Global Fears for the Future as a Fascist Trump Wins a Second Term
Donald Trump, a former president with openly authoritarian ambitions, defeated Democratic nominee Kamala Harris less than four years after sparking a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn his 2020 defeat. In a speech in Florida, Trump said his win comes with an "unprecedented and powerful mandate"—a signal that he intends to try to follow through with his pledges to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, prosecute and deploy the military against his political opponents, gut rules constraining climate-polluting fossil fuel companies, and further slash taxes for the rich and large corporations. [ Read More ]
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Miami Herald - 02/07/25 - A fake fight: Florida Republicans posture in immigration battle
Orlando Sentinel - 02/05/25 - Florida Republicans just declared war on each other
Politico - 02/03/25 - DeSantis plans to veto Florida immigration bill passed by GOP Legislature
Politico - 01/30/25 - As Trump looms over Florida politics, DeSantis' power in Tallahassee wanes
Politico - 01/29/25 - Will Donald Trump step in between Ron DeSantis, Legislature over immigration?
Fresh Take Florida - 01/29/25 - Florida Legislature defies DeSantis on illegal immigration as Republican foes assert power
Politico - 01/28/25 - Florida Legislature overrides Gov. DeSantis budget veto in rare rebuke
Sun-Sentinel - 01/28/25 - Trump's mass deportation plans could be a major blow to Florida's economy
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Orlando Sentinel - 02/07/25 - GOP majority opposes DeSantis bid to tighten citizen-initiative process
Florida Phoenix - 02/06/25 - ‘White Privilege on Full Display’: Outrage Erupts as Florida Prosecutor Lets White Teen Walk After He Terrorized Elderly Kamala Harris Voters with a Machete At Polling Site
Atlanta Black Star - 02/06/25 - Florida elections supervisors want to make it easier to vote by mail
Florida Phoenix - 02/05/25 - Election supervisors say poll workers need to be shielded from harassment, threats
USA Today News Network - 02/05/25 - A way back? Florida Democrats seek relevance after historic decline in numbers, influence
USA Today News Network - 02/03/25 - Voting rights groups decry dropped charges against machete-wielding Donald Trump supporter
Florida Politics - 02/03/25 - Why hasn’t Donald Trump weighed in on Florida’s immigration enforcement fight?
Florida Politics - 02/03/25 - Daniel Perez says Ron DeSantis wants power, headlines in immigration fight
Florida Politics - 02/03/25 - DeSantis lost bid to kill your right to change law by ballot initiative, but he’ll be back
Florida Bulldog - 02/03/25 - Florida highway troopers want more answers about new immigration powers
Tampa Bay Times - 01/31/25 - Florida men (and women) ascend in Trump's Republican Party
Semafor - 01/30/25 - Florida's new Attorney General: an advocate for secrecy in government
Orlando Sentinel - 01/29/25 - GOP-led legislature refuses DeSantis bid to hinder voter-led ballot initiatives
USA Today News Network - 01/28/25 - Ron DeSantis wants lawmakers to sanction his election interference
Seeking Rents - 01/27/25 - Nikki Fried wins re-election as Florida Dems Chair by wide margin
Florida Politics - 01/27/25 - DeSantis' 'kiss of death' for Florida's citizen-led ballot initiative measures
Axios - 01/23/25 - DeSantis' proposals for Florida's ballot initiative process could effectively end it
Tampa Bay Times - 01/22/25 - Here's how Trump's executive orders will affect Florida
Miami Herald - 01/22/25 - 'What is he going to do for us'? Miami's Black residents consider next Trump presidency.
Miami Herald - 01/21/25 - State report highlights petition fraud as DeSantis seeks crackdown
USA Today News Network - 01/21/25 - Recreational marijuana amendment proposed for 2026 ballot
Sun-Sentinel - 01/16/25 - The slow, steady decline in Florida statesmanship
Sun-Sentinel - 01/13/25 - Donald Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can’t own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample
Associated Press - 01/13/25 - Jimmy Patronis points to partisan gerrymandering as only reason he doesn’t live in CD 1
Florida Politics - 01/13/25 - Disgraced Florida Man Eyes Governor's Mansion
Mother Jones - 01/09/25 - State takes aim at Senate redistricting case
News Service of Florida - 01/09/25 - Susan Valdés dumps Democrats, joins Republican Party
Florida Politics - 12/10/24 - Trump’s Florida-heavy cabinet upends 2026 governor race
USA Today News Network - 11/15/24 - Trump may have won Florida but not every county. Will one of them surprise you?
