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By Osvaldo Guillermo Turco
Fashion is an expansive and accessible medium that impacts society in many artful ways. Often portrayed as a field for the vain, fashion is not given enough credit as an art and not enough credit regarding to its impact on art. By Ahmed Latif
Look who is back, if it isn’t the number one villain in all of the cyber sphere. Luis Suárez may not hold the same name recognition as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, but my man is known. Suárez became infamous even to the casual soccer fan during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil last summer when he bit another player. Suárez, who plays for Uruguay and now Barcelona, received more criticism and vilification than players who in the past had drug or domestic abuse convictions. But Suárez is a respected philanthrope, a beloved husband and father, and gives back far more than many other stars of the same calibre. By Antonio Mosquera
As the United States and Cuba both step forward progressively towards improving relations, the plight of many different cross-sections of society become a topic of conversation. What will happen to families divided since the 1959 American embargo of the tiny Communist run island? What about those who defected in the fifty odd years since? Or what about the unresolved human rights issues on the island? I am wondering specifically about the baseball players that have defected from Cuba to the Unites States in order to play in the Major Leagues where lucrative contracts exist alongside a high level of competition. By Anders Douglas-Svensson
For those who do not know, the football team from Washington D.C. possesses a nickname that comes from an offensive and racially derogatory term given to Native Americans centuries ago. A name so offensive and hateful I refuse to use it in this article, I refuse to inform one more person on the terminology of hate. So what is in that name, it’s just a football team? In that name is centuries of hate, violence, and persecution from ugly chapters of history that we cannot seem to close. In that name is generations of pain and suffering. In that name is a word trying to deprive a human of their very humanity, to treat a people as though they were less human than a privileged few or a more trivial brand of humanity. |
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