By Samantha Jimenez President Trump’s most recent slew of controversial takes that he wishes to implement is his desire to change our education as we know it. This announcement came in the middle of the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement, which has often been accompanied by people criticizing the nation as a whole and denying…
By Sophia Garcia Though pride month has come and gone, the spirit of the LGBT+ community has not dwindled. Bisexual Awareness Week takes place September 16th through the 23rd. As a heteronormative society becomes more accepting of those who don’t fit the ‘norm,’ the different identities under the LGBT+ community become more normalized and well…
By Michelle Mairena From our August issue On the night of February 26, 2012, Sybrina Fulton’s world was shaken and shattered. Her 17-year-old son, Trayvon Martin, was fatally shot as he returned to his father’s residence from a quick 7-Eleven trip in Sanford, Florida. Trayvon was unarmed, carrying nothing with him but a bag of…
By Fabiha Faruque The Miami-Dade County School Board had unanimously voted to abandon the K12 online education program, the virtual school platform that raised harsh criticism across the district after a failed start to the remote 2020-2021 school year. Issues with K12 as a base for virtual learning had dominated the conversation during yesterday’s heated…
By Carla Rubio From Our May/June Issue While the majority of citizens have been quarantined inside of their homes distancing themselves from the world, others across the globe have stayed open — working to keep their “essential” businesses open. These include grocery stores, pharmacies, to-go restaurants, food banks, and transportation. And they are growing busier…
By Fabiha Faruque On March 13, schools all across the local district went into lockdown after the novel coronavirus outbreak made its presence in local institutions. The growing flare-up eventually became a dangerous pandemic that took over 864,000 lives all over the world. After a long, virus-led summer, Miami-Dade County Public Schools had finally reopened…
By Valentina Foglia For two days in a row, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) students and teachers haven’t been able to access the district’s new e-learning website — for a county that is doing virtual back-to-school, this has unleashed chaos. Parents are angry. Teachers are exhausted. Students are desperate. Some parents and students alike have…
By Fabiha Faruque Actor Chadwick Boseman, who brought life into the regal Black Panther, passed away on Friday after a 4-year fight with colon cancer. He died young at 43. Yet, despite this addition to the countless tragedies that have transpired this year, it only serves to reinstate one judgment: everyone has their own battles…
By Fabiha Faruque Postmaster General Louis Dejoy testified in a virtual Senate hearing on Friday about changes he made in the US Postal Services during a COVID-19 pandemic and shortly a few months before the election. His testimony is the first public comment he made since the alternations he made to the USPS earlier back…
By Fabiha Faruque It is a newfound source of mass communication widespread. It is an outlet that left a noticeable change on the reins on social media, even for those who avoid it — TikTok. Recently, however, its odds in the US fell into perturbation. Trump issued an executive order on Thursday that will enact…