USA Today News Network - 11/12/24 - Florida Democrats fail to break Republican supermajority in Legislature
Orlando Sentinel - 11/07/24 - DeSantis’ elections officials recommend tighter restrictions on ballot amendment initiatives
Orlando Sentinel - 11/04//24 - 'Can you hear the dog whistles?' Project 2025's nightmare vision for Black America exposed
The Raw Story - 07/18/24 - Here are the Top 10 Ways Project 2025 Will Harm Black America
The Grio - 07/17/24 - Florida is the Most Dangerous State in the Country if You’re a Black Woman
New York School Talk - 05/28/24 - Following North FL, Tampa Bay redistricting concerns, ACLU lawsuit targets South Florida maps
Florida Phoenix - 05/29/24 - New racial gerrymandering lawsuit argues Florida treats Latino voters as political monolith
The Tributary - 05/24/24 - Another illegal voting restriction is struck down
Sun-Sentinel - 05/22/24 - Florida voters win a few victories against the assault on rights
Orlando Sentinel - 05/21/24 - Residents sue to stop ‘gerrymandered’ Tampa Bay Senate districts
Tampa Bay Times - 04/15/24 - How to request public records in Florida
Axios - 03/13/24 - Judge strikes down part of Florida elections law
News Service of Florida - 03/05/24 - The new Selma? Activists say under DeSantis Florida is 'ground zero' in civil rights fight
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Ron's Inbox
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Associated Press - 02/06/25 - Republican lawmakers question DeSantis' immigration record
Tampa Bay Times - 02/04/25 - 3 explanations for DeSantis' beef with the Legislature
Tampa Bay Times - 01/31/25 - Amid GOP feud, DeSantis plans to spend money to elect 'strong conservative' successor
News Service of Florida - 01/31/25 - The Ron DeSantis - Wilton Simpson feud, explained
Tampa Bay Times - 01/30/25 - ‘Fox in the henhouse’: Gov. DeSantis turns on Wilton Simpson in immigration fight
Florida Politics - 01/29/25 - ‘Weak, weak, weak’: Gov. DeSantis calls stiffer penalties in Legislature’s immigration bill ‘half-measures’
Florida Politics - 01/29/27 - DeSantis seeks Trump's input in fight over Florida's immigration issue
Miami Herald - 01/28/25 - Republican leaders in Florida House, Senate rebel against Governor
Florida Phoenix - 01/28/25 - Florida Lt. Governor backs off in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
Miami Herald - 01/27/25 - Ron DeSantis wants NASA HQ relocated to Florida
Florida Politics - 01/09/25 - How Ron DeSantis let thousands of Florida kids go hungry this summer
Salon - 07/16/24 - Capitol makeover moves Gov. DeSantis administration to temporary digs
Florida Politics - 04/18/24 - Support of DeSantis policy is disrespectful to Black community
Orlando Sentinel - Ron DeSantis’s Long War on Black Political Power
New York Magazine - On DeSantis' Warpath to the White House, Black Floridians are the Targets
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- Florida’s troubled citrus industry looks for help
Sun-Sentinel - 02/05/25 - Top DeSantis staff spoke with group pushing state park golf course earlier than known
Tampa Bay Times - 02/05/25 - Florida's citrus outlook remains bleak. But, new science offers hope
Tampa Bay Times - 01/28/25 - Manatees deserve the highest levels of protections
Sun-Sentinel - 01/23/25 - 'Gulf of Mexico' name change may be more complicated than just updating a map
News Service of Florida - 01/23/25 - Kathy Castor, Florida environmental leaders balk as Donald Trump rescinds offshore drilling ban
Florida Politics - 01/22/25 - Records show Big Sugar lobbyists are working on plans for an Everglades-area mine
Seeking Rents - 01/22/25 - DeSantis wants authority over federal funds for Everglades under Trump administration
Orlando Sentinel - 01/10/25 - The Public Service Commissions Favors Profits Over People
WMNF - 01/09/25 - Former lobbyist to help oversee Florida utility watchdog
Florida Times-Union - 01/07/25 - Florida citrus grower to shout down operations
News Service of Florida - 01/07/25 - Biden bans new offshore drilling along most of the U.S. coastline
