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PRIVILEGE VS. ENTITLEMENT

Donald Trump’s message of taking a figurative brick through the plate glass window of the political status quo in Washington, D.C. is something that should have energized Black America, which lags in so many quality-of-life indicators when compared to our White fellow citizens.

Trump’s “change” mantra is not much different from Barack Obama’s call for change in 2008 – though many of us are still waiting for the change to come as the Obama administration comes to an end.

Bad messenger However, for many reasons, Obama was a more credible messenger. And perhaps Trump’s message would be more credible and potent if it came from someone else.

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The Florida Courier analyzes the presidential election

BY THE FLORIDA COURIER EDITORIAL STAFF

But Donald Trump is who he is. And for our editorial staff, it was the “Access Hollywood” TV show’s “hot mic” recording that told us what he is like behind closed doors.

So while many women

subsequently saw him as a misogynistic sexual predator, we believe he revealed himself as the whiny, thinskinned, paranoid personification of White male privilege that has dominated the United States of America politically, financially, and culturally since America’s founding fathers crowed loudly about human rights that they and their descendants denied to women and people of color for some 200 years.

Money talks If you know what’s important to Trump, look where he spends his money.

Trump has ignored the Black press after claiming that he would compete hard for the Black vote. He The 2016 presidential candidates: Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald See ELECTION, Page A2

Trump, Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party’s Jill Stein.

EARLY VOTING BEGINS

Get your soul to the poll!

‘NO’ on 1 and 2 Florida Courier analyzes amendments

BY THE FLORIDA COURIER EDITORIAL STAFF

In our opposition to Amendment 1, we stand in good company, including South Florida Congressman (and former federal judge) Alcee Hastings and the Florida Supreme Court’s only two Black justices, Peggy Quince and James Perry.

Both Quince and Perry agreed with their colleague, Justice Barbara Pariente, in her dissenting opinion in the Florida Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision that allowed the Amendment 1 to be placed on the ballot.

“Let the pro-solar energy consumers beware. Masquerading as a prosolar energy initiative, this proposed constitutional amendment, supported by some of Florida’s major investor-owned electric utility companies, actually seeks to constitutionalize the status quo,” Pariente wrote.

“What the ballot summary does not say is that there is already a right to use solar equipment for individual use afforded by the Florida Constitution and existing Florida statutes and regulations. It does not explain that the amendment will elevate the existing rights of the government to regulate solar energy use and establish that regulatory power as a constitutional right in Florida.”

Government control CHARLES TRAINOR JR./MIAMI HERALD/TNS

Campaign signs lined the entrance at the Broward County early voting site on Monday at the Fort Lauderdale Branch Library/Art Serve.

In other words, a vote for Amendment 1 is a vote for government control of the private use of solar energy in Florida.

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Poll says Clinton and Rubio have narrow leads

BY JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE – As both major presidential campaigns blanket Florida in the final weeks before the Nov. 8 election, Democrat Hillary Clinton’s lead over Republican Donald Trump in the state is down to three points, according to a poll released Wednesday by Florida Atlantic University.

Clinton leads Trump by a mar-

gin of 46 percent to 43 percent in the poll, which was conducted from Friday to Sunday. That is down from a six-point lead in an FAU poll released Oct. 13. Trump was up by 2 percentage points in an August poll.

Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein were each under 3 percent, and 6 percent of voters were undecided.

The poll also showed Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio up by four percentage points in his race with Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy, with 12 percent of voters undecided.

Rubio leads Murphy by a margin of 46 percent to 42 percent, according to the poll.

Early vote lead Kevin Wagner, an associate

professor of political science, said the contest will come down to which candidate – both with high unfavorable ratings – can motivate supporters to vote.

“Secretary Clinton is building a substantial lead among the early voters in our sample,” Wagner said in a prepared statement.

“That could create a difficult lead to overcome for Mr. Trump on Election Day.” Early voting started Monday in much of the state. After the first two days, 256,593 Democrats had gone to the polls, compared to 225,962 Republicans, according to the state Division of Elections. Another 89,273 independents and 13,530 third-party voters also cast early voting ballots.

Meanwhile, Republicans had the edge among Floridians who have cast vote-by-mail ballots, up 606,144 to 569,783 over regis-

tered Democrats.

Voters, not votes The numbers from the state elections office only provide registration information about the voters – not how they actually voted.

Mirroring other surveys, Trump has a 17-point advantage among White voters and a 24-point lead in northern Florida. Clinton, who has a commanding 68 percent to 26 percent lead in South Florida, is up nine points among women, 49 points with African-Americans and Hispanics and 16 points with independents.

The poll of 500 likely voters by the Boca Raton university’s Business and Economics Polling Initiative has a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points.

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Your ‘leaders’ are feeding you to the wolves A good shepherd takes care of his flock.

The shepherd can lead his flock to a better pasture. He can feed his sheep. He can protect his sheep. He can heal his sheep when they are hurt or injured.

If Black political and community leaders can be considered as our shepherds, they are literally feeding us to the wolves!

Many African-Americans want political and community leaders that can hoot and holler! Some Blacks will follow you, finance you and front for you as long as you sound good!

Saying nothing You don’t have to say anything that is worthwhile. All you have to do is be a good speaker and you can draw a crowd.

Other African-Americans want leaders that are chosen by people that are not African American.

They want the political party to choose Black leaders. They want the money changers and beast bankers to choose Black leaders.

They will even allow the biased and corrupt media moguls

Some Jewish GOP voters backing Trump

BY DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE – After attending a fundraiser for Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago this week, Robin Bernstein was more pumped up than ever about the Republican presidential nominee.

Bernstein is among the minority of Jewish voters supporting Trump, a part-time Floridian who has deepened the partisan divide at the mahjong table at other clubs throughout South Florida.

All about security For Bernstein, the choice between Trump and his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton – whose experience includes stints as first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state – is simple: which candidate will be the best at keeping the country safe.

“You don’t build a business like that, an international empire, by being a pussycat. You have to be tough. You have to be resolute. You have to be firm.

And you have to be strong,” Bernstein, a resident of Palm Beach and one of the exclusive Mar-aLago club’s original members, said about Trump in a telephone interview after Monday’s breakfast fundraiser. “So you have somebody that may get a little hot under the collar. … I think it’s about time we had somebody with some chutzpah.”

Bernstein is one of a small subset of Jewish voters, most of them Republican, who distrust Clinton because of her affiliation with President Obama and his administration.

They point to Obama’s chilly relationship with Israel over the past eight years as a harbinger of what Clinton will deliver if she takes over the White House.

But a poll late this summer showed that Israel ranked near the bottom among issues that will sway likely Jewish voters in Florida.

The economy, the Islamic state terrorist group known as ISIS, and the U.S. Supreme Court were at the top of the list of Jewish voters’ concerns, pollster Jim Gerstein, of Washington, D.C.-based GBA Strategies, found in a poll conducted in August.

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to pick, choose and designate the so-called leaders of Black people living in the United States!

Well, the so-called leaders continue to make you believe Black people and Black communities are doing better and better and far better than our people were doing before.

I say you have been tricked, you have been punked, you have been jacked, bamboozled and misled into thinking that you are in social heaven when you are really in a societal hell!

Let me explain The United States is a capitalist country and in a capitalist country, capital is the primary motivating factor.

You need money to buy, or rent, a house for shelter. You need money to buy a car for transpor-

A new generation When I wrote it before, you

didn’t read it. You didn’t agree with it. Or perhaps you didn’t believe it.

But there is a new generation of Black men and women.

This new generation doesn’t want to hear speakers that talk loud and say nothing. They don’t want to follow political puppets that are slow to sponsor and pass bills for Black reparations and true Black participation in government purchasing transactions.

They don’t want to follow leaders who are afraid to call things “Black,” but are eager to use devil descriptions like “urban,” “innercity,” “diverse,” and “disadvantaged.”

So-called Black political leaders don’t know the difference between a symbolic piece of legislation and a substantive piece of legislation. That is why they want a party, a parade and a plaque for supporting a symbolic holiday or a street name change!

You know them Yes, the Black political and community leaders that you love

Matter and ‘madder’ Instead of Black Lives Matter, Black lives should get madder!

We don’t want a leader that is perfect. We want leaders that are perfect for us.

Leaders that can deliver. Leaders that are more successful than unsuccessful.

We want leaders that know how to generate Black wealth in a capitalist society.

Buy Gantt’s latest book, “Beast Too: Dead Man Writing,” on Amazon.com and from bookstores everywhere.

Contact Lucius at www.allworldconsultants.net.

The poll, which showed that Jewish voters in Florida overwhelmingly support Clinton, was conducted before Trump was engulfed in controversy concerning vulgar comments about women and a series of allegations that he groped or kissed women against their will.

Chilled by Trump State Rep. Kevin Rader, a Delray Beach Democrat who will join the state Senate after the November election, is married to a rabbi and has close ties to Israel.

Trump’s stand on immigration – he has advocated building a wall across the Mexican border and banning Muslims from entering the country – and the Republican candidate’s comment that he would take a “neutral” position on Israel are chilling for many Jewish voters, Rader said.

“But Israel is not the top issue in the campaign,” Rader said.

“Banning Muslims, choosing for the Supreme Court, the social issues, like common-sense gun legislation, are enormous issues for American Jews when they’re voting for the next leader of the free world.”

Politically incorrect But for others, Trump’s unapologetic views on controversial topics have unleashed heretofore repressed sentiments.

“He said all of the things they told us we’re not allowed to say,” Dinerstein said.

But to Bernstein, who has known Trump for decades, Clinton is untrustworthy. She pointed to recent releases of hacked emails from the Clinton campaign obtained by the WikiLeaks organization. Critics of Clinton say the emails show that, as secretary of state, Clinton gave special treatment to contributors to her family’s foundation.

“This corruption that Hillary Clinton has committed, I think it’s treasonous,” Bernstein said.

Jewish voters make up about 5 percent of the state’s 12.7 million voters, and about 25 percent of Jewish voters are Republican, according to estimates.

For a number of Jews in Florida, neither candidate appears to be a good option.

“Most people going into the poll booth are going to be voting against somebody,” said former state senator Ellyn Bogdanoff, a Republican who is now a lobbyist. “A lot of us are extremely frustrated.”

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vironment in which a major party candidate for president exists.

We are comfortable with the general conclusion that he is unfit to be president.

has spent little or nothing on serious investments in media or consistent outreach to the Black community, not even to diehard Black Republicans. He is trying to carve off a handful of Black votes “on the cheap” – one of the few strategies he has in common with his Democratic Party counterparts.

Still, we evaluated, listened, watched, and analyzed Trump’s positions on the issues as well as his reactions to daily events while he is in the pressurized en-

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tation. You need tuition money to finance an education.

You need money to get the best health care or medical treatment.

You need money to get married.

You need money to get buried.

You even need money to pay for your children’s lunches at school cafeteria time.

None of your so-called Black political or community leaders have put forth a solid plan to employ Black people, to build competitive Black businesses, to create Black banks and financial institutions, or to foster and participate in international trade!

So what do we do to get money in a capitalist system? Our leaders suggest that we beg. They think we should depend on government handouts and assistance than do things for ourselves.

In movies and in music, they glorify people they believe have money like pimps, hos, dope dealers, pickpockets, peddlers and panhandlers!

are masquerading as Black shepherds feeding you, the Black sheep, to the wolves!

