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Students nationwide stage walkouts for stricter gun laws after last month’s deadly school shooting in Florida
Students across the country — from middle school to college — began planned walkouts Wednesday, calling on state and federal legislators to enact stricter gun laws one month after the mass shooting at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.Seventeen students and staff members were killed at the school in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14. On Wednesday, 3,000 schools across the nation planned to leave class at 10 a.m. local time for 17 minutes — one minute for each victim.At Marjory Stoneman Douglas, two walkouts took place. Citing safety concerns, student government officials and administrators urged students not to leave campus, but to walk to the football field with teachers. Some students balked at the idea of a chaperoned walkout, saying they wanted to get off campus and spread their message to the broader public.As students made their way to the football field, past a sculpture of the school Eagle mascot, they walked hand in hand or with their arms … [Read more...] about Students nationwide stage walkouts for stricter gun laws after last month’s deadly school shooting in Florida
‘I’m staying’: Almost six months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans settle in Florida
MIAMI — Two and half weeks after Hurricane Maria hammered Puerto Rico, Ivan Nieves’s grandfather had few options. He was not able to get chemotherapy for his prostate cancer, and his main doctor had left the island. So Nieves, 29, made a quick decision, and on Oct. 8, he boarded a plane for Miami with his grandparents, his mother and his partner. The same day the hurricane hit, Nieves was supposed to sign a contract to open a second location for his bistro, juice bar and organic bakery. Instead, six months later, he and his partner are completing renovations in a space in the historic MiMo district of Miami for La Social, which will offer the same menu as his business in San Juan. “I’m staying because I’m looking to grow," Nieves said. "In Puerto Rico, we went backward after the hurricane." It is a refrain that has been repeated in recent months by tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans who have closed shops, quit jobs and raced to Florida, transforming cities … [Read more...] about ‘I’m staying’: Almost six months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans settle in Florida
Cosleeping Kills Scores of Babies in Florida Every Year
"My baby!" she screamed. "My baby!" Dressed in a pink floral onesie, S'marri showed no signs of life. Burch began CPR while her mom called 911. Paramedics raced the newborn to a Bradenton hospital, where a doctor broke the news that S'marri had suffocated in the night. "My brain shut down," Burch remembers. "He said that she wasn't coming back, and it's like I didn't hear anything else." After investigating, detectives closed the case as an unfortunate accident that happened while cosleeping. But the death left Burch with unshakable guilt and a question that haunts every parent in a similar situation: Why me? "The doctor put me on suicide watch for two weeks," Burch says. "I wanted to go with her... Like, I have no reason to be here anymore. I can't raise a child, so just go ahead and bury me with her." Every year, sleep-related deaths kill more children than drownings in Florida. Some are smothered while sleeping with their parents; others suffocate after being laid on their stomachs … [Read more...] about Cosleeping Kills Scores of Babies in Florida Every Year
Parkland shooting has changed politics-as-usual in Florida
Something different is happening in Florida.A new response to human slaughter.The politicians actually seem to care.Sure, presumably they cared about previous slaughters … just not enough to actually do much about it.They would rush in front of the TV cameras, tweet out thoughts and prayers and vow to “Never Forget.”But then they moved on. Until the next slaughter. Even after 49 people were massacred in an Orlando nightclub.Yet now, in the wake of the Parkland high school shooting, Republican leaders have joined Democrats in calling for action on guns, mental health and school security — issues they have flat-out rejected for years.Florida’s governor is even taking on the NRA, calling for new gun restrictions and opposing ideas like arming teachers.Things like that simply don’t happen in Florida.So what’s different this time? At least three things:1) The gunman committed his massacre smack dab in the middle of the legislative session.2) Rick … [Read more...] about Parkland shooting has changed politics-as-usual in Florida