NBC News - 01/07/25 - The behind-the-scenes story of the Florida state park scandal
Tampa Bay Times - 01/06/25 - Voices rise against oil drilling in the fragile Apalachicola River Basin
NPR - 12/16/24 - Democrat Lindsay Cross predicts a bear hunt in 2025 would be ‘wildly unpopular’
Florida Phoenix - 12/16/24 - Solar power continues to shine brightly in Florida
News Service of Florida - 12/16/24 - Florida eyes possible bear hunt, the first since 2015
Orlando Sentinel - 12/12/24 - How pythons and other invasive species may have spread farther in Florida due to hurricanes
Sun-Sentinel - 12/11/24 - New database helps show which Florida politicians are owned by which polluters
Florida Phoenix - 10/28/24 - Large python swallows 77-pound deer, stunning researchers with the size of its mouth
Sun-Sentinel - 10/25/24 - Florida lacks language laws for disaster communications, leaving counties, residents on their own
WLRN - 09/26/24 - There’s Something Funny Going on With Florida’s Lead Pipe Numbers
The New Republic - 08/01/24 - How a Republican election sweep could transform U.S. climate policy
Washington Post - 07/18/24 - After DeSantis scrubs 'climate change' from state law, Florida begins repealing renewable-energy goals
News Service of Florida - 05/23/24 - The obscure but powerful politicians who control Florida’s energy
Tampa Bay Times - 04/18/24 - A look at some of the environmental laws passed during this year's legislative session
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Sun-Sentinel - 02/06/25 - Gov. DeSantis proposes $116B budget, wants focus on ‘fiscal responsibility’
Florida Politics - 02/04/25 - Live Local Act backlash growing in Fort Lauderdale. But some say give state’s affordable housing law a chance.
Sun-Sentinel - 02/04/25 - Gov. DeSantis wants cuts to Agriculture Department amid feud with Wilton Simpson
Florida Politics - 02/04/25 - DeSantis would cut taxes on guns, spend millions combatting immigration
Tampa Bay Times - 02/03/25 - DeSantis talks about his coming budget budget plan: teases property tax cuts
Florida Phoenix - 02/03/25 - Own a home in Florida? Don’t want it stolen? There are safeguards, but more are needed
Florida Politics - 01/29/25 - Private prisons poised to reap billions as Laken Riley Act passes congress
Nation of Change - 01/24/25 - 'Enough is enough': Florida condo owners beg for reform from legislature
ABC Action News - 01/23/25 - 'Florida got too expensive'. Miami seniors are increasingly falling into homelessness
Miami Herald - 01/23/25 - Florida lawmakers seeking money for member projects told belt-tightening is likely
NPR - 01/22/25 - Tax-funded non-profit spent $5 million on ads amid abortion ballot battle
Seeking Rents - 01/08/25 - Florida lawmakers file bipartisan bill encouraging construction grocery stores in food deserts
Florida Phoenix - 01/06/25 - Florida’s insurance commissioner urging legislators not to enact any more reforms next spring
Sun-Sentinel - 12/05/24 - Trump Immigration Targets: Ukrainians, Venezuelans, Haitians
New York Times - 11/18/24 - Florida Faces Exodus as Residents Declare Insurance Crisis Final Straw
Newsweek - 10/30/24 - Report: Targeted for deportation by Trump, undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes
USA Today News Network - 08/01/24 - Half the households in Florida struggle to make financial ends meet, major report shows
WLRN - 07/12/24 - Thinking about going bare? What to know before you cancel your property insurance
Miami Herald - 10/30/23 - Installing rooftop solar panels can get your home insurance canceled
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Miami-Herald - 02/05/25 - Tom Fabricio measure would keep some complaints against law enforcement, correction officers confidential
Florida Politics - 02/03/25 - Florida leads America in wrongful convictions - and new death-row sentences
Orlando Sentinel - 01/31/25 - House Republican wants to make it easier to sue state and local governments
Florida Phoenix - 01/30/25 - Florida’s Solicitor General resigns from prominent post in Attorney General’s Office