I’m not going to call any names. But look at who you are following. Is your life any different? Yes, it is. It is worse!

Your leaders aren’t leading you down the path of righteousness.

They are leading you to the dopehouse, the poorhouse and the whorehouse!

Follow the woman or man that has a plan to make our lives better, make our pockets fatter and make our minds clearer.

If Trump is the personification of White male privilege, Clinton is the personification of 50 years of the Democratic Party’s belief in its unearned political entitlement to Black votes and unquestioning Black support.

As such, deciding whether to even make a recommendation in one of the strangest presidential campaigns in recent history, our editorial staff fell into one of

Though the Florida Legislature eventually legalized growing medical marijuana, Black farmers were cut out of the lucrative industry.

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ing your excess power, not FOR it.

We strongly urge you to vote AGAINST Amendment 1.

No to Amendment 2

Many Floridians dream of placing solar panels on their roofs, generating enough free energy to power their homes, and selling the excess power to Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy, or even their neighbor. If you vote for Amendment 1, you’re voting AGAINST the possibility of sell-

Here are excerpts of what we wrote about 2014’s Amendment 2, which would have made medical marijuana legal in Florida: This law is designed for “Big Weed” – the weed-growing industry similar to “Big Tobacco.”

Check the huge profit margin on legal marijuana…

A quote from Michelle Alexander, the author of “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” explains things well.

“Here are White men poised to run big marijuana businesses, dreaming of cashing in big.

Big money, big businesses selling weed, after 40 years of punishing impoverished Black kids for selling weed. Their families and futures destroyed. Now White men are planning on getting rich doing precisely the same thing.”

Well, two years later, Big Weed

a number of camps.

There are those who believe that Donald Trump is an existential threat to Black America, and thus, are not willing to “waste a vote” on a third-party candidate.

This contingent sees a vote for anyone other than Hillary Clinton as a vote for Donald Trump.

And they enthusiastically believe she will make a great president.

The second group sees Clinton as the “lesser of the evils.” They believe Black people may do better under Clinton, but they are not enthusiastic about her candidacy. They question her judgment and performance as secretary of state in the Obama administration, her lack of transparency, and her ties to Wall Street,

among many other concerns.

Still a third group shares the concerns about Clinton, but views this election through the long lens of political history.

They see Clinton and Trump as different sides of the same political coin, and evaluate a vote for a third-party candidate as an opportunity to vote against the duopoly of America’s current twoparty system that is awash in money from large private businesses, multinational corporations, and rich individuals.

We see this largely as a choice between voting for Hillary Clinton, or voting for one of the two third-party candidates, with the understanding that our editorial staff’s hesitancy and reticence,

According to Pariente, “the second part of the amendment acts as a significant restriction on the expansion of solar energy rights and “choice[s]” by embedding in the Constitution the government’s unbridled discretion to regulate private solar energy use.

“The proposed amendment would have the practical effect of maintaining the status quo with the balance of power in the hands of the utility companies.”

had its way. The Florida Legislature decided to legalize growing medical marijuana in Florida.

But current law prevents Black farmers in Florida from legally growing medical marijuana, continuing a history of discrimination and costing those farmers millions of dollars. The Florida Legislature has been in no hurry to make necessary changes.

Are we surprised that Black farmers got cut out, or that frightened Democrats wouldn’t stand up for Black farmers? No. As we opined in 2012: How does Amendment 2 directly benefit Black Floridians?

Jobs? Less street crime? Improved health? If you want to get pimped, vote yes. OUR RECOMMENDATION: VOTE NO. Defeat this confusing half-measure that was dreamed up by Big Weed. Then let’s have the inevitable fight over whether marijuana should be completely decriminalized in Florida.

That recommendation remains true four years later.

to large extent, reflects the lack of enthusiasm and the mistrust of the American voting population for both the GOP and the Democratic Party in general.

OUR RECOMMENDATION: ANYONE BUT DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT We have NO RECOMMENDATION for the U.S. Senate race.

Our general editorial policy is to ignore people who ignore us.

And Black voters have generally been ignored by both candidates as well as by the Republican Party of Florida and the Florida Democratic Party.

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Is Florida slipping away from Donald Trump?

It all adds up to Clinton with “a pretty strong advantage,” said Frank Orlando, the director of the Saint Leo University Polling Institute in Saint Leo. Clinton has an edge of about 4 percentage points over Trump in the realclearpolitics.com average of recent public polls. Before the debates started, he had a 1-point edge.

BY DAVID LIGHTMAN MCCLATCHY WASHINGTON BUREAU /TNS

CASSELBERRY – Donald Trump’s prospects in Florida may be starting to slip away.The key reason is Republicans themselves.

Interviews with more than 80 voters and party officials along the pivotal corridor across Central Florida from Orlando to Tampa since the final debate last week reveal a party torn over its own nominee, and candidates and activists increasingly working to turn out the vote for other Republican candidates rather than Trump, as early voting started Monday in many parts of the state.

Diverse state

Trump not mentioned GOP officials barely mention Trump at their local rallies. The chairman of a key suburban county concedes many conservatives are having a tough time accepting the White House nominee. The local congressman, a Republican, avoids saying Trump’s name.

“I support the nominee.

I’m focused on my own race,” said Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., before a few hours of door-knocking Saturday in this Orlando suburb. As he walked around Jericho Drive in Casselberry, stopping at dozens of homes, he didn’t bring up Trump, not even once.

Go east or west across Central Florida and there’s an echo when Trump comes up. People are fed up with Washington and desperately want change, but Trump isn’t the answer.

And if Trump can’t win this state and its 29 electoral votes – more than 10

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Jackson Memorial Hospital workers line up for free tacos as the Miami hospital’s union celebrated the start of early voting in the state on Oct. 24 percent of the 270 needed to win – his chances are likely doomed.

Trump needs suburbs To take the state, Republicans have to pile up votes in suburban areas such as Seminole County. Trump needs about a 10 percent edge here, said Jeffrey Bauer, the county’s GOP chairman. Republican nominee Mitt Romney won the county by 7 points four years ago and lost the state to President Barack Obama by 1.

Bauer’s not overly optimistic about Trump, and his focus is instead on electing local candidates.

“I want Trump to win,” Bauer said. “But if I had

to choose between Trump winning and winning House and Senate seats, I’d pick the House and Senate.”

Local candidates agreed.

“I say I’m voting for Trump, and sometimes I have to add, ‘Don’t hurt me,’” said State Rep. Bob Cortes, a Republican who represents a suburban Orlando district. “I tell them you can vote your choice at the top of the ticket – but just vote for me.”

Two complaints Republican voters have two chief complaints about Trump. One is style, and the other is whether he’s

truly devoted to the conservative cause they’ve championed for so long.

Steve LaBadie, a Manatee Technical College cosmetology student from Bradenton, was a Trump supporter. Not anymore, not after the debates. “He doesn’t know how to keep his mouth shut,” LaBadie said.

Ditto Chris Chambers, a security administrator from Tampa. A Republican who voted for Romney four years ago, he said he’d “unfortunately” go with Clinton.

“I wish the Republican Party had a better candidate. He lacks diplomacy,” Chambers said.

Little conservative

support Trump’s also having problems mobilizing the conservative army that’s squarely behind Sen. Marco Rubio, who’s in a tight race for a second term.

“I don’t know where he stands on all the issues,” Bev Krier, a retiree from Longwood, said of Trump.

She mentioned the Second Amendment and limited government, and wondered whether he’s strongly committed. “He says he is,” said Krier cautiously.

Bauer, the local chairman, found this sort of attitude typical. “It’s difficult to get them to come around,” he said of conservative activists who identified with the grass-roots tea party movement.

Florida’s a perennial battleground because it’s America in miniature.

The North Florida resembles the Deep South states it borders, and Trump has a comfortable poll lead in that region.

South Florida and the Gulf Coast, with their urban areas and ethnic and racial diversity, may as well be a Northeastern state, and Clinton has a strong edge there. That makes Central Florida the decider.

One change from elections past: an influx of voters to Central Florida from Puerto Rico and Latin America.

Voters of Puerto Rican descent tend to vote heavily Democratic. And Hispanic voters who are undecided often are repulsed

by Trump’s pledge to crack down on illegal immigration and his characterization of Mexicans. Trump reinforced their concerns at last week’s debate.

“He was talking about immigration. He had to say ‘hombres’?” asked an incredulous Ursula Recarte, a University of Central Florida student.

Clinton’s challenge is to make sure her constituencies turn out. She needs to mobilize African-Americans, Latinos and women, and she is bringing in big names with long-standing ties to those communities to campaign.

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Henry Louis Gates’ $10 million scam “We have had this remarkable growth of the Black middle and upper middle class and we also have this Black underclass that is perpetuating itself.”

– Dr. Henry Louis Gates The word “underclass” means poor Black people and they are responsible for their own condition. So sayeth White America’s go-to Black man, Henry Louis Gates.

They are poor because they have no jobs, or low-wage jobs, or are churned in and out of the mass incarceration complex and are therefore condemned to future joblessness. Oh yes, and racism diminishes their odds of getting a good education or being hired at all, or living where they want regardless of income.

Simple reasons Anyone with a modicum of common sense can recite the reasons for Black poverty with little prompting. Yet Gates, the supreme hustler-in-chief of Black America, has a new scheme to use the suffering of others for his own personal gain, courtesy of one of his rich White benefactors.

Glenn Hutchins is the founder of Silver Lake Partners private equity firm. Silver Lake and other hedge funds help rich people get richer without producing anything of value for anybody else. Hutchins’s $15 million gift brought the Hutchins Center for African and African-American Research into existence at Harvard University. Gates is director of the Hutchins Center.

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Gates is expert at currying favor with Hutchins and his ilk, as the hack of Sony Corporation emails revealed two years ago.

He knows how to get their love and their money. Those two facts alone should disqualify him from being taken seriously by the rest of Black America. There is no need for a 21st century Booker T. Washington.

Big-name project The Hutchins Center recently announced a $10 million gift from its benefactor to determine how best to address inequality.

The grandiosely named “Multidimensional Inequality in the 21st Century: The Project on Race and Cumulative Adversity” is supposed to tell otherwise intelligent people how to help the poor.

Researcher William Julius Wilson says, “Our goal is to provide information to policy makers who want to make good decisions. If they have the information, we can decide how to attack the problem.” Hutchins adds, “We have the opportunity to do non-ideological, evidence-based policy making.”

But the issue of poverty is quite ideological. That’s why think tanks and hedge fund guys have no business discussing it. Black

‘Buy Black’ campaigns have a long history The advent of initiatives throughout this country to “Buy Black” and “Bank Black” can be traced back to the early 1900s, during which time campaigns similar to today’s efforts were established.

Slogans such as “Double-Duty Dollars,” “Don’t shop where you can’t work,” and efforts such as Black cooperatives cropped up as a result of our forebears understanding and being willing to act upon the fact that their dollars mattered.

Dollars recycled Double Duty Dollar campaigns were simply what we call “Recycling Black Dollars” campaigns.

As Blacks spent their money at Black-owned businesses, the volume of business increased to a level where other Black folks could be hired by Black companies. In other words, we used our dollars to create our own jobs.

“Don’t buy where you can’t work” campaigns helped increase Black employment in White-owned businesses, again because “Black Dollars Matter,”

people are poor because of two things: capitalism and racism.

Their situation will improve only when the twin demons are tamed.

