By Anthony Vidal Protests and marches against the Cuban government are taking place all around Cuba, in a never-seen-before series of events. The country of Cuba has long been an example of a regime and a dictatorship. Since the end of the revolution on January 1st, 1959, the notorious Castro regime ruled with a heavy…
By Khimmoy Hudson and Ajmaanie Andre From Our May/June 2020 Issue George Floyd was a brother, a son and a victim of police brutality. He took his final breath on Monday, May 25, 2020. And the world watched. For the nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds, Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck, and…
By Malique Lewis When two black men entered a Starbucks to wait for a friend to conduct a business meeting, the store’s manager said that they couldn’t wait in the vicinity because they didn’t purchase anything. The manager then proceeded to dial the police, and the two men were arrested, taken to a police station,…
By Gabriella Licona It began in Oklahoma on Monday, April 2. The sun was burning hot and the city was crowded, but nonetheless, the teachers put their discomforts aside, and continued to rally. As they began to shout and flood the streets with posters and determined faces, public school teachers from all areas of Oklahoma…
By Gabriella Licona While many students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High march with Emma Gonzalez in Washington D.C., South Florida residents and other survivors gathered in Parkland, Miami Lakes, Miami Beach, and Pembroke Pines to march. Over 30,000 individuals showed up with posters and ready to march in every location. https://twitter.com/_carocaro/status/977733135143235584?s=21 The largest march in…
By Nathalie Del Valle The 75th Annual Golden Globes’ red carpet was filled with black gowns and suits representing the movement “Times Up.” The award show was unusually serious as many artists wanted to bring light to the recent sexual harassment allegations. Eight actresses brought along advocates with them to the show. Rosa Clemente brought…
By Daylin Delgado Despite the lack of female nominees in unisex categories—Natalie Portman and the nation are looking at you, Best Director—women stole the show at the typically festive Golden Globes Awards Show. The women almost exclusively wore black, except for the few who felt they just didn’t need to, and many of them left…
By Rozany Guzman On August 26, 2017 hundreds of thousands of marchers filled the streets of Barcelona to the brim, peacefully shouting a powerful statement, “I’m not afraid” – a public act of rejection against the August 17th terrorist attack in the famed Las Ramblas boulevard. Those who led the march were the very emergency…