Florida Politics - 01/21/25 - Civilian police oversight in Florida crumbles after new law kicks in
Fresh Take Florida - 01/07/25 - Banks lobbyists want to slash funding for legal support programs
Seeking Rents - 01/06/25 - Anti-union law union is unconstitutional and ‘unreasonable,’ judge finds
Florida Phoenix - 11/12/24 - Federal appeals court backs Florida on protest law, saying peaceful protesters are not threatened
News Service of Florida - 10/10/24 - How sparing the Parkland shooter's life changed Florida's death penalty
The Marshall Project - 09/20/24 - Florida’s high court poised to protect DeSantis’ congressional map that helps GOP
Politico - 09/13/24 - Judge takes final step to overturn part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’
Sun-Sentinel - 07/29/24 - Harsh Florida law sees more Black kids tried as adults than white kids
Miami Herald - 07/01/24 - US Supreme Court rejects challenges to Florida’s use of 6-member juries
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Sun-Sentinel - 02/05/25 - What is the real cost of Florida's special sessions?
Orlando Sentinel - 01/30/25 - Ben Albritton, Daniel Perez lay out stiffer penalties for undocumented criminals as part of TRUMP Act revision
Florida Politics - 01/29/25 - The Skewed Priorities of Special Session
Sun-Sentinel - 01/23/25 - Do Florida lawmakers serve citizens or lobbyists and legislative bosses?
Florida Trident - 01/10/25 - Florida bills to watch in 2025: boat crashes, park protections, Parkland law reversal
Axios - 01/08/25 - The nine laws go into effect on Jan. 1
Florida Phoenix - 01/03/25 - New faces and trading places in the Florida Legislature
News Service of Florida - 12/03/24 - Incoming House leader announces new communications policy and website
Florida Phoenix - 11/15/24 - Incoming legislative leaders release details of how things will run the next two years
Florida Phoenix - 11/15/24 - Republicans hang onto super majority in Florida Legislature
Florida Phoenix - 11/15/24 - The think tank behind Project 2025 is also behind some of Florida's most extreme laws
Seeking Rents - 08/26/24 - Florida free speech advocates say they killed several censorship bills this year
USA Today News Network - 03/18/24 - Florida knows best? In 2024, the legislature overruled a host of local laws
Orlando Sentinel - 03/18/24 - What happened and what's to come: A First Amendment recap of Florida's legislative session
USA Today News Setwork - 03/12/24 - Here are 25 bills that died this Session. Will they come back next year?
Florida Politics - 03/07/24 - Republicans now have supermajority in Florida. Here’s what it means.
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Politico - 01/07/25 - Push for government worker medical marijuana rights reignites
Florida Phoenix - 01/07/25 - Most voters supported marijuana, abortion. Will Florida lawmakers make any changes?
Miami Herald - 11/08/24 - Could failure to legalize recreational weed change future of medical marijuana in Florida?
News Service of Florida - 11/07/24 - DeSantis aligns with companies selling high-potency cannabis while fighting Amendment 3
Sun-Sentinel - 11/04/24 - Bipartisan group blasts DeSantis for using taxpayer money to fight Amendment 3
Florida Phoenix - 10/28/24 - Cannabis is about to be ‘re-scheduled’ by feds. What does that mean for FL Amendment 3 prospects?
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- Read the decision: Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortions
Orlando Sentinel - 'Like playing Russian roulette.' Plunging elevators scare, hurt people at Miami hospital
Miami Herald - 02/06/25 - Trump administration ends deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans
Miami Herald - 02/03/25 - Miami GOP Reps. walk a tight rope amid Trump immigration crackdown
Miami Herald - 02/03/25 - New Florida law allowing C-sections outside hospitals could be national model
Florida Phoenix - 02/03/25 - Florida Cities Stopped Adding Fluoride to Water. Here's the List So Far
Miami New Times - 02/03/25 - 'Are Floridians prepared for federal cuts to health care?'
