Op-ed
'Speechless.' Shock of another devastating earthquake rocks Miami's Little Haiti
Miami Herald / Bianca Padro Ocasio, Devoun Cetoute, Carl Juste / August 14, 2021
Edwina Paul, a hair salon owner, landed in Miami on Saturday morning after visiting her hometown in Haiti, when her phone froze with a barrage of WhatsApp messages and calls she was receiving, all at once.
'You Got to Fix This': Rep. Wilson Criticizes Biden Over Deportation of Haitian Migrants
NBC Miami / September 23, 2021
Rep. Frederica Wilson was joined by other lawmakers and activists Thursday to urge the Biden Administration to stop large-scale deportations of Haitian migrants back to their homeland afflicted by natural disaster and the president's assassination.
13 Miami-area school staffers have died of covid-19 this school year
MSN News / Kim Bellware / September 7, 2021
Miami-Dade County Public Schools are reporting at least 13 employee deaths from covid-19 since mid-August, a tally that forecasts what could be a grim autumn for Florida educators.
Spokeswoman Jaquelyn Calzadilla told The Washington Post in an email that the district is aware of 13 deaths of employees since Aug. 16 but that the figure is based on what families report.
13 unvaccinated Miami school workers were killed by COVID-19 in recent weeks
The New York Post / Jesse O'Neil / September 7, 2021
More than a dozen unvaccinated employees at Florida's largest school district have died from COVID-19 in the past three weeks, according to a report.
2022 Best Colleges in the U.S.: Harvard, Stanford, MIT Take Top Rankings
The Wall Street Journal / David M. Ewalt / September 21, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed a lot about higher education. But some things remain constant: The top tier of the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings is packed with familiar names, with Harvard University claiming the top spot for the fifth straight year.
Miami New Times / September 2, 2021
Black Lawmakers Put Pressure On Democratic Party To Increase HBCU Funding
IHeart 107.5 / Ryan Shepard / September 22, 2021
Local 10 News / Amanda Batchelor / September 23, 2021
U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Florida held a news conference Thursday afternoon with other elected officials and community activists to discuss the treatment of Haitian migrants at the Texas border.
COVID plagues Miami-Dade school system
Miami Times / Bianca Marcof / September 14, 2021
Bus drivers are dying in the midst of a shortage. Educators are wondering where their colleagues are. The number of deaths in Florida's largest school district paints an alarming picture of the state of schools reopening in the middle of a pandemic.