FIU Students and Staff Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr at Commemorative Dinner
Staff Writer | Hennessy Sepulveda The Black Student Union, Office of Social Justice and Inclusion and the Martin Luther King committee partnered up for the…
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Donald Trump Lost, But Our Work Is Just Beginning
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer Well folks, we did it. Come January 21, 2021, Donald Trump will be president no more. It took the incredible dedication, sacrifice…
The Rise Of Homies For Hydration
Nathan Nayor/Contributing Writer In the past year, awareness has been raised in regards to Nestle and other corrupt companies exploiting land owners for their water…
How The Left Can Reclaim Patriotism
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer Over the weekend, I watched CNN’s report on protests outside President Trump’s South Dakota rally. Advocates for Native American rights, indigenous groups,…
The Black Lives Matter Movement Did Not “Delay” Pride Month
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer/Opinion Director For many newly out Panthers who planned on celebrating Pride for the first time this year, anticipation turned to sadness when…
College Students Should Be Politically Active
Ursula Muñoz Schaefer/Assistant Opinion Director It’s the start of a new semester, and with that comes new excuses for dodging the crowds of petitioners, voting…
Retweeting Doesn’t Make You A Social Justice Advocate
Viharachard Dorval/Contributing Writer When I first heard news coverage on the mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, I immediately logged onto Twitter. After clicking hashtag after…
Black only graduations are self segregation
Shawn Barry/ Contributing Writer A black only graduation is racist. According to ADL, an activism group, racism is the belief that a particular race is superior…
Decriminalizing marijuana is a civil rights case
Daniela Perez/ Staff Writer On Jan. 4, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo, the Obama administration’s relatively passive policy on the enforcement of…
Activism necessary for ‘the greater good’
After months of Hollywood sexual harassment scandals, celebrities arrived at the 2018 Golden Globes dressed in black and tweeting #WhyWeWearBlack to show solidarity with Times Up, an anti-sexual harassment group.