It is important to note that poverty wouldn’t exist without the great wealth of institutions and individuals. Harvard University has a $36 billion endowment and that is prima facie proof of largescale theft by generations of powerful people.

If it were dissolved and distributed to Black people every man, woman and child would have at least $1,000. That might not get people out of poverty, but it would be more helpful than studying Black people yet again and revealing what is already obvious.

Cause, not solution If any class is perpetuating itself, the ruling class is the one.

They use noblesse oblige and public relations efforts to make themselves look good when they are the actual cause of so much human suffering.

As luck would have it, this dubious initiative was announced as Harvard’s dining hall workers entered the second week of their strike. They earn an average of $33,000 per year and their very wealthy employer wants them to pay more for their health care.

Hutchins money would be better used helping these people pay their doctor bills.

But philanthropy can’t ease the suffering caused by capitalist predation any more than nonsensical academic studies

and the absence of Black dollars matters even more to those with whom we do business.

Black religious leaders also encouraged sensible Black dollar strategies. In Juliet E.K. Walker’s book, “The History of Black Business in America,” she cites a quote from religious leaders during that time.

“To the Negro community, a business is more than a mere enterprise to make profit for the owner. From the standpoints of both the customer and the owner it becomes a symbol of racial progress, for better or for worse.

And the preacher is expected to encourage his flock to trade with Negroes.”

drug stores, shoe stores, and the beauty salon industry were quite prominent in the early 1900s. In these co-ops, members also did something we talk about today.

They pooled their money to establish and support their own businesses, and Black churches were at the forefront of many of these efforts as well.

Co-op shares were purchased by members, and the money was used to open businesses where the members shopped and, in essence, supported themselves by getting a return on their investment. W.E.B. DuBois envisioned what he called a “Cooperative Commonwealth” among Black folks.

The recently revived Black Bank Deposit campaign also has an interesting history.

Prior to integration, as many as 134 Black-owned banks had been established, in addition to Black credit unions, and other financial organizations. By World War II, there were only six Black banks still in existence, including the one at the center of the current deposit campaign: Citizens Bank in Atlanta, founded by Herman Perry in 1921.

Co-ops were popular

More than ‘show’

Black cooperatives Black-owned grocery

Buying and banking Black are more than just hoopla and cele-

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among stores,

Africans stampede out of the ICC After 14 years, the neocolonial judicial farce of an International Criminal Court (ICC) may be unraveling. South Africa has joined Burundi in serving notice that it is starting the process of withdrawing from the ICC. The decision by President Jacob Zuma’s government has caused panic in the West, which fears it might touch off a mass withdrawal of Africans from the ICC at the African Union Summit meeting in January. There were similar fears of a mass African walkout when the ICC indicted Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyat-

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ta for crimes against humanity in 2012. The ICC dropped those charges two years later.

From its very inception, in 2002, the ICC has been a court for Africans only, a tool of the United States and the former colonial powers. Of the six cases that are currently, or soon to be, on the docket of the ICC,

all involve indictments against Africans. It is as if the only high-placed criminal politicians in the world live in Africa.

In Rwanda, the ICC has acted as a prosecutorial service for Paul Kagame, the Tutsi dictator.

Despite abundant evidence that Hutus were also massacred during the Rwandan civil war, and that Kagame’s forces deliberately provoked the bloodbath, the ICC prosecuted only Hutus and opponents of the Kagame regime.

The U.S. is the most hypocritical player of all. Washington is not even a member of the ICC – and never will be, since the U.S. is unwilling to be judged by any global authority. The U.S. voted against creation of the court when the issue came up for a vote at the United Nations in 1998.

Yet, Washington uses the ICC as

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can. Systemic change is the answer to ending poverty, but Gates and Hutchins have no real interest in doing that. If they did, they wouldn’t need to spend a dime.

They could use their influence to do some very simple things.

The list of policies that would end poverty are quite easy to identify.

They might advocate for the highly vaunted but still inadequate $15 per hour minimum wage. Perhaps they can use their connections to speak up for a guaranteed minimum income or Medicare for all. They might oppose mass incarceration or privatized education through the charter school fraud. They could say that Hutchins and his friends should pay higher taxes.

Using Black America Gates again uses Black people to improve his own lot in life. He hosts television shows and writes books and has the ear of the corporate media because of his con-

Margaret Kimberley’s column appears weekly in BlackAgendaReport.com. Contact her at Margaret.Kimberley@BlackAgendaReport.com.

bration, more than a moment in time, and more than a temporary gesture to “show” others how much money we have.

Buying and banking Black are practices that should become habits, so much so that it becomes an “unconsciously competent” act, as President and CEO of the National Bankers Association and my longtime friend, Michael Grant, wrote in his book, “Beyond Blame.”

In order for a movement to be sustained, it must be organized and it must have a vehicle through which our strategies can be tested, measured, adjusted, and brought to fruition. It must also comprise a critical mass of dedicated, resolute, unapologetic, and unrelenting foot soldiers to make the requisite sacrifices necessary for long term success.

Buying and banking Black are about leveraging our dollars to distribute our products cost efficiently and cost effectively, and having the ability to create economies of scale by working and buying cooperatively.

accounts and other instruments that have a longer term positive effect on their balance sheets.

Our nonprofit organizations should have some of their funds on account at Black banks as well, and we should hold them responsible for doing so. Buying and banking Black must have a positive impact on our own future.

What is that vehicle and who are those people that are already organized, already solidified, already sacrificing, already committed, and already depositing their funds into a Black bank?

I’m glad you asked. It’s THE One Million Conscious and Conscientious Black Contributors and Voters.

Go to www.iamoneofthemillion.com and check it out. If you agree with some of our principles and positions, please join us.

Think about it We must think differently about opening bank accounts.

They should be viewed as actual investments in our banks and credit unions, as we open saving

Burundi’s President Nkurunziza.

South African President Jacob Zuma can count on his African National Congress legislative majority to support a withdrawal from the ICC. It’s a welcome move on Zuma’s part, but it doesn’t make up for South Africa’s vote, five years ago in the UN Security Council, for a “no-fly zone” over Libya. That shameful surrender to U.S. pressure resulted in the overthrow and death of Muammar Gadaffi, a great friend and material supporter of the South African liberation movement.

Let’s hope that Zuma is now signaling that he will pursue a foreign policy that is more independent of the United States.

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The high place is usually the source of the problem, and elite institutions like Harvard are Exhibit A.

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Why I’m still voting for Donald Trump What the hell is going on with Blacks in this Republican Party? I DON’T WORK FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. But it seems everyone wants to call me to get an insight into the inner workings of some of the strategies coming from the party’s so-called Black operatives.

In order to be an operative, you must know how to operate. These Blacks have little to no significant campaign experience and have absolutely no understanding of messaging and communications.

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are setting their Black surrogates up for failure.

It seems like Black staffers have received orders from the party to go into the Black community and ask Blacks to vote Republican, but not for Trump.

‘Know what they’re doing’ Memo to Black Last week, I was with a Black Republicans

nationally syndicated radio talk show host who is extremely liberal. He asked why the GOP has not brought on people like me to help with their efforts with the Black community. I told him to call the party and ask them that same question.

But then he said something very interesting.“They don’t want people like you [referring to me] who know what they are doing,” he said. “They want people who they can control.”

Part of a true operative’s background is experience. By this party constantly bringing on people with no relevant experience, they

The Black community doesn’t make a distinction between Trump and the Republican Party; they are one and the same. You can’t have steak without meat, you can’t have basketball without the ball, you can’t watch TV without a TV. How do you go into the Black community and tell them that you are not supporting Trump’s campaign, and then turn around and ask them to vote for other Republican candidates?

I unapologetically support Trump because of the Supreme Court, my belief that amnesty for illegals will further exacerbate the

Now is not the time for complacency I viewed the final 2016 presidential debate with great interest.

It held few surprises, but served to confirm my evaluation of Donald Trump as an overgrown, petulant child-like man.

Sadly, his year-plus emersion in the political process has not reformed his juvenile instincts to tear down that which he cannot control or does not like. He continues to present a narcissistic disposition that demonstrates his willingness to ruin the game if you won’t let him win.

Not surprised Consequently, I am not surprised at his ongoing accusation that the electoral process is “rigged,” and that he will not support the democratic outcome unless he wins the election!

The Republican Party did not

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Black unemployment rate, and our party’s establishment needs to be totally shaken up! All the other issues swirling around Trump is mere background noise.

To Black Republicans: If you are not supporting Trump, why are you taking money from an organization, the Republican National Committee, whose sole purpose is to get Donald Trump elected as president? Are you so desperate for money that you are willing to sell your political soul for 30 pieces of silver?

If you are not supporting Trump, have some principle and resign immediately.

One of the fundamental tenets of marketing as it applies to getting consumers to switch brands, i.e., from Democrat to Republican, is “messenger credibility.”

How can you go into the Black community with credibility and ask for them to vote for Republicans, but don’t support the person at the top of the ticket? These staffers should be embarrassed to ask Black folks to buy a product that they themselves don’t even believe in. Do they really think that Blacks are that stupid?

party and Trump are joined at the hip at this point.

This is why these Blacks have absolutely no credibility when they go into the Black community.

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recent videos and the emergence of numerous victims of his sexual improprieties. Combined with his lies, there is overwhelming indication of an individual devoid of the character required of a president of the United States.

My greatest fear is that those opposed to Trump’s demagoguery will casually accept the outcome of the election predicted by the media and ignore their responsibility to vote. The consequences of this election are far too significant for anyone to leave it to others to vote the right way.

I encourage all of my readers to take the opportunity to vote early. If that is not possible, build time into your personal schedule to vote on Nov. 8. Now is NOT the time for complacency!

On May 30, 2012, Trump tweeted: “In his own words, @BarackObama “was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.

This statement was made, in writing, in the 1990s. Why does the press protect him? Is this another Watergate?”

On August 6, 2012, “An extremely credible source has called my office and told me that @BarackObama’s birth certificate is a fraud.”

On December 12, 2013, “How amazing, the State Health Director who verified copies of Obama’s birth certificate died in a plane crash today. All others lived. “ On September 6, 2014, “Attention all hackers: You are hacking everything else so please hack Obama’s college records (destroyed?) and check “place of birth.”

deteriorate into a party of racism, intolerance, xenophobia, misogyny, and obstructionism overnight.

Their acceptance and their nomination of a presidential candidate who now threatens to break down the fabric of their party is nothing new.

Mitch McConnell threated to make President Obama fail.

Trump’s “birtherism” campaign against President Obama to the present, his public statements, ‘Great service’ On September 15, 2016, after and the rhetoric of his campaign have been a litany of misrepre- years of spewing poisonous inforsentations, obfuscation, and bold- mation about President Obama faced lies. and for political expedience,

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that he will accept the results of the election … if he loses.

List of targets Meanwhile, these sexual accusers are just the latest targets of his litigious spite.

After all, nothing has distinguished Trump’s presidential campaign quite like the fusillade of legal threats he has hurled.

Besides these (now) eleven women, the most notable targets of his delusional civil war include: Former Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz for cheating, running negative ads, and being an Obama-like birther fraud.

The Washington Post for running stories about his bankruptcies and the New York Times for running stories about his sexual predations.

The political, media and corporate establishment for conspiring to rig the election against him.

But, as CNN reported, Trump is more bark than bite when it comes to his threats. That’s why his threat to jail his political opponents and sue his sexual accusers is about as credible as his promise to release his tax returns.

