Miami Lakes Educational Center Students Win Prizes in C-SPAN’s Video Documentary Competition
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Miami Lakes Educational Center Students Win Prizes in C-SPAN’s Video Documentary Competition

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By Sabine Joseph  For the fourth year in a row, Miami Lakes Educational Center’s journalism students have won honors in C-SPAN’s annual StudentCam competition, an annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and the nation. “C-SPAN started this competition 15 years ago, for smart students…

MLEC Named Best Magnet School in the Country
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MLEC Named Best Magnet School in the Country

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By Daniel Gonzalez III Miami Lakes Educational Center is the best magnet school in the country, according to the Magnet Schools of America (MSA). Of the nearly 4,400 magnet schools across the country, MLEC received the top award at the annual National MSA Conference. “Winning the prestigious Magnet Schools of America award is another example…

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Over $25 Million in Bribes in the Largest College Admissions Scandal Ever

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By Abigail Castro As May 1, College Decision Day, approaches, thousands of students across the nation routinely check their mailboxes awaiting acceptance letters from their dream college or university. Each of those students has worked tirelessly perfecting their essays, raising their GPA, participating in extracurricular activities—or so it was thought. Last Tuesday federal authorities charged…

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Trump’s Prime Time Address Pushes Back Hope for an Open Government

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By Samantha Jimenez “This is a choice between right and wrong, justice and injustice,” said President Donald J. Trump at his first prime-time oval office address. President Trump has been determined to build a wall on the southern border of the United States of America, and his address to the country makes an open government…

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President Trump’s First U.N. Address

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By Devin Dubon President Trump gave his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 19th. In the speech, he addressed the nations of the world about dangerous regimes and terrorist organizations. The president urged the UN to take greater action in stopping the governments of various countries in abusing the human…

President Trump Fires FBI Director James B. Comey
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President Trump Fires FBI Director James B. Comey

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By Carolina Espinal National shockwaves ensued after President Trump’s precipitated verdict reached news outlets. Trump’s decision to discharge F.B.I. director James B. Comey, the law enforcement official conducting a criminal investigation into the Trump administration’s ties with the Russian government and the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, came at a time of intensified Russian…

Planned Parenthood Faces Being Defunded Just Days After Trump’s Inauguration
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Planned Parenthood Faces Being Defunded Just Days After Trump’s Inauguration

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By Valeria Bula On Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, Trump began exercising his executive power, issuing three executive orders that same day. Amongst those executive orders: defunding organizations around the world that deal with abortion, including the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Trump reinstated the “Mexico City Policy,” which blocks taxpayer dollars from being used to fund…

Trump’s Triumph: How Nations Around the World are Reacting to Trump’s Victory
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Trump’s Triumph: How Nations Around the World are Reacting to Trump’s Victory

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By Sabine Joseph The victory of Donald J. Trump in the 2016 election has been met with both protest and praise in the United States but considering how important foreign relations are to maintaining order in the U.S. and around the world, it is necessary to listen to how other countries are reacting to the…

Two Views: Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump
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Two Views: Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump

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By Carolina Espinal  The 2016 presidential election will be considered both a defining moment and a turning point in United States history with future policy-making that will affect Generation Y, or Millennials, more than any other election before. Presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s stance on issues will be landmarks in…