Philip Cardella

If you like history, especially American history, chances are you've seen the movie Glory, starring Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, and a young Andre Braugher, about one of America's first Black Regiments, the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The movie depicts the heroism of the unit during

Yesterday, November 7, 2023, Miami-Dade County Commissioners considered a heat ordinance that would be the first county-level ordinance in the nation to protect workers from excessive heat. Though the thermometer rarely, if ever, tops 100 degrees in Miami, over 100 days in Miami-Dade County every year have a heat index

A historic flight and a historic right

May 9, 1945, the first act of Civil Disobedience in the fight for Civil Rights?

"Boy what a ride," says astronaut.

On April 27, 1980, storms hit the Florida Keys relentlessly sinking between ten and fifteen boats full of Cuban refugees seeking a new start in the United States in what would become known as the Mariel Boatlift. The mass immigration event, which would see 113,969 Cubans flee to the