According to CNN, “‘Every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign,’ Trump said during remarks in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania…Trump often threatens to file lawsuits without actually doing so.”

Clearly, Trump’s “every woman lied” makes a mockery of Lincoln’s “we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.”

But this is just the latest in a string of stunts, all of which suggest that Trump is hellbent on making a mockery of every political institution and democratic tradition Americans hold dear.

Defiling the hallowed grounds of Gettysburg was bad enough. But Exhibit A in Confessed abuser With respect to suing his this respect was Trump refusing, during the final pres- accusers, this is like a bank idential debate, to promise robber suing the bank man-

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fire all those involved in this diabolical scheme. How can the party justify paying someone who is in opposition to its very raison d’etre?

Not one of these Black staffers has publically endorsed Donald Trump. Nor can you find in any public statements or in their media appearances indicating their support for Trump.

When they have been challenged about this by the media, they quickly deflect to the point that they work for the party, not Dump them all the Trump campaign. You can’t The Republican Party should have one without the other. The

Trump channels Lincoln as only he can Abraham Lincoln began his Gettysburg Address by invoking the democratic principles upon which the Founding Fathers conceived this nation “four score and seven years ago.”

Donald Trump began his Gettysburg speech last week by invoking the personal grievances upon which he intends to base lawsuits to settle scores. He threatened to jail his political opponents and sue his sexual accusers.

As it happens, threatening to jail his political opponents, most notably Hillary Clinton, has been a sure-fire applause line in his stump speech for months now. But Trump vowing to sue the women who have accused him of sexual misconduct in recent weeks is new.

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ager for calling him a thief.

After all, Trump effectively confessed his predatory behavior during that now-infamous interview with Access Hollywood.

And he further incriminates himself every time he insists that he is “doing better with women than men” in national opinion polls. In fact, polls routinely show the opposite.

Frankly, given this, it’s easy to indict Trump as one of those “entitled” men who only hear “yes” when a woman says “no” to their sexual advances.

Deplorable or stupid You’d think his record of bullying rants, brazen lies, and broken promises would give his supporters pause. I determined long ago, however, that Trump was right when he insinuated that they are either so deplorable or stupid, he could shoot a woman on Fifth Avenue in New York in broad daylight, and they would still support him. But rest assured, they will not amount to 50 percent of the Americans voting for president of the United States this year.

Lincoln and every other dead president must have begun rolling over in their graves at the mere thought of this vain, vindictive, predatory buffoon joining their ranks.

Anthony L. Hall is a Bahamian native with an international law practice in Washington, D.C. Read his columns and daily weblog at www. theipinionsjournal.com.

Trump aide Jason Miller released the following statement: “Obama was born in the United States. Mr. Trump did a great service to the President and the country by bringing closure to the issue...successfully compelling President Obama to release his birth certificate...”

Trump has tried to convince the nation that our eyes and ears have not read, seen or heard his litany of lies. Although I can think of many more of his lies to list, the Washington Post has identified what they call “Trump’s Biggest Lies.”

More lies The real unemployment rate is 42 percent. Thousands of New Jersey Muslims celebrated the 9/11 attacks. Obama founded ISIS and Hillary is the co-founder. Obama intends to take in 200,000 Syrian The Mexican governrefugees. ment is sending the “bad ones” over here. He (Trump) was against the Iraq War. Notably, this review of Trump’s lies does not take into account his moral turpitude, as evidenced by

Raynard Jackson is founder and chairman of Black Americans for a Better Future (BAFBF), a federally registered Super PAC established to get more Blacks, especially entrepreneurs, involved in the Republican Party. For more information, visit www.bafbf.org.

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With Trump’s disintegration, It’s time to vote ‘Green’ The election is less than two weeks away, but the outcome isn’t the least bit in doubt.

BRUCE Hillary Clinton will be A. DIXON the next president of the United States. It’s high time BLACK AGENDA REPORT for leftists, so-called progressives and generally President Trump might apsensible people to recon- point to the Environmencile themselves to this fact. tal Protection Agency or the Supreme Court, nightTrump mares about how many millions he’d deport, how self-destructs The Trump candidacy high a wall the pretend has shot itself in both feet president might build, or again and again. Scores of who the imaginary Preshigh-profile Republican ident Trump would jail, officeholders have desert- drone or nuke after a 3 a.m. ed their party’s nominee. Twitter fit are not frightenDonald Trump has failed to ing possibilities we need to rally the section of Ameri- take urgent action to avoid. ca’s ruling elite that tradi- They are bogeyman stories, tionally backs Republicans make-believe, bad science fiction without the science. seeking high office.

If there was ever a need Millions in donations that ‘one-percenters’ usu- to unite to prevent a Presally invest in a Republican ident Trump, that need is presidential candidate are over because the makefinding their way to Hillary, believe President Trump who has opened up a dou- has prevented himself. ble-digit lead in the polls. Trump’s definitive meltSo many Republican voters down and the temporary or are staying home or casting permanent near-destructheir ballots for Hillary that tion of the Republican parDemocrats may carry some ty locks down a runaway states like Georgia which victory for Hillary Clinton. are normally well out of It’s a new day, an historic their reach, and Democrats opportunity which opens expect to gain control of the the way for even the most cautious among us to vote U.S. Senate.

The Donald is certainly our hopes, not our fears.

Now the Henry Girouxs a racist demagogue, a thief, of the world who claim votliar, a hyper-entitled sexual predator and a loathsome ing for the Green Party’s Jill buffoon. But he’ll never be Stein and Ajamu Baraka – the only peace, jobs and president. justice candidates – will lead straight to President ‘What ifs’ Trump and “concentration unnecessary camps” can stop hypervenSince Trump will nev- tilating. er be president, speculaThe Angela Davis types tions on what kind of Ne- can reconsider whether anderthals the imaginary those who don’t share their

fears of the imaginary President Trump are “narcissists,” and the Hillary shills who claim voting for third parties is “White privilege” can just go away.

Doesn’t need us Since Hillary Clinton has a double-digit lead in the polls, she doesn’t need the votes of so-called left and progressive activists. But those activists have their own needs. They need to build their own political home, their own political party.

Right now Stein and Baraka are running at four and five percent in nationwide polls, even though restrictive ballot access laws banned Green candidates from the ballot in four states, and forced them to run as “independents” with no party affiliation in seven or eight more.

If Stein and Baraka get five percent of the vote in November, ballot access for Greens will be a done deal in most states, and the possibility of additional federal campaign funds in presidential years opens as well. So the only ways for left and progressive activists to waste their votes is to stay home, or to give them to Hillary.

The only place where your vote matters this year is with the Green Party.

Bruce Dixon is managing editor of Black AgendaReport.com. Contact him at bruce.dixon@ blackagendareport.com.

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OCTOBER 28 – NOVEMBER 3, 2016 sity of California-Davis, say stricter immigration policies do not deter desperate people from trying to get into the U.S. She said Haitians may continue to try to come here, especially after the hurricane.

“When people are afraid, or economically destitute, they are going to risk anything that they have,” Cooper said. “When your life and your children’s lives are not in safety, you’re willing to risk a possible deportation.”

Why Haitians are crossing into San Diego isn’t clear.

It could be that smugglers are making that route available. It could be that migrants feel the California border region is safer than others. Or it could be because there are direct flights from southern Mexico to Tijuana.

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People bathed and clean clothes in a river cutting through Roche a Bateau, Haiti on Oct. 9.

After Hurricane Matthew, Haitians hope for change in US policy

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WASHINGTON – A week after Hurricane Matthew tore through their home country, Haitian immigrants took to the streets of downtown Miami Oct. 14 with a plea for President Obama: Haitian immigrants need “compassion, not deportation.”

Just days before the hurricane, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it would crack down on thousands of Haitians who had been entering the country illegally across the southwest border since the spring, putting an end to special immigration policies Haitians have enjoyed since an earthquake devastated their country in 2010.

Deportations resume Under the new policy, the department said it would deport Haitians who could not show they had been persecuted or feared persecution at home.

The department suspended deportations in the wake of the hurricane, which was estimated to have killed at least a thousand people. But many are calling on the administration to do more to help.

A bipartisan group of members of Congress asked Obama to stop noncriminal deportations, warning that sending peo-

ple back would further exacerbate Haiti’s “chaotic situation.” And immigration advocates and Haitian expatriates in Miami say Haitians should again be granted special status that would allow them to stay in the U.S. temporarily.

In announcing the crackdown, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said that the situation in Haiti had improved enough since the 2010 earthquake for the U.S. to resume deportations.

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JOHANNESBURG – South Africa said last week that it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court, raising fears of an African exodus from a tribunal established to prosecute the worst crimes against humanity.

Human rights activists quickly expressed dismay that South Africa’s governing African National Congress, known for its iconic struggle against apartheid, had rejected the court and its central tenet that no matter how powerful the perpetrators of the worst abuses, they could still face international justice.

Simon Adams from the New York and Genevabased Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect tweeted that it was “a terrible decision for South Africa.

“This decision strengthens the hand of mass atroc-

ity perpetrators everywhere and lengthens the dark shadow of impunity,” he said. Adams said the struggle against apartheid in South Africa had been a global one, adding that South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela had placed human rights at the center of his country’s foreign policy when he was leader.

South Africa’s decision came after the East African nation of Burundi said it would quit the court, raising fears that some of the court’s other vehement critics in Africa, like Kenya and Uganda, would also pull out.

The ICC began operating in 2002, four years after the signing of its founding instrument, the Rome Statute. It initially had widespread support in Africa, who made up 34 of its 124 signatories (before the recent withdrawals).

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month that 40,000 more Haitians were making their way to the U.S., calling it “an emergency situation” on the Mexico-California border. That number may rise as more people flee after the hurricane, immigration advocates said.

No special treatment Not everyone is pleading the Haitians’ case for avoiding deportation.

Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, a nonprofit that advocates for tighter immigration policies, says they should be allowed to stay in the U.S. only if there are logistical impediments to getting them home, such

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“People are just hopeless and scared to death,” Bastien said.

The surge of Haitians arriving at the U.S. border, almost all at a crossing just south of San Diego, began in May. From October to August, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents encountered about 4,400 Haitians at the border, compared to about 360 the year before, according to the agency.

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presidents – Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir and Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta – African leaders began to complain that the court was biased against the continent.

One of the court’s biggest weaknesses has been its inability to arrest alBashir, who was indicted 11 years ago for alleged crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.

The lack of action has been blamed, in part, on countries – including South Africa – that signed the Rome Statute and were obliged to arrest al-Bashir, yet refused to do so. Al-Bashir visited South Africa last year for an African Union summit and was able to leave the country, despite a High Court order for his arrest.

The International Criminal Court has also been weakened by the refusal of major powers such as the United States, Russia and China to join it.

as closed airports in Haiti, or if they qualify for asylum.

Vaughan and others who study immigration say Haitians come here for many reasons, most of which don’t qualify them for asylum: Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas and one of the poorest in the world. And its political system is on shaky ground.

The policy the U.S. put in place after the earthquake motivated many to come, Vaughan said, and while many knew they would not qualify for asylum, they also knew they were unlikely to be deported.

Since the 2010 earthquake, the U.S. has made it easy for most Haitian immigrants to stay.

Those who were convict-

ed of crimes or who were thought to pose a threat to national security were deported. All others were able to apply for asylum and were given permission to stay until they could plead their case at a hearing, which can often come years later, said Faye Hipsman, a policy analyst with the Migration Policy Institute.

