Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis has claimed victory now that a federal trial court has upheld his demolition of a Black-controlled Congressional District in North Florida, but the price includes a withering denunciation: That he was willing to cut Black voting strength to put more Republicans in office. A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for […]

CNN  —  More Americans evacuated Haiti Wednesday, some on a US-chartered helicopter flight and others on a Florida-organized plane that landed in Orlando – marking the latest of what officials have said will be multiple trips to get US citizens out safely as the Caribbean nation sinks . . .

The head of the NAACP is calling on Black student-athletes to reconsider their decisions to attend public colleges and universities in Florida, challenging a new state policy that bars those institutions from using government funds on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. In a letter sent Monday to current and future student-athletes of the National Collegiate […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate this week confirmed Rhode Island’s first Black and first openly LGBTQ judge to the federal judiciary. In a 51-47 vote, the Senate approved Rhode Island District Court Associate Judge Melissa DuBose’s lifetime appointment to the state’s federal district court, marking the 100th confirmation of a Black woman nominated by President […]

More people moved to a county rich with citrus groves located between two of Florida’s most populous metro areas than to any other county in the U.S. last year, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. More than 29,300 people moved last year to the county between Tampa and Orlando, two metro areas where

Lionel Messi’s Argentina will play exhibitions against Ecuador on June 9 at Chicago’s Soldier Field and Guatemala five days later at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, ahead of defending its Copa América title. The games were announced Monday by the Argentina Football Association and Soccer United Marketing. Argentina last week scheduled friendlies against El Salvador […]

A national ranking for the 2023-2024 school year examined 25,000 public high schools across the U.S. — and a South Florida school secured a top spot. School for Advanced Studies (SAS) — part of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) system — ranked as the third best high school in America. U.S. News and World […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Black History Month has been recognized by every president since Gerald Ford in 1976. But with the interpretation of that history now under scrutiny in states like Florida, some Black congregations are returning to their roots serving as both the church house and school house. Female faith leaders tell CBN News they’re […]

Copyright © AFP 2017-2024. All rights reserved. Social media posts claim parents in the US state of Florida must sign special permission slips allowing their children to read books by Black authors. This is false; a Miami-Dade County Public Schools official told AFP the permission slip was for a guest speaker event that legally required […]

A Florida school district is drawing fire for asking parents to consent to having their children participate in the reading of an African American author’s book to comply with state law. “I had to give permission for this or else my child would not participate???” wrote one parent, Charles Walter, who posted a photo of […]


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