SPPD announced new response team to handle non-violent 911 calls
On July 10, Mayor Rick Kriseman and Police Chief Anthony Holloway announced changes to…
Police body cameras
Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D. Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D., Contributor ST. PETERSBURG…
Then and now: USF St. Petersburg professors weigh in on historic parallels of the BLM Movement
The 1963 March on Washington participants and leaders marching from the Washington…
Disturbing times provide teachable moments
Fed Ingram, President of Florida Education Association By Fed Ingram, President, Florida…
‘Gone with the Wind’ returns with a disclaimer
Publicity photo for ‘Gone with the Wind’ featuring Hattie McDaniel, Olivia de…
Race equity during a season of racial violence and COVID-19
Last month, The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg’s founding president and CEO,…
St. Pete celebrates Juneteenth
Photo courtesy of the City of St. Petersburg By Brittanye Blake, Contributor ST.…
Respect, accountability and integrity
Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D. BY Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D., Contributor ST. PETERSBURG…
Trump’s photo-op with a Bible is contemptuous
By Frank Drouzas, Staff Writer It will be remembered as the day Donald Trump raised a…
Scruggs resigns NAACP to run for county commission
ST. PETERSBURG – Today, June 11, Maria L. Scruggs will end her service to the St.…
Pinellas County black-elected officials speak
Row 1: L-R, State Senator Darryl Rouson, State Rep. Wengay “Newt” Newton, Pinellas…
Dear SPC Family
Dear SPC Family, My heart is heavy over the act of brutality that occurred in…
Stand up for righteousness’ sake
Dr. G. Gregg Murray, senior pastor of Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church Dear Editor: I am…
1968: A pivotal year of change
Robert Kennedy and Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy toured the damages after days of rioting in…
Celebrate Black History Month with McCabe United Methodist Church
ST. PETERSBURG – The historic McCabe United Methodist Church is celebrating Black…
Her display unifies
Viola Alexander Lyles is a politician serving as the 59th mayor of Charlotte, N.C.,…
Dream Defenders support students in ‘March for Our Lives’
J.A. Jones, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – In the week leading up to the nationwide…
John Sims: Conceptual artist challenges conventional conversations about history, racism and love
By J. A. Jones, Staff Writer SARASOTA — Sarasota-based artist John Sims is a…