Opinion

Inside Florida's Okeechobee Correctional Institution sits Thomas Raynard James. He's been incarcerated since 1990. “Jay,” as he's called by his family, was no choirboy, but he's been asserting for the past 31 years that he's no murderer, either. Yet the Liberty City native was charged and co…

On Friday September 17, 2021, over 10,000 migrants crossed the US/Mexico border seeking refuge in the Unites States. They have sought shelter under a bridge connecting Del Rio, Texas to Ciudad Acuna in Mexico. They are living under wretched and deplorable conditions, lacking basic necessitie…

When I ran for Mayor of Miami-Dade County, I pledged to turn the tide on the county’s underinvestment in economically vulnerable communities, and fully engage all residents as we work to build a more equitable Miami-Dade.

There are some events that are burned into memory.

Justice came too late for the Martinsville Seven.

I love Labor Day because that’s when the family reunion goes down. Naw, not mama ’nem; my political family. This group is as diverse and entertaining as my immediate family. Each year, I and the fam’ meet up for breakfast. The Dallas AFL-CIO sponsors the repast to gather up the Union brother…

In a culture that worships celebrities and amplifies their words and actions, the coronavirus pandemic has presented an opportunity for some to apply and others to confuse.

“If we continue that trajectory within the next five to seven to 10 days, I think we’re going to see failure of the hospital system in Mississippi.”

For members of Texas Legislature and those who work in its orbit, the days since the 87th regular session ended on Memorial Day have been anything but a summer break or a return to our lives as part-time lawmakers. 

The images of desperate Afghans trying to leave their country, clinging to airplane wheels, passing infants over razor wire and pleading to enter the gates of the airport have been on the news 24/7.

Syesha Mercado is a mother who has endured the “medical kidnapping” of her two children after receiving the order that they be removed from her custody.

Like many people watching the downfall of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, I was glad to see him do the right thing – resign. But it was no cause for celebration.

Imagine a Florida governor with a heart and a mind.

One year ago, after the brutal murder of George Floyd, the summer of 2020 gave us a great white awakening to the truth of systemic racism, and the big pledge to address it. For a moment, it seemed like every company had tapped their PR agents to compose pro-BLM solidarity statements and pled…

In one his most cynical and transparently political moves yet, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had his board of education invent the term “COVID-19 harassment” and make it an acceptable excuse for parents to qualify for the state’s private school voucher program.

Florida and Texas lead the country in pediatric COVID-19 cases. At the time of this writing, Texas had a record 142 children admitted to hospitals with COVID-19, and Florida was not far behind with 135. In both states, governors have fought masking and lockdown measures that would protect th…

At least 60 Seattle bars and restaurants as of Friday began requiring customers to prove they have been vaccinated as a requirement to eat or dine inside, as the highly infectious COVID-19 delta variant spreads through Washington state.

The Bible does speak on the issue of reparations.

The reality for many Black communities, especially Black-owned businesses, is that they must continue to rely on lawmakers and regulators to protect them from virus spread and outbreak.

In 1859, the English naturalist Charles Darwin wrote his famous book, “On the Origin of Species,” which was his theory that nature selects out the strongest and fittest, who survive to pass on their genes to the next generation. We are now seeing his theory in real time.

I recently overheard a couple of young teenagers say they would like to be just like women on the television shows “Basketball Wives,” and “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” Ironically, because of their flashy clothes and foul language, young girls think this is what Black women and our…

The rest of the country may not be as interested in Miami's diaspora communities, but a hop, skip and a jump from U.S. soil, storms are brewing and I'm not talking natural disasters. These are man-made.

Recent demonstrations in Miami in solidarity with a sudden, organic uprising in Cuba against the regime's oppressive dictatorship has prompted significant debate.

The less privilege and bureaucracy an institution has, the more likely it is to rely on a leader’s charisma.