Orlando Sentinel - 02/03/25 - DeSantis says he's supportive of open carry law. But is Republican leadership
Florida Phoenix - 02/03/25 - DNC bashes Donald Trump ‘plans to screw over’ Florida seniors by ‘gutting’ Social Security, Medicare
Florida Politics - 01/27/25 - What to know about the ruling blocking Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship
Associated Press - 01/24/25 - First abortion-related bill pushed in GOP-led Congress blocked by Senate Democrats
Florida Phoenix - 01/23/25 - Trump's executive order rollback on prescription drug cuts alarms seniors
WTSP - 01/23/25 - Medicaid cuts could devastate rural Florida affecting children
Public News Service - 01/23/25 - More Florida communities are pulling back from fluoride. Here's why.
WLN - 01/23/25 - How to Prepare for an ICE Raid
Miami New Times - 01/22/25 - Trump's federal health website scrubs 'abortion' search results
NPR - 01/22/25 - Trump Changes Heal Care Enrollment for 24 Million People. Who's Impacted
Newsweek - 01/22/25 - Civil rights activists stand ready to defend LGBTQ people from Trump's orders
Local 10 - 01/22/25 - This time with Trump, migrants feel more prep than panic
WLRN - 01/22/25 - Trump begins immigration overhaul, raising concerns in South Florida
CBS Miami - 01/21/25 - FAU study: Expanding CRNA scope of practice won’t boost health care access
Florida Politics - 01/21/25 - Tina Polsky files suite of gun control bills
Florida Politics - 01/15/25 - Whooping cough in Florida sees eight-time increase
USA Today News Network - 01/13/25 - Abortion Pills Prescribed by Pharmacists Are Newest Effort in Abortion Fight
New York Times - 01/13/25 - An effort may begin to extend Florida's pronoun rule to local governments
News Service of Florida - 01/09/25 - Florida again leads the nation in Obamacare enrollment
Florida Phoenix - 01/09/25 - 'Pro-life' Florida isn't so pro-life when it comes to children's health insurance
Florida Times-Union - 01/06/25 - Congressional candidate Fine seeks to ban flags promoting Palestine, Black Lives Matter and gay pride
Orlando Sentinel - 12/17/24 - UnitedHealthcare’s second largest market is Florida. What does that mean for insurance denials?
Orlando Sentinel - 12/16/24 - The Fall of Roe, Through the Eyes of High School Girls
Mother Jones - 12/16/24 - Floridians working for small businesses pay more for health insurance, report finds
Florida Phoenix - 12/13/24 - Florida state senator fine with rolling back ban on people under 21 buying rifles, long guns
Orlando Sentinel - 12/11/24 - Florida fluoride debate sparks controversy, but no quick change expected in Tallahassee
Tallahassee Democrat - 12/04/24 - Tampa company is helping Planned Parenthood relaunch another birth control service—vasectomies
Creative Loafing - 12/03/24 - 6 Reproductive Rights Groups You Can Support in Florida
Miami New Times - 11/18/24 - What’s next in Florida’s battle over abortion
The Hill - 11/18/24 - DACA immigrants can start applying for ACA marketplace insurance
Central Florida Public Media - 11/12/24 - What’s next for abortion access in Florida
Sun-Sentinel - 11/12/24 - A majority of Floridians voted for abortion rights, but GOP lawmakers aren’t swayed
Orlando Sentinel - 11/08/24 - Backers of Florida abortion amendment struggle with failure despite widespread support
Miami Herald - 11/07/24 - Why this Florida mom had to go out-of-state for abortion care, despite exceptions
WUSF - 11/04/24 - Infants died from birth defects at higher rates after abortion ban was imposed in Florida
Sun-Sentinel - 10/31/24 - Consulting police and lawyers has become a part of Florida abortion providers’ work
Florida Phoenix - 09/19/24 - Florida’s physician assistants want to practice primary care independently: What to know about PAs
Sun-Sentinel - 09/13/24 - The sad state of primary care in Florida: Frustrated patients want doctors to devote more quality time to their health
Sun-Sentinel - 08/26/24 - Nearly 30% of Florida women don’t know what the state’s abortion restrictions are, says survey
Florida Phoenix - 08/19/24 - Shock, frustration, anger, desperation: The real-life toll of Florida’s six-week abortion ban
Orlando Sentinel - 08/16/24 - The fallout of Florida’s abortion ban has been "chaos," experts say
Salon - 08/08/24 - The medical realities of Florida’s 6-week abortion ban can’t be dismissed
Miami Herald - 08/08/24 - Project 2025: what does the rightwing blueprint say about abortion?