About 105,000 Haitians moved to the U.S. from 2010 to 2014, according to the 2014 American Community Survey, with most traveling by boat or plane.

Through Central America It’s unclear whether more Haitians have been arriving this year. What is clear is that they are taking a new route, connecting with smugglers who are leading them through Central America on foot, by bus or by plane, and across the southwest border.

Most haven’t lived in Haiti for years, Hipsman said. They have been in Brazil, which offered them work permits after the earthquake. Now, with the Brazilian economy collapsing, many are without work, and they have no deep ties there, she said.

Since the change in DHS policy, Haitians are being detained at the border until their asylum hearings, which are being expedited, according to immigration attorneys in California and Miami.

No deterrence But attorneys such as Holly Cooper, associate director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the Univer-

After crossing, most Haitians have been heading where they have always gone: many to Miami, some to the Northeast.

Nearly half the 636,500 people who were born in Haiti and immigrated to the U.S. reside in Florida, according to the 2014 American Community Survey. New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey also have large numbers of Haitians. There, they find family, community groups and government programs to help them settle.

Overall, the number of people of Haitian descent living in the U.S. is about a million, including both immigrants and people who were born in the U.S., according to the 2015 American Community Survey.

In California, the influx has been noticeable. About 1,500 Haitians who entered the U.S. between 2010 and 2014 live in the state, according to the 2014 survey.

But last month alone, the county of San Diego assisted 150 Haitians who plan to stay in the state. The county gives them health screenings and helps them look for work and apply for benefits.

Local burden Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies said that something needed to be done to combat the influx, which was burdening local governments.

Many of the immigrants don’t speak English. They need immediate assistance, Vaughan said.

But in Miami, Democratic state Rep. Daphne Campbell, a Haitian immigrant who represents parts of Miami, said that if the U.S. deports Haitians, many will go back to a country where they may no longer have families, a place to stay or connections to jobs.

Cheryl Little, an immigration attorney in Miami who works with Haitians, said those she helps have nothing to go back to.

“It’s been difficult for us, when getting these calls, to provide peace of mind.”

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WASHINGTON – The cooks at Chipotle are making more.

Construction workers have more jobs repairing bridges and roads all over the country. Immigrants here illegally walk down the street without fear of deportation. Poor women get abortions paid for by the taxpayers. Gays and transgender people have more rights and opportunities.

At the same time, there are fewer jobs like those at Chipotle. Some big businesses such as energy giant Exxon Mobil are paying billions more in taxes. And the wealthy are paying more in taxes, often a lot more.

Welcome to President Hillary Clinton’s America.

She wouldn’t get everything she wants, of course. But if she did, this is how her 2016 promises would pan out for people in four years – based on independent analyses of her policies in areas including taxes, wages, trade, health care, immigration and abortion rights.

Here’s a snapshot of the nation after four years with Clinton at the helm.

WASHINGTON – A fast-food worker at Bojangles’ makes more per hour.

Americans have more money from sharp tax cuts, especially the very wealthy. Immigrants from Latin America run into a fence when they try to cross the border illegally. Churches jump openly into politics without fear of the IRS. Americans also are paying more for Nike shoes, Samsung TVs and some models of Fords. It costs more to borrow money to buy a car or a house.

Young adults are thrown off their parents’ health insurance. Millions of other Americans lose their health insurance, too.

Women find it harder – but not impossible – to get abortions. Gays and lesbians can still marry, but they find it harder to adopt children, seek shelter, get tax advice.

Trump would not get everything he proposed during the 2016 campaign through Congress. But this is how America would look if he got his way, based on numerous independent analyses of how his proposals would work on such things as paychecks, prices, immigration, abortion and LGBTQ rights.

Here’s a snapshot of the nation after four years with Trump at the helm.

Paychecks Construction sites are humming across the country, with new workers in bulldozers, cranes and other heavy equipment repairing long-neglected highways and bridges, modernizing airports and refurbishing dams and levees. They started after Clinton in her first 100 days won approval of a $275 billion overhaul of America’s infrastructure, the centerpiece of her jobs plan.

Those at the bottom are making a little more money. The cook grilling chicken at Chipotle, the cashier scanning groceries at Wal-Mart, even the EMT responding to 911 calls all are making at least $12 per hour, up from $7.25 per hour when Clinton took office.

There are, however, fewer of those jobs.

With or without those minimum wage jobs, students looking for a leg up now attend community college for free. And those with family incomes up to $125,000 will be able to attend public colleges and universities for free in 2021.

For those still carrying college loans, interest rates are lower after Clinton allowed borrowers with outstanding debt to refinance their loans at current rates, provided help to delinquent borrowers and established a three-month suspension on all federal student loan payments to help borrowers get their affairs in order

Taxes The wealthy are paying more. Those in the top 1 percent – making more than $730,000 – pay an additional $78,000 in taxes.

The 116,000 U.S. households making $1 million a year each now pay an average of $176,000 more in federal income taxes.

That’s the result of Clinton’s push for a minimum tax rate of 30 percent for them, according to a 2015 estimate by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, a joint program of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution.

Families making $5 million or more also are paying a surcharge of 4 percent. according to an analysis of her plans by the Tax Policy Center.

Death is no escape for the wealthy. The estate tax is higher, and it applies to more estates.

A typical American family, though, still owes about the same in federal taxes that it did in 2016. That’s about $1,750 for an average family of four with a yearly income of $60,000, according to Roberton Williams, a fellow at the Tax Policy Center.

“The average tax change for the lowest- and middle-income households – we’re talking about households making less than $140,000 – would barely change,” said Howard Gleckman, a Tax Policy Center senior fellow who edits TaxVox, its fiscal policy blog.

Lowering corporate taxes was not part of Clinton’s agenda. Instead, she raised taxes and fees, sometimes to pressure business to change its behavior, sometimes to raise money for other uses.

Companies leaving the U.S. to dodge taxes, for example, now pay an “exit tax” on their untaxed earnings.

The fossil fuels industry took a hit, too. Giants such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Occidental as well as others lost $4.7 billion-a-year’s worth of tax breaks that they had long enjoyed.

Health care Consumers and small businesses now have a public option – a federal health care plan – as one of their choices among the private insurance plans available through the Affordable Care Act marketplace and other avenues.

Additionally, a migrant agricultural worker in California’s Central Valley and others here without legal documentation – a groundskeeper in Florida or domestic worker in North Carolina – can get medical insurance through the health care law.

More health care workers – physicians, nurses, counselors, dentists – receive assistance with their training bills in exchange for using their skills in underserved areas, as Clinton put more money into the National Health Service Corp.

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Taxes Americans have more money in their pockets after Trump sharply cut taxes.

On average, Americans saw their 2017 federal tax burden fall by $2,940 and their after-tax income grow by 4.1 percent. More low-income Americans pay no income tax at all, although people with several children and single parents who had filed as heads of household pay more because numerous deductions and exemptions were eliminated.

Wealthier Americans are among the happiest with the tax cuts. The top 0.1 percent of earners, who make at least $3.7 million, saw the biggest benefits.

They experience an average tax cut of nearly $1.1 million, over 14 percent of after-tax income. Wealthy families gain, too, as the estate tax was abolished.

Companies also pay less. The corporate tax rate has fallen from 35 percent to 15 percent, and multinational corporations are encouraged to repatriate their foreign earnings and are taxed at a generous rate of 10 percent.

Prices Consumers are paying more for many imported goods such as Nike shoes, Levi’s jeans, Samsung televisions and some General Motors and Ford automobiles.

Trump’s new tariffs on goods from China and Mexico, meant to force companies to make those goods in the United States, led U.S. companies to pass those higher costs to consumers.

Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, estimated that Trump’s tariffs would raise the prices of all imports by 15 percent, and consumer prices across the board by 3 percent.

Investors took a hit in their 401(k) accounts, as many U.S. companies with international operations saw sales hurt by higher prices in the U.S., as well as in China and Mexico, where governments retaliated against U.S. companies and products.

Trump’s tax cuts put the federal debt on a path to grow by $6.2 trillion by 2026 and add another $1 trillion of interest costs on top of that, according to the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan research group.

Car loans and mortgages became more costly. The rising costs of imports helped force the Federal Reserve to boost its benchmark interest rate to quell inflation. That, too, puts upward pressure on borrowing costs.

Also, worried about the worsening finances of the federal debt, investors demanded higher interest rates on U.S. government bonds. Rating agencies removed the coveted AAA rating for U.S. debt. Investors feared the United States might default on its debt like Greece or Argentina, something Trump hinted at during the 2016 campaign.

Wages A Bojangles’ server in Charlotte now makes $10 an hour, up from $7.25. Activists had pressed for a $15-an-hour increase, but Trump said he’d leave it up to states to adopt higher minimum wages than $10.

Income is less than it would have been otherwise as workers who are in the U.S. illegally face deportation threats and have gone underground or back to Mexico and Central America. Their absence drags against productivity and thus wage growth, and creates shortages of low-skill workers in states with robust economies such as California and New York.

Health care The Affordable Care Act is gone. Nearly 21 million Americans have lost health insurance, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.

More than 80 percent who lose coverage work either full-time or part-time, and 82 percent have modest incomes but are not poor, according to a report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Urban Institute.

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Orlando: The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice and partners will host a Florida Faith Symposium Nov 2-3. Guests will include former NFL player Jonathan Evans and gospel artist Omega Forbes. Register at http://faithsymposium.com.

Catch Tracy Morgan on Nov. 11 at The Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg and Nov. 13 at Hard Rock Live Orlando.

Daytona Beach: Bethune-Cookman University is celebrating its Homecoming this week. The football game against Delaware State is set for Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. at Municipal Stadium. More info: Cookman.edu Altamonte Springs: The Rhythms at the Roost concert series starts Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. at Cranes Roost Park. Performers: Sam Jaffe and Sisaundra Lewis. Free admission. Details: www.uptownaltamonte.com.

Jacksonville: The Times Union Center for the Performing Arts will be the site of an Oct. 28 show featuring Anthony Hamilton, Lalah Hathaway and Eric Benet.

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Tampa: The Tampa Bay Association of Black Journalists’ Griot Drum Awards & Scholarship Banquet is Nov. 17 at Tampa Marriott Westshore: Special guest: Jarrett Hill. Details: www.tbabj.com.

Orlando: Tickets are on sale for the Nov. 19 Florida Classic game pitting Bethune-Cookman University against Florida A&M University at Camping World Stadium. Details: floridaclassic.org.

The King and Queen of Hearts Tour featuring Maxwell and Mary J. Blige stops at the AmericanAirlinesArena in Miami on Nov. 29.

ADOPTIONS Editor’s note: This is a monthly series spotlighting Florida children available for adoption.

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credits of up to $5,000 – $2,500 for individuals – if their expenses exceed 5 percent of their incomes and they don’t qualify for Medicare.

Consumers no longer face big increases in prescription drugs that are covered by Medicare; Clinton capped prices.

Abortion Rugge and Sephania

Pushing each other’s buttons One Church One Child of Florida is a faith-based, 501(c)(3) organization, operating statewide in partnership with the Department of Children and Families and local community-based lead agencies and their providers to help raise awareness and recruit adoptive and foster families for children in local communities and churches to partner in supporting local children in foster care through Church Watch-Care Ministries.

