On March 24, three correctional officers were reported to have contracted coronavirus - one officer at each of the three jails in Miami-Dade County. By April 11, 40 corrections staff tested positive for the virus. In Broward County, nine people in custody tested positive for the virus on April 12, with one dying as a result. As a civil rights attorney and candidate for Miami-Dade State Attorney, I have been calling for the release of nonviolent offenders from our jails, as well as a moratorium on seeking cash bail for nonviolent offenders to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Dear President Jovenel Moise:
Starting the week of 4-20-2020, President Trump has given authorization to begin to open the states in America, who were shut down as a result of the coronavirus – Covid-19. President Trump and his coronavirus task force have announced a plan, which will be formally named, “Opening Up America Again.” These new federal guidelines are extremely short on details and specifics and no coordinated national strategic plan would be implemented.
“History is bound to repeat itself. Look at what went wrong in 1918 (Spanish Flu). Then do the opposite,” says the History Channel.
“The real implications of those delays and missteps were not fully apparent during early polling regarding the White House response. But now, as the death toll mounts and more state governors have stepped up their responses to the emergency, it appears the slow response is now eating away at the public’s confidence in the president,” says Pema Levy – reporter at Mother Jones.
“It took less than 10 seconds for Michael Bloomberg’s support for stopping and frisking Black men as mayor on New York City to be referenced at tonight’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas. The knives are out, folks. The debate opened with moderators immediately pitting front runner Sen. Bernie Sanders against Bloomberg over who is the more polarizing figure and which one will bring out enough votes to push Trump out of office,” says reporter Scott Shackford of the Reason.com.
By the time you read this article, the impeachment will almost be completed, and President Donald Trump would have been acquitted. After millions of dollars, thousands of lies, and 17 witnesses in the House, President Trump will be let off, and cleared of any wrongdoing. He will be declared not guilty and proved innocent of the articles of impeachment.
As an American everyone is given the freedom to believe what they can conceive. To African Americans, President Barak Obama was a Golden Child, a spiritual entity, who brought truth to power, and transformed America and the world. He will always be idolized by Black Americans as the first Black President of the United States, and that can never be taken away from his/our legacy.
Black women are some of the most amazing females on the planet. There are many fraudulent images and concepts about Black women in American culture, where they are considered angry, hard to talk too, and unintelligent. The image of Black women as a B, gives everyone in the country, the impression that the majority of our women will curse you out, and always ready to fight.
It is that time again in America, when everyone gets a day off of work, and there are thousands of events to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This is an effort where Black Americans are allowed to have a special weekend, where all Americans can agree that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great American, who brought about great change to this country.
This week, our students return to campus ready to tackle the semester ahead. 2020 promises to be a year of unique opportunity, both around the world and here at the University of Miami.
Anderson Peters became Grenada’s lone medalist at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Qatar when he won gold in the javelin. He talked with Caribbean Today’s Gordon Williams on Oct. 7, the day after his win, while on a flight to the United States where he attends school. The following is the interview edited for clarity and space:
Seemingly lost in the deluge of impeachment news coverage recently was the less heralded release of some new data from the United States Census’ American Community Survey (ACS).