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‘Stand your ground’ has become a get-out-of-jail-free license to kill
After the most recent Florida incident, members of Congress demand answers on a law that leaves black America vulnerable.
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Bernie Sanders endorses Andrew Gillum for Florida governor
Sanders said he is backing Gillum, the mayor of Tallahassee, because of Gillum's stances on health care, the minimum wage, immigration and the environment.
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FAU poll: Scott leads for Senate; Graham and DeSantis for Florida governor
Buoyed by President Donald Trump’s endorsement, U.S. Rep Ron DeSantis is leading the GOP primary for governor by nine percentage points in a new poll from Florida Atlantic University.
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Mario’s kryptonite: Year of the woman, new voters and the taint of the NRA
2018 has not been a good year for political dynasties from the Miami area. And it turns out that Mario Diaz-Balart may be running scared in his quest to retain his seat against Mary…
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Slime coast
Lately about this time of the year the slime descends on Florida’s long beautiful coastline turning large parts of the shore in central Florida green. The ultimate source of the slime…
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Rich governor, poor government
Florida has one of the richest governors and one of the poorest governments in the nation. Gov. Rick Scott cares so little for the needs of people who cannot afford the whopping cost of…
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Progressive Puerto Rican group launches ad campaign against Florida Gov. Rick Scott
A progressive organization in Florida is launching a bilingual campaign targeting Puerto Ricans in Florida, attacking Gov. Rick Scott’s treatment of Puerto Ricans in the state and his…
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Democrats need to wake up
People are fed up with politics as usual. It is time for Democrats in Florida, and the U.S. for that matter, to realize that they must become the Party of the many, not a…
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Weaponizing children
The Catholic Archbishop of Miami, Father Thomas Wenski, said it better than anyone. Trump’s new immigration tactic of forcibly separating children from their parents at the Mexico-U.S.…
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Florida prisons add for-profit services, consider visitation cuts
The Florida Department of Corrections is receiving an influx of cash from a private vendor that facilitates all monetary transactions inside the prisons — at a steep cost to inmates’…
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