Our community is still reeling from the antisemitic graffiti that defaced a wall at the Florida Holocaust Museum a week ago. Just two days earlier, several...
Almost three decades ago, Larry Biddle joined Barbara Gittings, “Mother of Lesbian and Gay Liberation,” and other activists to create a foundation to address unmet needs...
Come September, the University of South Florida will present its final report on structural racism and its impact on the city’s Black community, accompanying the assessment...
I’m a relatively new convert to collard greens, their cultural significance, nutritional benefits and enticement for second helpings. My awakening took place while at lunch with...
The breeze was gentle under shady trees near the tennis courts at Lake Vista Park, a perfect setting for a late afternoon gathering of neighbors. I...
For more than a year, the coronavirus pandemic and its devastating and disproportionate impact on Black, Hispanic and Native American communities diverted attention away from another...
I tried to avoid it as much as possible. The trial, I mean. I didn’t want to hear experts testify about how George Floyd died, see...
For Black people across America, the news over the past few weeks has been particularly grim. In St. Petersburg, there’s the growing toll of violent crime....
In the almost five years since a gunman killed 49 people in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, similar tragedies have snuffed out precious lives in a...
It’s happened again. St. Petersburg has lost another young Black mother to gunfire. The death of 21-year-old K’Mia Simmons comes just months after a similar incident...