Students and faculty stood up and clapped as keynote speaker Yusef Salaam, one of the members of the exonerated “Central Park Five,” walked on stage at the Graham Center Ballrooms at Florida International University. “Right now we are on the cusp of everything that Dr. King talked about in the ‘I Have A Dream’ speech,” said Salaam, the keynote speaker at the 29th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Commemorative Breakfast. He visited FIU to share his story with over 500 students and faculty. The

Child sex abuse remains a crisis in South Florida and around the country. Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking of hundreds of young girls in Palm Beach County, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands has raised national interest in the issue. But the majority of these cases are happening on an individual level and often with someone who the victim knows. On this Thursday, Jan. 16 episode of Sundial, the program focused on the issues of child sex abuse, understanding how predators operate and the

On this Tuesday, Jan. 14, episode of Sundial: Teachers Demand More School Funding Thousands of teachers from across the state Monday traveled to Tallahassee before the start of the 2020 legislative session to demand higher pay and better benefits. Gov. Ron DeSantis declared 2020 to be “the year of the teacher” and announced a proposal to set a statewide minimum teacher salary at $47,500 and to create a new bonus program. Some educators feel that is not enough. “We’re really not treated like

When Fort Lauderdale author Dawn Davies moved to South Florida as a child, she wasn’t really a fan. “In Florida the outside is always trying to get in and dank Florida smells are everywhere you go,” Davies writes in her latest book, “Mothers of Sparta: A Memoir in Pieces, ” the Sundial Book Club pick for January.

On this Monday, Jan. 13, episode of Sundial: Florida’s 2020 Census Statewide Complete Count Committee The U.S Census will be conducted from March to June 2020. To ensure Floridians are accurately reflected in the federal count, Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Lieutenant Governor Jeantte Nuñez to lead Florida’s Complete Count Committee. "Everything from school lunch to transportation dollars is really linked to the population here in Florida," said Nuñez on Sundial. Nuñez talked with host Luis

Ten years ago, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti, causing apocalyptic damage in the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding cities.

On this Wednesday, Jan. 8, episode of Sundial: Iranians In South Florida React Iran vowed revenge against the U.S. after an airstrike ordered by President Donald J. Trump killed Iranian top general Qassem Soleimani. On Wednesday, Iran fulfilled its promise to retaliate by launching missiles that struck U.S. forces in Iraq. “There’s a lot of strategic disadvantages to this attack,” says Eric Lob, assistant professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Florida

On this Tuesday, Jan. 7, episode of Sundial: Puerto Rico Earthquakes Puerto Rico's governor, Wanda Vázquez, has declared a state of emergency after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island early this morning. The earthquake was followed by an aftershock measuring 6.0.

On this Monday, Jan. 6, episode of Sundial: President Trump Evangelical Event In South Florida Iran Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed on Friday morning by a drone strike President Donald Trump ordered to deter "future Iranian attack plans." Shortly after Soleimani died, Trump was in West Kendall talking to thousands of supports at the King Jesus Ministry, also known as El Rey Jesus. “The day I took office, I got sworn in — the federal government's war on religion came to a very abrupt end," said

Happy New Year Sundialers, here’s a rundown of the Thursday, Jan. 2, episode of Sundial: Tampa Bay Times’ Investigation Looks At The ‘Baker Act’ The Tampa Bay Times recently released an investigation about the ‘Baker Act,’ the Florida law that allows families to involuntarily institutionalize people considered impaired because of mental illness. The investigation revealed that the law is impacting children as young as 6 throughout Florida.