CareerSource Pinellas announces CARES Job Training and Placement Assistance for workers displaced by COVID-19
PINELLAS COUNTY — CareerSource Pinellas announced PinellasWorks, a slate of…
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SPMS celebrates literacy through book donations
BY DR. SHARON JACKSON, Contributor ST. PETERSBURG – The St. Petersburg Metropolitan…
Why is the Georgia Senate runoff so significant?
Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock visited Eckerd College (picture) in 2018 to inspire voters to…
Grassroots groups savor electoral victories
Several grassroots groups organized the “Count on Us” voting rights rally in front of…
Saluting Puerto Rican military service
President Barack Obama leads an ovation after he signed H.R. 1726, awarding a…
Green Book of Tampa Bay grant builds free websites for area Black-owned businesses
GBTB founders Joshua Bean and Hillary Van Dyke BY J.A. JONES, Staff Writer TAMPA BAY –…
Fostering diversity and inclusion in challenging times
Marc Morial, National Urban League’s dynamic president and former New Orleans mayor. BY…
92-year-old serves as Roll to the Polls grand marshal
ST. PETERSBURG — During the recent Roll to the Polls initiative to Get Out the…
Residents weigh in on the south St. Petersburg 22 I-MIX Redevelopment proposal
I-MIX: Industrial Mixed-Use would encourage a mixed-use, walkable destination with…
Coalition celebrates passage of $15 minimum wage amendment
Deirdre O’Leary, Staff writer STATEWIDE – A coalition of Florida labor unions and…
Authentic Colombian fare this side of the Bay
Marlon Yepes, owner of Mi Carreta Restaurant and Bakery, immigrated to Florida from…
Civic groups join together to save the historic Melrose Clubhouse
Civic groups join together to save the historic Melrose Clubhouse, owned by the Pinellas…
How visible or invisible is the Latinx community?
Carl Lavender, Chief Equity Officer, Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg and Jessica…
USF RISES to gather student opinions on disproportionate school punishment of African Americans
Brenda Walker, interim associate dean of the College of Education on USF’s St.…
‘Vote like your life depends on it because it does’
Before taking part in the Stetson ACLU virtual panel discussion on voting rights Tuesday…
History immortalized: City of St. Pete unveils bronze statue of Elder Jordan Sr.
Commissioned by the City of St. Petersburg, former slave turned entrepreneur and city…
Sisters Kin-nect Women’s Conference
L-R, Top Row: Kathy Times, president of Yellow Brick Media Concepts; Mercedes Young,…
St. Pete’s infamous green benches
Pictured here is an original green bench, now sitting in front of Mordecai Walker’s…