Clara Barros/ Staff Writer Every day, more people get disheartened by the U.S. electoral system. Every day, more people feel betrayed by their favorite candidates. Every day, more people realize the power that corporations and donors exert on elections. And every day, more people get disillusioned by the calls to “vote them out.” These frustrations […]
Clara Barros/ Staff Writer At this point, it’s no news that the Trump administration has been antagonizing minorities of all kinds. For the past two years, we’ve witnessed the constant rolling back of rights and regulations won by the people through hard struggle. Racism, sexism, and anti-LGBT discrimination abound. Still, little has been said […]
Clara Barros/ Staff Writer Have you ever really paid attention to the names of the FIU buildings? It’s ok — neither had I. I have to confess: despite having lived at Modesto Maidique campus for over two years, it was not until a couple days ago that I asked myself whose names are engraved on […]
Clara Barros/ Staff Writer Not all wars are loud and bloody. Some are silent. We can’t see them or smell them, but they’re potentially just as violent. Right under our noses, college education is being targeted. The right is effectively working to undermine it in several different ways: politically, ideologically and economically. How are they […]
Clara Barros/ Staff Writer Miami has a Hollywoodian fame. South Beach, celebrities and yachts. Internationally, it’s viewed as a glamorous, wealthy, modern paradise — one of the most popular shopping destinations in the world. But Miami isn’t like that for everyone. In fact, the city is like that only for a minority of people. Many […]
Clara Barros/ Staff Writer As of now, 1.6 million Floridians aren’t allowed to vote. That means one in ten people in the Sunshine State lacks one of the most basic democratic rights. The reason? A past felony conviction. Florida is one of four U.S. states that permanently revokes a convicted felons right to vote, and […]
Clara Barros/ Staff Writer The United States’ biggest shopping mall is officially being built in Miami. Named “American Dream Miami,” the six million square foot project will be located in Northwest Miami-Dade, where I-75 meets the Florida Turnpike. It’s so large that the mall’s developer, Triple Five, has planned an indoor ski slope, an artificial […]
Clara Barros/Staff Writer Last Wednesday, July 18, Mark Zuckerberg found himself in the midst of a political turmoil after claiming that Facebook should not take down Holocaust denial posts because he didn’t believe their authors were “intentionally getting it wrong.” Though he later tried to soften the impact of his words by saying he finds […]
Clara Barros/Staff Writer In just a few days, we will find out the winner of this year’s World Cup. Though I am not a fan of soccer, as a Brazilian, I almost have a national duty to follow the competition. In the midst of the excitement, the tears, and the feelings of sportsmanship the World […]
Clara Barros/Staff Writer Just a few days ago, the world watched as women in Saudi Arabia celebrated a landmark: they have just become legally allowed to drive. Until now, the urban mobility of Saudi women had depended on a male figure — a relative, a husband, or a chauffeur. Last Saturday, this reality was radically […]
Clara Barros/Staff Writer Evil. Wicked. Torturous. Inhumane. All of these terms have been used to describe the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy as pictures of children in virtual concentration camps flooded the media. We know that toddlers and babies are, at this very moment, separated from their families and crying inside cages because of […]
Clara Barros/Staff Writer When I moved to FIU from Brazil, there were a lot of things I didn’t know. As an international student with no family close by, I’ve always been very dependent on resources available on campus. It took me a while to locate myself and find out when, where, and how I could […]
