By Carlineissa Jean Francois Carrie Meek, the grandchild of a slave and the daughter of a sharecropper, died on Sunday, November 28, 2021. She was one of the first Black Floridians elected to Congress since Reconstruction. She was 95 years old. After experiencing the challenges of being a poor, Black woman in Florida, she made…
By Vanessa Falcon The 2020 election has been historical in every sense of the word. Record-breaking voters rushed to the polls, and an outstanding amount of young voters chose to have their voices heard. The moments that led to so many young people to rush to the polls were the summers filled with riots and…
By Vanessa Falcon From Our August Issue Every day, the world is bombarded with news of tragedies, protests, and crises that seemingly put everything to a stop. With so much going on, many news platforms aren’t covering it all. In times when people want to rely on journalists and news reporting, there is a big…
By Kymani Hughes Since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white cop, and the resonating adversary of bigotry uprisings around the globe, the idea of reparations has gotten force in national discussions, paving way for new open interests and intrigue. Among Black individuals and their progenitors, reparations for servitude have been on…
By Rhobie Toussaint Imagine seeing someone of your demographic being murdered by a police officer: one that should have been a civil servant of the people, and ultimately, the embodiment of law and order. Political commentaries, memes across social media, class discussions, and even revolutionary black lives matter protests unleash in unison, taking the media…
By Rozany Guzman Seventeen people died in Parkland on Wednesday. It was one of the deadliest mass shootings in history. Teenagers witnessed their friends and teachers get shot. They hid in classrooms, under desks and in closets. They sent text messages to their parents. They prepared for the worst. And today, survivors of the massacre didn’t…