The reality is that more than 50 percent of the children who need a permanent family are nonWhite. This monthly series features children from all over Florida who are waiting in foster care for a forever loving family to call their own. October’s children are Rugge and Stephania.

Pushing buttons Stephania and her younger brother, Rugge, know just what buttons to push to drive each other crazy.

But woven between the teasing and practical jokes is a wide ribbon of loyalty, pride and love.

“He’s annoying, but he cares, even when he doesn’t show it,” says Stephania.

“She’s smart and she’s fun. I’ll always watch out for her and keep her safe,” says Rugge.

The siblings live with the same foster family, and are helping to raise a household menagerie that includes dogs, birds and turtles. They also attend the same school.

Stephania thinks she’d like to be a nurse one day, while Rugge can see himself as an engineer, or maybe he’ll design video games.

Good or evil “I’d like to make one where you can choose if you want to be a superhero or a villain,” Rugge says.

“You’d have your choice of superpowers and there’d be lots of different cars and trucks and…”

“I’d play his video game,” interrupts his sister.

“But there would be no girls in the game,” says Rugge.

“Then you aren’t going to get paid, because there are a lot of girls in this world,” counters a practical Stephania.

“Okay but if you’re going to be a superhero, I’m making that superhero three feet tall,” says Rugge.

Both like to watch scary movies, though Stephania admits she’s “very jumpy.”

“I scare her all the time,” laughs Rugge, “and she tries to scare me, but it never works. I give her props for trying, though.”

The two are hoping to find a home together with parents who are “fun, fast-paced and adventurous, just like us!” says Rugge.

For more information about becoming an adoptive or foster parent, mentor, partner or volunteer, contact the following: Suncoast Region, LaKay Fayson; Northeast Region, Dr. Mari Hope; Southeast Region, Cora Perry; Northwest, Central and Southern, Paulette Glover at 888-283-0886 or info@ococfl.org.

Log on to www.ococfl.org for One Church One Child of Florida. The Children’s Board Heart Gallery Tampa Bay photo is provided by Pezz Photo.

Women still can get abortions without restrictions and Planned Parenthood clinics remain open.

More than that, poor women for the first time now can get abortions paid for by Medicaid. Clinton had pledged to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which had prohibited the use of taxpayer money for abortions since 1976.

Immigration Immigrants in the U.S. illegally no longer fear deportation after she greatly reduced the numbers being sent back home.

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mandate for employers with 50 workers or more to provide it, federal subsidies for about 6 million low-andmoderate-income Americans who buy their own insurance and the requirement that young adults can stay on their parents’ plans until they turn 26.

Anyone can buy health insurance from other states, and everyone now can deduct the cost of their health insurance premiums from their taxable income, saving them money.

Abortion Women seeking legal abortions find it more challenging. Keeping his campaign vow, Trump began chipping away at the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which legalized abortion, by appointing conservative federal judges at all levels.

The move allowed states such as Texas to revisit a law the Supreme Court struck down in June 2016 that dramatically cut the number of abortion clinics in the state.

Immigration Immigrants – both those arriving legally and illegally – find it tougher to enter the United States.

Trump struggled to force Mexico to pay the $25 billion cost of building a wall between the countries. In the interim, he focused on

St. Petersburg: Lauryn Hill’s The MLH Caravan: A Diaspora Calling! Concert stops at The Mahaffey Theater on Dec. 6 and Dec. 8 at House of Blues Orlando. cessor, Clinton stopped the deportation of parents of ‘Dreamers’ – children brought into the country illegally – and parents of Americans and lawful residents.

She also stopped deportations of immigrants with histories of service to their communities or who had experienced extreme labor violations, children and teenagers, and those who’d recently arrived in this country. Instead, she spent money on detaining and deporting violent offenders.

A massive rewrite of the nation’s immigration laws is now providing a pathway to legal status or citizenship for millions who came to the U.S. illegally. Security at the southern border is bolstered and a backlog in those wanting visas eliminated.

“Hillary Clinton will set a much needed tone of acceptance and pride,” said Angela Kelley, a, expert on immigration and senior vice president at the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank.

Sexual orientation and identity Gay, lesbian and transcompleting a 700-plus-mile security fence complete with checkpoints and technologically advanced surveillance systems, which had been approved when George W. Bush was president in 2006.

“In the end, I think it will be a beautiful, 750-mile fence that Congress has had on the books for a decade,” said Roy Beck, the executive director of NumbersUSA, a group that advocates strict immigration limits and enforcing existing laws.

Immigrants seeking legal entry into the U.S. undergo greater scrutiny, Trump’s so-called “extreme vetting” largely done by following existing immigration laws.

“You’ll see a slow-down in processing from countries with terrorist activities,” Beck said.

Trump expanded U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But he didn’t make the bolstered agency the “deportation force” he once promised. Instead, he focused on starting deportation for in those in the U.S. illegally and serving time in U.S. prisons, an estimated 820,000 immigrants, according to the Migration Policy Institute.

Immigrants living in the U.S. illegally also encounter more difficulties finding work as Trump expands E-Verify, the program that helps an employer determine whether an immigrant is eligible to work in the U.S., and creates a tracking system to enforce expired visas.

“It’s a very dark period of American history,” said

gender Americans have greater rights and opportunities after Clinton pushed several bills through Congress.

Clinton signed the Equality Act amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include banning discrimination based on age, gender, sexual orientation, marriage, disability and more.

“I think you would see more and more religious liberties curtailed,” said Gary Bauer, the president of American Values, a nonprofit group opposed to abortion rights. “I think you would see more and more intrusions on religious institutions.”

Gay teenagers are more welcome at homeless shelters. Police officers are trained to be more sensitive in their interactions with LGBT people. Counselors are forbidden from using so-called conversion therapies.

For the first time, Americans are being asked to answer questions on sexual orientation and gender identity on census forms.

Transgender Americans are more easily able to change their gender on identification documents.

Virtually no child is be-

ing born with HIV, the risk of becoming infected is far lower and those who do become infected receive the needed treatment to prevent them from developing AIDS.

Angela Kelley, an immigration expert and senior vice president at the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank. “He made communities of color terrified…. You will have people who don’t want to come here…We won’t get the best and brightest.”

come more vocal and politically involved after the repeal of the so-called Johnson Amendment, a move that Trump pushed for during the presidential 2016 campaign. The amendment had required charitable groups to refrain from politics to keep their tax-exempt status.

Gregory Angelo, the president of the Log Cabin Republicans, says the Trump White House years nonetheless are good ones for the LGBT community because of marriage.

“Marriage is here to stay and Donald Trump recognizes that,” he said.

Sexual orientation and identity Gays and lesbians lost protections after Trump repealed several of Obama’s executive orders. Among those scrapped: orders barring companies that do work with the federal government from discriminating against employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

With more conservative Trump courts, governors and state legislatures gained greater power to write laws such as North Carolina’s House Bill 2 requiring transgender people to use the bathrooms corresponding with their genders at birth.

“The prospect for LGBT rights is not good,” said Stephen Engel, chair of politics at Bates College and author of “Fragmented Citizens: The Changing Landscape of Gay and Lesbian Lives.”

The strategy, he said, is to “implement state religious freedom restoration acts” that could allow a baker to say no to making a wedding cake for a same-sex couple or a restaurant to deny an LGBT person a table based on religious convictions.

Churches and religious groups that oppose expanded LGBT rights be-

The Supreme Court The Supreme Court swung left under Clinton as she filled vacancies from a list that included several potential firsts.

There’s Obama’s pick, who was never confirmed, Merrick Garland, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Appellate Judge Sri Srinivasan is a native of India who was seriously considered for that nomination.

California-based federal appellate Judge Paul Watford would give Clinton a shot at appointing another African-American to the high court. Several other potential candidates are female and/or Asian-American.

Among other issues: Challenges to the so-called “contraception mandate” in the Affordable Care Act; transgender rights; and Second Amendment protections for gun owners.

Supreme Court The court began swinging Trump’s way after he first filled the vacancy created by the February 2016 death of Justice Antonin Scalia.

With three justices in their 80s at the start of his term, Trump had ample opportunities to pull from his lists of 11 conservative potential nominees, who include Steven Colloton of Iowa, Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania and William Pryor of Alabama.

The right-leaning court quickly picked up cases involving mandatory union fees paid by nonmembers and immigration policy, including a Texas challenge to the Obama administration’s policy shielding immigrants here illegally from deportation, which was upheld by an evenly divided court in June 2016.

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For Miami, there’s little celebrating as probation ends

BY CHRISTY CABRERA CHIRINOS SUN SENTINEL / TNS

For the Miami Hurricanes, one of the most tumultuous chapters in program history is officially ending.

Saturday marked the end of the three-year NCAA probation period stemming from the investigation into the actions of former booster Nevin Shapiro, a convicted Ponzi schemer, who said he doled out thousands of dollars’ worth of improper benefits to Miami athletes for years.

Those allegations brought forth a protracted investigation into the Hurricanes athletic program, forced Miami’s football team to self-impose a three-game postseason ban, as well as recruiting restrictions, and ultimately ended with the NCAA docking the Hurricanes nine football scholarships and three basketball scholarships over the course of three years.

Lack of control The school was also slapped with the dreaded “lack of institutional control” charge, and throughout the ordeal, Miami’s football and basketball coaches have been forced to answer questions from recruits and their families about how the entire mess would impact their respective teams.

While all of that has now come to an end, there is little celebrating from the athletic department.

Instead, Miami athletic director Blake James, who was not at the school when the NCAA violations were committed, said the school will continue to build on the lessons it learned from the experience.

Increased education and vigilance, he said, will always remain the norm in Coral Gables, Fla.

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University of Miami mascot Sebastian the Ibis charges the field before the start football action against Florida Atlantic on Sept. 10.

No difference “I don’t see it being a different day,” James said.

“We’re going to continue to take the approach that we’ve taken as long as I’ve been here as athletic director.

“Obviously, I’m excited about our future as a program, but I don’t look at the end of probation as accomplishing a milestone by any means. It’s an expectation

No retaliation against Heat employee who protested during anthem

BY IRA WINDERMAN SUN SENTINEL / TNS

MIAMI – A Miami Heat executive told the Sun Sentinel on Saturday that there will be “no change” in the employment status of the team employee who knelt while singing the national anthem before Friday night’s exhibition game against the Philadelphia 76ers at AmericanAirlines Arena, Michael McCullough, the team’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer, confirmed that the team was unaware that Denasia Lawrence, a Heat part-time employee who works on the team’s game-night operations staff, would kneel during the performance while wearing a ‘Black Lives Matter” shirt that had not been previously visible beneath her blazer.

More ‘traditional’ McCullough said the team would work going forward to ensure a more traditional approach from anthem performers.

“I’m sure we’ll make sure those performing the anthem for us will be signing it the way it’s supposed to be sung,” he said.

In an entry on her Facebook page, Lawrence, who is listed as a social worker, posted early Saturday morning, “When I took the opportunity to sing the national anthem at the Heat game, it was bigger than me. Right now, we’re seeing a war on Black & Brown bodies – we’re being unjustly killed and overly criminalized. I took the opportunity to sing AND kneel; to show that we be-

long in this country AND that we have the right to respectfully protest injustices against us. I took the opportunity to sing AND kneel to show that, I too, am America.

“As a social worker, I’ve worked with youth, families and veterans, and every day they all teach me the value of fighting against injustice – that all are treated equally no matter their race, gender, sexual orientation, or physical abilities.