The Guardian - 08/06/24 - 'Rape' not defined in Florida law. How will doctors know if they can perform an abortion?
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WUSF - 05/07/24 - Many Florida women can’t get abortions past 6 weeks. Where else can they go?
Associated Press - 05/06/24 - The First Six Weeks of Pregnancy, Explained
New York Times - 05/01/24 - Florida hospitals will now ask about your immigration status. What to know, how to answer
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Quality Education
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Truthout - 02/07/25 - New report puts Ben Sasse’s spending scandal at UF under the microscope
Florida Politics - 02/05/25 - Workers uniting: Florida A&M University employees launching new staff labor union
Tallahassee Democrat - 02/05/25 - Parents angered as Florida voucher group misses application window
Tampa Bay Times - 02/04/25 - Florida universities prepare for $22.5 million annual costs from NCAA settlement
News Service of Florida - 02/03/25 - Free speech organizations denounce Education Department’s calling book bans a ‘hoax’
Associated Press - 02/03/25 - Miami lawmakers once protected in-state tuition for so-called Dreamers. No longer
Miami Herald - 01/30/25 - Teachers Unions Blast Trump Plan to 'Steal' Money from Public Schools for Vouchers
Common Dreams - 01/30/25 - Immigration agents at schools? Tampa Bay schools get prepared
Tampa Bay Times - 01/30/25 - South Florida schools respond to Trump’s immigration policies
Sun-Sentinel - 01/30/25 - Florida 'Dreamers' protest as legislators debate ending in-state tuition for undocumented students
Orlando Sentinel - 01/29/25 - Trump's Plans to Crush the Academic Left
New York Times - 01/27/25 - Trump's Immigration Crackdown Leaves Some Families Weighing the Risk of Sending Kids to School
Orlando Sentinel- 01/24/25 - How Enrollment in the 100 largest School Districts has Changed Since the Pandemic
EdSurge - 01/24/25 - Garsh! That's Goofy: Florida tax dollars pay for voucher students' Disney trips
Palm Beach Post - 01/24/25 - Former secretaries dissect Trump plans to abolish Department of Education
Florida Phoenix - 02/23/25 - 2 GOP lawmakers want to add more transparency to religious colleges
Florida Politics - 01/22/25 - Phone bans in school gets mostly positive feedback from administrators
Florida Phoenix - 01/22/25 - Bethune-Cookman University faces leadership struggles as search for a permanent president continues
WESH - 01/21/25 - New bill targets school start times for middle and high schools
Orlando Sentinel - 01/21/25 - Florida professors file federal lawsuit challenging DEI restrictions, law to curb 'woke ideologies'
Orlando Sentinel - 01/21/25 - Florida graduation rate hits record-high following COVID dip
Orlando Sentinel - 01/10/25 - Lawmaker wants to reverse parts of Florida’s controversial teacher merit pay law
Orlando Sentinel - 01/06/25 - Fine-filed bill would repeal waiver allowing undocumented immigrants in-state tuition
Florida Phoenix - 12/10/24 - Ron DeSantis' Florida had the most book bans in the 2023-24 school year
USA Today News Network - 11/04/24 - Florida’s sorry pre-K program defies voters, shortchanges kids
Orlando Sentinel - 09/30/24 - The Imperiled Right To Learn
AFT - 09/25/24 - PEN America: Books Bans Doubled In 2023-2024 School Year, Most From Florida, Iowa
Florida Times-Union - 09/25/24 - Home Education On The Rise In Florida, Experts Shares Challenges And Considerations
CBS News - 09/25/24 - Democrats call for increased transparency of school vouchers’ hit to state budget
Fresh Take Florida - 09/16/24 - Why did New College really throw away all those books?
