Tabla de contenidos para July 4, 2025 en ScoopUSA Digital

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A seasoned veteran of Chicago politics once told me that it often takes Democrats a couple of four-year cycles out of office before they can pull their fractious factions together into a winning coalition. There's a lot of truth in that, and that's why I am not surprised to see the off-year energy and enthusiasm well up around the neophyte campaign of relatively unknown New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. Politics will often amaze you. Who would have expected, in a time of wars in the Middle East and reverberations of those conflicts across the United States, that a young Muslim American would have a fighting chance of becoming mayor of the country's largest city? Yet in New York, along came Zohran Mamdani to pull ahead of the pack in…

CANCER - June 22 - July 22 Cancer (The Protector) Moody and emotional. May be shy. Very loving and caring. Pretty/handsome. Excellent partners for life. Protective, inventive and imaginative. Cautious. Touchy-feely kind of person. Needs love from others. Easily hurt, but sympathetic. The ruby is the stone for July In ancient legends, it was believed the person who wore a ruby was blessed with health, wisdom, wealth and outstanding success in affairs of the heart. Long ago it was said that rubbing your skin with a ruby would help maintain its youthful appearance. Un- flawed rubies in sizes larger than five carats are more valuable than diamonds of equal quality and size. The ruby mines of Myanmar (Burma), where Stone Age and Bronze Age mining tools have been found are…

Lord, Thank You For Our Elders, Who We Respect And Give Us the Wisdom To Make It Through This Maze We Call Life. Amen. An old man once gave me some ‘Wise Timely Advice’ when I was going through rough times. Today, I want to share with you what he told me. He said, Son, if you are impatient, sit down quietly and talk with Job. If you are just a little strong-headed, go and see Moses. If you are getting weak-kneed, take a good look at Elijah. If there is no song in your heart, listen to David. If you are a policy man, read Daniel's book. If your faith is below par, read Paul. If you are getting lazy, watch James. If you are losing sight of the…

Earlier this month, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released its 2025 edition of the KIDS COUNT® Data Book, an annual resource that measures national and state data on economic well-being, education, health, and family and community factors. As they sum up their latest findings: “This year’s trends paint a complex picture: steady progress in some areas, setbacks in others, and persistent opportunities to do better for kids and their families. Since 2019, seven of the 16 key indicators have improved, six have worsened, and three have not changed.” Among the troubling results, “the number of teenagers disconnected from school or work has risen sharply, academic outcomes are still worse than before the COVID-19 pandemic, and, most concerning, more young people are dying.” As members of Congress continue to debate their…

One of my objectives in this column is to equip you with the facts you need. As the Senate approaches a vote on Trump’s giant “big beautiful” tax and budget bill, I want to be as clear as possible about it. First, it will cost a budget-busting $3.3 trillion. According to new estimates by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the Senate bill would add at least $3.3 trillion to the already out-of-control national debt over a decade. That’s nearly $1 trillion more than the House-passed version. Second, it will cause 11.8 million Americans to lose their health coverage. The Senate version would result in even deeper cuts in federal support for health insurance and more Americans losing coverage than the House version. Federal spending on Medicaid, Medicare, and Obamacare would…

Ted Poston, born into a prominent Black family in Hopkinsville, was one of the first African American journalists to work on a white-owned metropolitan newspaper. During a 33-year career at The New York Post, he won two of journalism’s major awards. Theodore Roosevelt Augustus Major Poston was the youngest of eight children born to educators Ephraim and Mollie Cox Poston. He graduated from Attucks High School in Hopkinsville in 1924 and what is now Tennessee State University in Nashville in 1928. Poston began his career at age 15, writing for his family’s newspaper, the Hopkinsville Contender. He wrote for two major Black-owned newspapers, the Pittsburgh Courier and the New York Amsterdam News. A union activist, Poston was fired from the News for helping the American Newspaper Guild organize its staff.…