‘A rallying cry’ “I didn’t get paid to sing the national anthem; nor was this moment about any sort of fame. Black Lives Matter is far larger than a hashtag, it’s a rallying cry. And until our cry is rightfully heard, protests will still happen and demands will still be made!”

As they had done during their previous two exhibitions, Heat players and coaches stood at attention for the anthem with their arms locked.

Heat forward Derrick Williams posted a photo of Lawrence on Instagram with the caption, “Very brave. Very courageous.

Amazing voice.”

Following the game, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said he noticed the singer’s approach at the end of the anthem.

“Throughout all of this I think the most important thing that has come out is very poignant, thoughtful dialogue. We’ve had dialogue within our walls here. And hopefully this will lead to action.”

of our institution to be in line with the expectations of the (NCAA) and my job is to make sure we’re meeting those expectations. So for me, this is not a different day.”

James did acknowledge, though, the end of probation will be different for his coaches, particularly football coach Mark Richt and men’s basketball coach Jim Larranaga, whose pro-

grams have had to deal with the harsh reality of reduced scholarships.

Depth, quality affected Miami’s football team in particular has seen its depth affected significantly, something Richt has bemoaned since his hire in December and something that was on display as the

injured Hurricanes struggled in their 37-16 loss to Virginia Tech on Thursday night in Blacksburg.

Larranaga, meanwhile, recently noted his team will take the floor this season with 10 scholarship players, while most of their opponents will have 13. Both coaches have said that for them, getting those scholarships back will be essential as they continue trying to move their programs forward.

“The date of when the probation ends, we have given no thought to,” Larranaga said. “But being on probation and being investigated since the day I arrived, that’s more than five years we’ve dealt with it.

It has had a major impact.

Now that it’s over with, I can see the difference in our recruiting.”

Said Richt, “It’s great that we’re going to be able to get a full allotment of scholarships and that’s part of our issue right now. We’re very thin in a lot of spots. … When you get your numbers back and you could get a couple cycles of recruiting and get some depth, you can withstand some of the injuries that we’ve had. But when you get a few injuries when you’re already light as it is, it’s kind of a domino effect. “… Getting our numbers back is going to be huge.

We’ve got a bunch of great men. We’re really excited about our program. I know the future is bright. It is a big day, no doubt.”

Restrictions eased While James said Miami will continue with the level of vigilance and increased education for athletes, staff, and boosters, there are some self-imposed restrictions the school will revisit relatively soon.

During the probationary period, Miami did not allow athletes to share occasional home-cooked meals with boosters, something the NCAA allows. The school

also prohibited former football players and other high-profile guests from the sidelines during home football games. James said Miami will reconsider lifting those as it moves forward.

Ultimately, though, James’ focus remains on making sure the program never finds itself in a situation like this one again.

To help on that front, the school has stepped up its compliance efforts and earlier this year, when the school determined two of its football players, defensive end Al-Quadin Muhammad and linebacker Jermaine Grace, committed NCAA violations in their dealings with a local luxury car rental agency, the two were dismissed from the program, though they were offered the opportunity to remain on scholarship at the school.

It was one of the harsh lessons learned from the Shapiro scandal and the NCAA investigation and one James said he hopes Miami’s increased educational efforts will help other athletes avoid in the future.

‘Understand the rules’ “I hope what everyone has taken away from this – whether it’s our staff, our coaches, our students, our boosters – is that we need to understand the rules that we have at the NCAA and what they have set for us as a program,” James said.

“For me, the biggest thing is to be vigilant in our approach, make sure we’re doing everything we can to educate our staff, students, and boosters.

“Education is the big thing. I think we’ve done a good job of monitoring and how we monitor. Some of that is through technology and some of it is prioritizing resources. I think those are the big things and those are the things that will continue on. … It’s going to be business as usual over the last few years.”

Warriors favored to win NBA title

BY LANCE PUGMIRE LOS ANGELES TIMES / TNS

Kevin Durant has taken immense heat by mimicking LeBron James’ departure from one franchise to another to grab an NBA title.

By leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder after winning an MVP and four NBA scoring titles, Durant has made the Golden State Warriors a massive betting favorite to win the Pacific Division, the Western Conference and the NBA title, in that order.

The official over/under victory total for the Warriors, who are coming off an NBA-record 73 regular-season victories before losing Game 7 in the NBA Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers, is a league-best 66 1/2 at the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook.

And book director Jay Kornegay is tempting bettors excited by this super team – which also has MVP Stephen Curry and sharpshooting Klay Thompson – by setting a second over/under at 74 wins.

Should the Warriors finish the regular season at 75-7, a bettor would collect $550 on a $100 bet.

Best on earth “The Warriors are clearly the best team on the planet. I have them 1-50 to win the division – I’ve never seen that in my 30 years in the business,” Kornegay said.

Golden State is a 2/7 betting favorite to win the Western Conference and 2/3 to regain the NBA title after claiming it in 2014-15.

Kornegay said searching for a flaw with Golden State equates to “splitting hairs.”

“Are there enough balls to go around? I believe this team has a good persona about it, that it’s a good group who don’t mind giving up some stats to win a championship,” he said.

Of course, Kornegay doesn’t mind fueling the debate given the amount of betting traffic on the Warriors.

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Kevin Durant (35) played against the Golden State Warriors’ in NBA Western Conference finals last year, and was later traded to Golden State. points per game?” he asked. “Scoring isn’t just about winning. It’s also about endorsements and renegotiating contracts. I can’t say you can completely dismiss this. Team first is easy to say in October.”

The more legitimate debate has to do with Warriors Coach Steve Kerr’s interest in resting his starters during the regular season, given that the Warriors were worn down in the Finals by the Cavaliers.

Jay Rood, race and sports book director at MGM Resorts, said Durant might struggle early in Golden State, after playing eight seasons with former Oklahoma City teammate Russell Westbrook.

“K.D. played with Westbrook so long (and) that telecommunication only happens by playing over and over and over,” Rood said. “I’m sure that’ll be there for the first 20 games, so maybe they lose five of those games.”

Spurs, Clippers contend Oklahoma City’s title odds dropped from 8/1 to 30/1 with Durant’s departure, leaving the San

Antonio Spurs the NBA’s third title choice (6/1), followed by the Clippers at 20/1 with an over/under wins total of 54 1/2.

Kornegay wonders about the veteran Spurs: “Can (Pau) Gasol come in and be a difference? (Guard Tony) Parker has to stay healthy.”

Both Kornegay and Rood pointed to the Clippers’ health concerns as the top reason to be leery.

“The Clippers should be in contention, but it’s always something goofy with them – they don’t have the Patriots’ next-man-up mentality,” Rood said.

Kornegay added, “(Blake) Griffin is a great player, but his production is leveling off and that’s a concern. …

“With (Chris) Paul, the bench needs to take some minutes off him for when the playoffs start. Can they upset the Spurs with all pieces rested? Yes. The Warriors? They’ll need luck … at least the (Clippers) have a bench in place. But Doc Rivers will have to work hard to manage that team.”

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When fun fulfills a purpose Youth programs encourage leadership, future goals FROM FAMILY FEATURES

Parents know there is a small window of time to make a meaningful, positive impact on children and shape who they may become as adults. A large portion of that influence comes at home, but it often also involves school, friends and extracurricular activities, many of which can help families make the most out of childhood experiences.

In fact, an increasing number of families are introducing youth to enrichment programs before kids begin their formal education. A survey by Forrester found that millennial parents are more likely to engage their children in activities at a younger age. They want to introduce their children to a diverse set of experiences, allowing children to discover their talents and skills.

Balancing this heightened level of engagement with the demands of hectic family schedules means parents are increasingly challenged to select the most meaningful activities for their children.

While most extracurricular activities help children socialize and learn new skills, some go further in areas like character building, good citizenship and exploring future goals. Often, the most effective programs work to deliver those outcomes without focusing on them, subtly teaching skills through activities young people consider fun.

Consider Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, which most associate with camping and outdoor adventures. While boys spend time transforming a block of wood into a race car and learning how to shoot an arrow, the underlying program helps create a strong foundation of leadership, service and community.

A study conducted by Tufts University of kids ages 6-12 found that youth who participate in scouting exhibit strong moral values and positive character attributes, allowing them to embrace new opportunities, overcome obstacles and become better prepared for future success.

As one of the nation’s largest and most prominent valuesbased, youth-development organizations in the country, Boy Scouts of America is applying this proven approach in introducing new programs designed to reach youth who may not be interested in building fires.

“Scouting offers youth and their families life-changing expe-

CHARTING A PATH The decision to involve your family or child in an extracurricular activity requires several considerations. After all, these activities can help youth build a stable foundation of values and character that help them reach their full potential.

When choosing activities for your children to become involved with at an early age, consider the following: 1. Diverse experiences. Look for programs that offer a multitude of experiences to keep it fresh and interesting for your child.

2. Experienced mentors. Evaluate the training volunteers and staff mem­bers go through to ensure your child gets the best experience possible.

3. Build a solid foundation. Ask questions about how the organization teaches children about values and character.

4. Start early. Getting youth involved in extracurricular activities at a young age can help with their development.

5. Maximize your time. Extracurricular activities can be time consum­ing, but many organizations like Boy Scouts of America provide flex­ibility for families’ busy schedules. Make sure to ask questions about required meetings or activities to ensure the program fits with your schedule.

riences they can’t get anywhere else – from outdoor adventure to building robots, youth learn the value of hard work and experience the thrill of it paying off,” said Michael Surbaugh, Chief

Scout Executive for Boy Scouts of America. “With new programs designed specifically to expand their potential and explore their personal interests, Boy Scouts of America isn’t just an after-school

activity. We are helping pave pathways to bright futures.”

According to Surbaugh, scouting programs are focused on providing experiences that youth and their parents want. From astronomy and other STEM-based skills for future professionals to outdoor adventure, such as camping and paddle boarding, scouting can give direction to the curiosity youth have for life.

Encouraging new experiences In an effort to further expand unique experiences for youth, Boy Scouts of America has introduced several innovative programs that bring exciting opportunities to youth and families.

Lion: Research has shown that involving kids in scouting at a young age builds character and better prepares them for future success. Rooted in understanding the impact and importance of involving kids in scouting at an early age, the Lion pilot program, currently available in 201 councils across the country, combines concepts of character development, leadership skills, personal fitness and citizenship with ageappropriate, fun activities for kindergarten-age boys and their parents.

STEM Scouts: Jobs in STEMrelated fields are expected to grow 17 percent by 2018, and salaries in those fields are on average 26 percent higher than salaries for other disciplines. With STEM-related careers on the rise, the STEM Scouts pilot program helps boys and girls learn more about science, technology, engineering and math through interactive, hands-on activities. The program, currently piloted in 20 councils, helps youth prepare for the future by conducting experiments and learning about lesser-known innovators to demonstrate to youth that people with similar backgrounds to their own can become accomplished STEM professionals.

Exploring: The expanded Exploring program offers youth and young adults, ages 14-20, real-world career experiences that help young men and women build confidence and discover fields where they may find their passion and excel in a future career, such as law enforcement, firefighting, aviation, engineering, medicine and others.

Learn more about scouting programs and how to get involved in your community at beascout.org.

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Tyler Perry stars as Madea in the movie “Boo! A Madea Halloween.”

