By Valentina Foglia For 17 years, Facebook has been one of the most known social media platforms in the world. In the wake of Facebook’s recent rebranding, many are left to wonder the effect of this, especially what Meta means for new generations. Meta was specifically established by the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg…
By Gabriella Licona On Tuesday afternoon, Facebook’s engineering team discovered a security breach that has led to the exposure of nearly 50 million active accounts. On Thursday night, the Facebook team had alerted the law enforcement officials. After announcing the news on Friday to the public, Facebook has asked over 90 million other accounts to…
By Dru Barcelo Breitbart, a company that most would consider to be a sexist, racist, homophobic, and anti-Muslim website that enthusiastically promotes fake news and white nationalism, has continued to receive advertising from some of the world’s largest companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon. With anti-Breitbart organizations on the prowl attempting to get these ads…
By Valeria Bula In the past few years, advancements have been made for women in fields such as business, space, and other sciences. The same does not apply for women in the military who seem to be amongst the furthest from obtaining equity in their career. Recently, photos of nude women, including those of United…
By Alexandra Reboredo Parents send their children off to school, expecting them to return home with knowledge and new friendships. But, some don’t return at all. It’s the chilling reality that no parent expects. Human trafficking is an issue in the United States with about 100,000 cases reported each year. Florida accounts for about 400…
Miami-Dade County Schools Superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, announced on Facebook that he will give back to students by using the $10,000 he earned as national Superintendent of the year, in addition to his own personal impute of $10,000, to “honor [ten] students whose paths have been both difficult but also inspirational” with college scholarships.
Everyone is male or female. What if you don’t consider yourself either? What if you’re a member of the LGBT community? According to the Human Rights Campaign, 4 in 10 LGBT youth say that the community they live in is not accepting of LGBT people. Now, they have a way to escape that environment through…