BY GABRIELA PIRANA & LESLIE POLLACK — On Wednesday, October 10, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. The case involves Abigail Fisher, a white female, who was denied undergraduate admission to the University of Texas at Austin. Fisher narrowly missed UT’s admissions criteria for white […]
BY STACY BYRD — Headlines this election season might be dominated by national politics, but in Florida, there’s a crucial election issue that most voters are alarmingly unaware of. The Republican Party of Florida, in conjunction with national conservative interest groups and PACs, has launched a campaign to encourage voters to oppose the merit retention […]
BY CHRISTINA FLATAU — President Barack Obama, in a recent address to the Clinton Global Initiative, outlined new steps to combat human trafficking, but didn’t address one of the most notable problems in states’ current response to what the President rightly referred to as “modern slavery.” In his speech, President Obama stated that we will “treat victims as victims, […]
BY ADAM FISCHER — The United States Supreme Court concluded its first day of the 2012 session with the South Florida-originated case of Lozman v. Riveria Beach. Fane Lozman, a wealthy former commodities trader, owned a floating home on the Riveria Beach Marina. The home was not a houseboat; rather it was more of a floating structure with […]
BY BERNADETTE SADEEK — Imagine you’re minutes from being offered the job of your dreams. You’ve passed interviews and screenings with flying colors. There’s only one thing left before the prospective employer puts you in a corner office—you have to hand over all your social media passwords and usernames. A social-media-snooping requirement, a.k.a. “shoulder surfing,” […]
