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Haitians see history of racist policies in migrant treatment
Daily Harald / Aaron Morrison & Astrid Galvin / September 24, 2021
The images - men on horseback, appearing to use reins as whips to corral Haitian asylum seekers trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico - provoked an outcry. But to many Haitians and Black Americans, they're merely confirmation of a deeply held belief:
U.S. immigration policies, they say, are and have long been anti-Black.
Florida Rep. Wilson tells Biden to 'pay' migrants not to come to US
The Washington Time / September 23, 2021
Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson on Thursday called on President Biden to "pay" those fleeing Latin America for the U.S. southern border to "incentivize" them to remain in their country of origin.
'Fix this.' Miami officials furious over Haitian deportations, inaction from Biden.
Miami Herald / Bianca Padro Ocasio & Alex Daugherty / September 23, 2021
Panama Canal Inaugurates Expansion Sunday
The COSCO Shipping Panama - a 984-foot , 158-foot wide Chinese container ship - will move into position on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal just after after sunrise Sunday to prepare for the first official transit through the newly expanded canal.
(ENEWSPF)-June 16, 2016. Today, Representatives Bobby Scott (VA-03), Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), Carolyn Maloney (NY-12) and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), introduced a legislative package to update the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to help workers balance work and family life.
Know Your HIV Status - Today is National HIV Testing Day
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. It's being billed as a day to get the facts, get tested, and get involved. Around 1.2 million people in the U.S. live with HIV, and one in eight people don't know they have it. Nearly 45,000 people find out they have HIV every year.
In Florida, there are about 175,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. About 16 percent of people infected with the virus are unaware of their status.