Tampa Bay Times - 08/26/24 - Florida education officials offer ‘model policy’ for volunteer school chaplains
Sun-Sentinel - 8/26/24 - Faith leaders warn schools of dangers of optional, voluntary chaplain program
Florida Phoenix - 08/13/24 - Project 2025’s Plan to Eliminate Public Schools Has Already Started
Time Magazine - 07/24/24 - Satanists in Florida offer to fill school counselor roles after DeSantis law
The Hill - 07/09/24 - Governor DeSantis Vetoes Funding For Free Pads And Tampons In Schools
Central Florida Public Media - 06/14/24 - Billions in taxpayer dollars now go to religious schools via vouchers
Washington Post - 06/04/24 - Florida voucher program for home-schoolers on pace to at least double this year
Orlando Sentinel - 05/30/24 - School choice programs have been wildly successful under DeSantis. Now public schools might close.
Politico - 05/28/24 - School chaplains law crosses a sacred line in Florida
Sun-Sentinel - 04/22/24 - With State Bans on D.E.I., Some Universities Find a Workaround: Rebranding
New York Times - 04/15/24 - Florida could soon put volunteer chaplains in schools. Here's what to know about new bill
Pensacola News Journal - 04/08/24 - NAACP calls on Black student-athletes to boycott Florida public colleges over anti-DEI policy
NBC News - 03/12/24 - Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill settlement
Associated Press - 03/12/24 - Fed up with Florida Legislators, faith leaders create Black history program for churches
Miami Herald - 03/01/24 - The Campaign Against DEI
The New Yorker - 01/22/24 - The Heavy Cost of Banning Books About Black Children
Time Magazine - DeSantis bans diversity, equity and inclusion in Florida colleges
Orlando Sentinel - Ron DeSantis’s war on “woke” in Florida schools, explained
Vox - The secret plan behind Florida's "don't say gay" bill: Bankrupting public education
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Politico - 02/05/25 - Why some centrist Dems fear David Hogg could ‘do more harm than good.’
Politico - 02/05/25 - You’ll never guess who now controls the Proud Boys brand
Daily Kos - 02/05/25 - Trump’s Tariffs Roil Global Markets as American Consumers Brace for ‘Pain’
Daily Beast - 02/03/25 - With tariffs and threats, Trump turns on America’s closest allies
Washington Post - 02/03/25 - Here’s what could get more expensive with Trump’s new tariffs
Washington Post - 02/03/25 - List of items that could rise if Trump's tariffs begin to
Newsweek - 02/03/25 - Who Is Ken Martin, the New Leader of the D.N.C.?
New York Times - 02/03/25 - Trump’s war on ‘woke’ marks US society’s plunge into ‘dark times’
The Guardian - 02/03/25 - A wanna be authoritarian hard at work
The Bulwark - 01/31/25 - Trump's plane crash response is as cheap as you'd expect
The Bulwark - 01/31/25 - Trump declassifies JFK, MLK assassination files
Axios - 01/24/25 - Communities vow Resistance as Trump Unleashes ICE to Raid Previously Safe Spaces
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Vox - 01/21/25 - Bill Targeting Nonprofits Likely to Be Revived by New Congress
Capital & Main - 01/21/25 - Biden warns of the rise of a new American 'oligarchy'
Washington Post - 01/16/25 - 10 programs that could be on the 'government efficiency' chopping block
Washington Post - 01/06/25 - Immigrants Across U.S. Rush to Prepare for Trump Crackdown
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HuffPost - 11/18/24 - Black Voters Terrified Trump’s Presidency Will Bring Hate And Violence, Poll Finds
NewsOne - 11/18/24 - Donald Trump Returns to Power, Ushering in New Era of Uncertainty
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Daily Beast - 11/06/24 - Blame the Supreme Court for America’s Decade of Voter Disenfranchisement
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