Perry says ‘Madea’ needed more than ever PHILADELPHIA – Tyler Perry wears many hats – producer, actor, director, screenwriter – but many know him for the wig he wears as Mabel “Madea” Simmons, who has been to jail, taken over Christmas, and delighted audiences as the voice of reason and recklessness in films and plays going back to 1999.

Now, she’s taking on Halloween in “Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween.”

When it comes to this latest film in his franchise, Perry has one request: “Everybody take a breath and just laugh,” he said in an interview this month.

“So much is going on in this country, we just need to laugh.”

There’s no question she’s been marketable, too. “Madea Goes to Jail,” Perry’s biggest hit, raked in more than $90 million at the box office. “Madea’s Witness Protection” and “Madea’s Family Reunion” brought in about $65 million apiece.

But critics have long contended that she and characters of her ilk perpetuate damaging caricatures of Black people – the “coonery and buffoonery” that Spike Lee memorably called out Perry for in 2009.

(They’ve since made peace.)

“What critics were saying,” Perry said, “was that there’s a section of our culture today that does not deserve to have their story told.” He begs to differ.

Whitney Houston, denigrated in some circles as “Whitey Houston,” came in for similar critiques, he said, and he chooses not to dwell on them.

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During a preview screening at Philadelphia’s Prince Theater the night before we talked, his movie had a Philly crowd in fits of laughter as Madea and company carried out their latest shenanigans.

The premise finds Madea watching over her nephew Brian’s teenage daughter, Tiffany, on Halloween – which Tiffany intends to celebrate at a frat party. In addition to demented clowns and zombies, we get a scene in which Madea dances to rapper Tyga’s 2012 hit “Rack City,” despite trying to fight the urge. (Tyga appears as himself.)

Perry was sitting off to the side in the theater, watching the crowd take it all in.

“I’ve seen it a million times, but this was my second time seeing it with an audience,” he said. “Philly don’t care. Philly was wide open that night.”

Staying in touch Perry said watching people watch his movies is one way he stays in touch with his audience, to keep himself grounded and his storytelling authentic. For a lot of celebrities, living in mansions and vacationing in exotic places, “it’s very easy not to see people anymore,” he said. “I’ve kept my hands in their hands.”

He said Madea connects with people because she’s relatable.

“People have this grandmother in their lives,” he said. “She told the truth, she wasn’t politically correct, she said what was on her mind, and people just loved her.”

Madea scares away rivals from top box-office spot

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LOS ANGELES – With Halloween just days away, the box office took a turn to the supernatural, with “Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween” taking hold of the top spot and leaving other new releases and holdovers behind.

The Lionsgate picture scared up an estimated $27.6 million for the weekend in the U.S. and Canada, well above studio projections of $15 million and industry expectations of $15 million to $20 million.

It is the third-highest debut for a Madea film, behind 2009’s “Madea Goes to Jail” and 2006’s “Madea’s Family Reunion.”

Difference of opinion Perry and his films featuring the Madea character have been consistent crowd pleasers since the franchise’s inception in the early 1990s, when it began as stage plays. This latest iteration is no different, receiving an “A” grade from moviegoers, according to CinemaScore. Critics, however, as usual, felt the film left something to be desired, with only 31 percent of the Rotten Tomatoes reviews being positive.

“Here’s the thing you have to understand: I have a goal,” he said. “My goal was own enough product – own all of your stuff, build a brand – and be able to effectively change that.”

As a retrospective in Forbes magazine last year noted, marquee stars like Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson and countless others “have all put in time in the Tyler Perry universe.”

“One-fourth of all diversity in Hollywood is attributed to me,” he said during our interview. “Do you understand?”

Perry said critics say he should also diversify his storytelling, but he’s fine with it as is. “Don’t ask me to change my storytelling.”

He said he was proud to be part of a broader balance that now includes programming like Ava DuVernay’s “Queen Sugar” and his prime-time show “The Haves and the Have Nots.”

A new dad Perry is also a proud father. At the mention of his son, Aman, he whipped out his phone and started flipping through photos of the happy 2-year-old.

Fatherhood has changed his life – among other things, he no longer has time to pursue his pilot’s license – and he’s begun to think about the legacy he’ll leave, both for his son and for Hollywood.

“When they look at my work,” he said, “I want them to say, ‘He left us with joy, he hired us, he made us believe in ourselves, and he changed Hollywood.”

Cruise scores again Coming in second was another new release, “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back,” from Paramount, with $23 million, also beating both studio ($17 million to $19 million) and analyst expectations ($15 million to $20 million). Internationally, the picture took in an impressive $31 million, bucking a trend of sequels struggling at the box office this year. “(Sequels) have been a challenge all over the world,” said Megan Colligan, Paramount’s distribution chief, noting the latest film’s 20 percent growth globally over the original.

The follow-up to 2012’s “Jack Reacher” again stars Tom Cruise as a former military policeman investigating suspicious and dangerous situations. It also stars Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh and Aldis Hodge.

“Never Go Back” garnered mixed reviews from moviegoers (57 percent male; 42 percent ages 25 to 49) and critics. While it received a “B+” CinemaScore (an A-minus from those ages 25 to 34), the picture has a 40 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

‘Evil’ on screen Continuing the supernatural trend led by “Boo!” Universal’s “Ouija: Origin of Evil” took the third spot with $14.1 million, falling below expectations of $15 million or more. But it also pulled in $7.9 million internationally.

“Origin of Evil” is a follow-up to 2014’s

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surprise horror hit based on the Hasbro board game. Whereas the original “Ouija” was a critically reviled present-day teen thriller, the sequel is set in 1967 L.A. and has earned some positive early reviews.

The film received the highest praise of new releases this weekend, with an 81 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences (even split male-female; 57 percent under 25), however, gave it only a “C” CinemaScore.

Rounding out the top five were two holdovers: Warner Bros.’ “The Accountant,” with $14 million in its second week, and Universal’s “The Girl on the Train,” with $7.3 million in its third week.

The final new release of the week, Fox’s “Keeping Up With the Joneses,” landed in seventh with $5.6 million, well below expectations of an already soft $7 million-

to-$9 million bow.

Others in release In limited release, Lionsgate opened “American Pastoral,” with Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning and Uzo Aduba, in 50 sites to $151,000.

A24 released festival darling “Moonlight,” from director Barry Jenkins, on four screens in New York and L.A. to $414,740. That’s a per-screen average of $103,685. This week, it expands to Atlanta and Washington, D.C. STX Entertainment’s “Desierto” expanded to 168 locations, bringing in $474,000 this weekend. Its gross to date is $1.1 million.

This week, Sony’s thriller “Inferno” will compete for the top spot.

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Make any day taste like Sunday FROM FAMILY FEATURES

With school, work and evening activities all spiraling in different directions, most families find that some things have to give. Make sure quality time around the dinner table isn’t one of them with these savvy solutions that can help make weekday meals a cinch.

One-dish wonders Most busy families are well-versed in the benefits of slow cooker meals, but when you haven’t planned that far ahead there are other options, such as your oven’s broiler, that allow you to capture the convenience of single-dish meals. A cookie sheet filled with your favorite protein, veggies and a sprinkle of seasoning will broil in minutes. Just remember to cut your protein into small pieces that will cook through quickly and line your sheet with foil for easier cleanup. Another quickfix idea: empty the odds and ends from the pantry and veggie drawer to make a stir-fry in minutes.

Go for the gold When it comes to mealtime, Sunday dinner is the gold standard. It’s the

one day of the week when you’re most likely to go “all out” and prepare a greattasting meal. But you can achieve similar meals during the week using delicious, time-saving sides such as packaged Idahoan Signature Russets mashed potatoes, which can be made in just 5 minutes.

The smooth flavor of Idahoan Signature Russets – like original homemade mashed potatoes with just a hint of butter and cream – makes any day taste like Sunday.

Quick-prep proteins Every family has its favorite go-to meals that stand the test of time. Build your repertoire with a few recipes centered on proteins that take next to no time to prepare. Eggs don’t have to be restricted to the breakfast table, especially in preparations like a frittata or quiche. Or rely on seafood, which can be seared to perfection in minutes. A mild white fish is an ideal foundation for creating diverse, rich flavors, such as this Seared Halibut with Lemon Butter Sauce.

For more tips to increase family time and get quick meals on the weeknight dinner table, visit idahoan. com.

SEARED HALIBUT WITH LEMON BUTTER SAUCE Serves: 4 Lemon Butter Sauce 1/2 cup white wine 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 8 tablespoons whipping cream 3/4 teaspoon fresh garlic, chopped turmeric, to taste salt, to taste white pepper, to taste 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, diced Halibut 4 teaspoons olive oil 4 halibut filets (6-8 ounces each) salt pepper lemon zest herbs Vegetables 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 small zucchini, cut into 1/4inch strips 2 small yellow squash, cut into 1/4-inch strips 2 small red peppers, washed, seeded and sliced into strips Potatoes 2 cups Idahoan Signature Russets Mashed Potatoes (from 16.23-ounce package)

For lemon butter sauce, add white wine, lemon juice, cream, garlic, turmeric, salt and pepper to saute pan. Heat on high heat and reduce to half its original volume.

While lemon sauce is reducing, prepare fish and vegetables.

Once reduced, remove from heat and swirl in diced butter.

For halibut, heat non-stick skillet on medium-high heat with olive oil. Season halibut with salt and pepper. Sear until deep golden brown, approxi­ mately 5 minutes each side.

Remove from heat and cover with foil.

For vegetables, add olive oil to skillet over medium-high heat. Saute zucchini, squash and pepper until crisp-tender, about 2-3 min­utes. Keep warm.

For potatoes, prepare mashed pota­toes following pack­age instructions.

To serve, plate mashed potatoes, vegetables and halibut. Drizzle halibut with lemon butter sauce and garnish with lemon zest and fresh herbs.

Note: Haddock or striped bass can be substituted for halibut.

ROASTED CHICKEN PROVENCAL Serves: 4 8 chicken thighs (bone-in, skin-on) 1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 cup dry white wine 1/4 cup chicken broth 2 thyme sprigs 2 garlic cloves, crushed 2 cups Idahoan Signature Russets Mashed Potatoes (from 16.23-ounce package) 1 cup sliced cremini mushrooms 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 1/4 cup pitted black olives, halved sauteed green beans Sprinkle chicken thighs with salt and pepper. In 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat, brown chicken thighs on both sides in hot oil. Add white wine, chicken broth, thyme sprigs and garlic.

Over high heat, heat mixture to boiling. Cover and simmer 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, prepare mashed potatoes according to package directions.

In skillet, add mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and olives; cover and simmer 5 minutes longer until chicken is tender.

Serve chicken thighs with mashed potatoes and sauteed green beans.

HOISIN ROASTED PORK WITH STEAMED GREENS Serves: 4 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce 2 tablespoons honey 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 pork tenderloin filet (16 ounces) 8 ounces fresh sugar snap peas 8 ounces green beans 2 cups Idahoan Signature Russets Mashed Potatoes (from 16.23-ounce package) Heat oven to 350 F. In bowl, combine hoisin, honey and soy. In non-metallic bowl, pour marinade over pork and set aside for 15 minutes.

Heat medium nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Add marinated pork and cook each side 1-2 minutes.

Transfer pork to baking tray and cook 15 minutes, or until cooked to desired doneness.

Steam fresh sugar snap peas and green beans together. Set aside.

Prepare mashed potatoes following package instructions.

To serve, plate mashed potatoes, sliced pork and steamed vegetables. Spoon pan juices over pork and enjoy.

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