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The current cultural war and the victors

Benz de Marshall Pierre | Staff Writer For a while now, we have had a sense of a cultural war that blurs the thin line between culture and politics. But in all wars, there are winners and losers. Several politicians have launched their presidential campaigns, and there’s one recurrent theme with the Republican candidates. […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis is setting a bad example for Floridians

Kailey Krantz-Diaz and Benz de Marshall Pierre | PantherNOW Staff Hurricane season is nothing new in South Florida, but it doesn’t mean it should be taken lightly. It makes Ron DeSantis’s refusal to meet with President Joe Biden to survey the damage of Hurricane Idalia all the more alarming. On Friday, September 1st, Gov. Ron […]

Senioritis and the will to continue forward

Benz de Marshall Pierre | Staff Writer For seniors, the four years of painstakingly pursuing a degree are inches closer to an end. The rush to graduate is contagious. We are eager to ignore all our academic commitments to navigate life as independent adults.  When we began as freshmen, we were awaiting new experiences and […]

The SB 254 bill is a war against authenticity

Benz Marshall Pierre | Contributing Writer  The United States may not be perfect, but the values we embrace make up for them. Among those values is the freedom of expression, but Senate Bill 254 passed by the Florida legislature against transgender care is contesting that freedom. SB 254 is the new statement against the conservative […]

Juneteenth: The celebration of delayed freedom

Benz Marshall Pierre | Contributing Writer Juneteenth, a day all slaves finally dared to dream of freedom to come, bears great significance to the overall experience of African-Americans in the United States.  Similar to the era-defining struggles our history books tell us, freedom was seriously delayed. From failure to fully and quickly integrate freed slaves […]

SB 256 has one clear target: Florida teachers

Benz Marshall Pierre | Contributing Writer The organization of unions and their ability to collect dues is an important feature of fairness in any capitalist society. Unions give a voice to their members and fulfill other promises, but a new law in Florida is expected to bring change that may impact them negatively.  Under the […]

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