By Sophia Garcia and Valentina Foglia Part of a residential building collapsed in the early morning, around 1:30 AM, in Surfside. This collapse took place a few miles north of Miami Beach, located at 8777 Collins Avenue. So far, it is known that one person has been reported dead and 10 have been reported injured….
By Hermes Falcon and Anthony Vidal From Our May/June Magazine 117: A record breaking number of anti-trans bills have been brought to the attention of Congress in 2021, 51 more than last year and a whopping 98 more than in 2019, according to the Human Rights Campaign. After the Equality Act was passed throughout the…
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 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 Michelle Mairena The first two COVID-19 cases in Florida were detected on March 1, 2020. Since then, the number of reported cases across the Sunshine State has continued increasing — and today, Florida has more cases than all but eight countries across the world. As Floridians now grapple with a growing sense of emergency,…
By Kymani Hughes Forget dreaming about a White Christmas. If you live in Florida, then you know how confusing winter in Miami can be. Morning temperatures can be as low as 60 degrees, which is freezing by Miami standards, and nights can be hot and humid instead. With the fast-changing temperatures, you’ll notice that when…
By Khimmoy Hudson For the past few years, the Harbinger staff had the privilege to welcome NBC 6 reporter Darryl Forges into the PinkRoom. In those years, the journalism students interviewed, visited the NBC 6 news station, and even had Forges featured as a judge for our very own senior capstones. However, as Forges continues…
By Michelle Mairena Gargantuan lines of cars at gas stations, families covering up their windows with plywood, individuals frantically raiding every grocery store in the hope of finding packs of water — the past 24 hours have been marked by a form of pre-apocalypse frenzy across South Florida. While Armageddon is not happening though, Florida…
By Tyler Banks It was just last year when news began creeping in about an active shooter situation at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. At first, nobody expected that it would end up being one of the largest mass shootings in American history. By the end of the day, police had confirmed…
By Tyler Banks These are polarizing times and, although there is plenty of anger and outrage to go around, few issues cause as much frustration as public education: especially standardized testing.The latest iteration of this, the Common Core, is reviled on both sides of the aisle. The Common Core is a set of guidelines that…