress. Jeffries was a good person to hand the political Read More…
Richneck Elementary School, in Newport News, Virginia, a 6-year-old boy pulled out a loaded gun in his first grade classroom and shot his teacher, Abigail Zwerner, in the chest. Thankfully, Zwerner not only survived the attack and is in stable condition, but managed to “make sure that every one of [her] students was safe” before Read More…
UF to spend $300,000 on new pool for incoming university president By Emma Behrmann January 11, 2023 Education, Fresh Take Florida The University of Florida is making sure its newly hired president, former Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, can dive into the job: It is spending $300,000 to build a new swimming pool behind the stately mansion where Read More…
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