Genesis Sotomayor, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

China’s Goal Of A Unified Society Harms Minority Groups

January 11, 2019 Genesis Sotomayor China, Minorities

In many ways, China has been described as a police state. Considering the direction which their technological advances have taken the country, there’s a touch of Orwellian despair in the air. Perhaps an even bigger brother than what George Orwell’s 1984 could even conjure. The country is maintaining a… Read the rest at our website.

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Food Distribution Event At Paul L. Dunbar K-8 Center

January 11, 2019 Genesis Sotomayor Medical Campus, Black History Month, food distribution

The Black History committee at Medical Campus will host A Day of Activism, a food distribution event, at Paul L. Dunbar K-8 Center, 505 N.W. 20th St., on Jan. 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Medical Campus students and faculty and Dunbar staff will assist in food packaging… Read the rest at our website.

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America’s Domestic Terrorism Has Political Roots

November 30, 2018 Genesis Sotomayor domestic terrorism, Politics

It would make sense to claim that, in the United States’ increasingly polarized society, political polarization is the root cause for the obvious increase in domestic terrorism. Is that any shock to you? The headlines circulating in the mainstream media about the Parkland shooting, the Florida pipe bombs, the… Read the rest at our website.

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America’s Democracy Is In Danger

November 16, 2018 Genesis Sotomayor Donald Trump, democracy

At a Wisconsin rally on Oct. 24, President Donald J. Trump began his speech by referring to a series of pipe bombs mailed to Democratic critics of his presidency, stating that acts or threats of political violence are an attack on democracy. Within the last month, there have been… Read the rest at our website.

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Jazz At Wolfson Presents Series To Host Walt Weiskopf

November 16, 2018 Genesis Sotomayor Wolfson Campus, Music, Jazz, Jazz at Wolfson Presents

Walt Weiskopf will perform at the Wolfson Campus auditorium, 300 N.E. 2nd Ave., in Room 1261 on Dec. 5 at noon. Weiskopf, an American saxophonist, will be performing original work. He began his career at 21 in New York, where he performed with the Buddy Rich Big Band. Since… Read the rest at our website.

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Protect Water, Not Breweries

November 2, 2018 Genesis Sotomayor water, beer, Mexicali Resiste, Baja California

The town of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, is experiencing an environmental crisis that poses a threat to its people and agriculture. Constellation Brands, a Fortune 500 company, is planning to open a brewery for Grupo Modelo in the town of Mexicali in 2019. The town is an ideal location… Read the rest at our website.

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Social Spaces Hold Society Together

October 19, 2018 Genesis Sotomayor society, infrastructure

President Donald J. Trump’s ambitious infrastructure plan revolves around the idea of building new bridges, highways, railways and waterways all across the United States. As a South Floridian, I can understand and appreciate the importance of any infrastructure plan that relieves the stress and congestion of traffic in Miami.… Read the rest at our website.

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M.A.G.I.C. To Host The Animation Show Of Shows

October 19, 2018 Genesis Sotomayor animation, Wolfson Campus, M.A.G.I.C.

M.A.G.I.C. will host the 19th annual The Animation Show of Shows, a yearly screening of 16 short films from various countries, at Wolfson Campus, 300 N.E. 2nd Ave., Room 8106, on Oct. 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event will include a Skype session with Ron Diamond,… Read the rest at our website.

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Private Prison Companies Put Profits Before People

October 5, 2018 Genesis Sotomayor Immigration, private prison

On Aug. 7, Dream Defenders, a civil rights organization based in Miami-Dade County, held a protest against GEO Group Inc., a privatized corrections corporation, at the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement center in Boca Raton, Florida. The protest manifested itself as a response to a cease and desist letter that… Read the rest at our website.

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We Are Stronger Together

October 5, 2018 Genesis Sotomayor Politics, Minorities, identity

Taking center stage in the Trump era is the topic of identity politics. While it takes various forms on different sides of the political spectrum, identity politics isn’t a new social phenomenon. For the greater part of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries, identity politics have shaped and influenced… Read the rest at our website.

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