Florida

It's 2020 and Florida's Supreme Court Just Ruled in Favor of a Poll Tax

Defying Threat of Termination, 1,200 Florida Teachers Rally to Save Public Education

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Florida teachers are rallying for fair pay and better funding for schools, and they won't be intimidated or undermined."

With 2020 Endorsement, Racial Justice Group Says Movement Behind Bernie Sanders 'Will Change This Country'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The White House hopeful also secured the support of Kshama Sawant, a Socialist...

'We Don't Believe in Locking Up Children. Do You?' Amnesty Billboards Condemn Trump's Mass Detention of Migrant Kids

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"World Children's Day is a day for children, yet children in this very country...

Analysis Finds US Corporate Media 'Failing to Connect Climate Crisis to Strongest Atlantic Storm Ever to Hit Land'

As Aerial Footage of Devastated Bahamas Emerges, Campaigners Ask How Much Destruction and Death Before Global Climate Action Taken?

'Historic, Catastrophic' Category 5 Hurricane Dorian Hits Bahamas, Still Threatens Southeast US Coast

Pelosi Joins McConnell in Deferring to Trump on Acosta's Future Amid Growing Calls for Labor Secretary to Resign

Fresh Demands for Labor Secretary Alex Acosta's Resignation Mount After Jeffrey Epstein Arrested for Child Sex Trafficking Charges

Rich Will Keep Getting Richer and 'Nothing Will Change,' Says Bernie Sanders, Unless US Leaders Have Guts to Take on Powerful Corporations

'Unhinged, Insensitive, and Lying': Trump Uses Bar Graph to Spread Falsehood About Puerto Rico Hurricane Aid

Florida GOP Condemned for Undermining Hard-Won Voting Rights for Felons With 'Modern Day Poll Tax'

Gillum's Drive Aims to Register One Million New Florida Voters to Help Serve Trump 'Eviction Notice' in 2020

'A Poll Tax By Any Other Name': Florida GOP Undermines Newly-Restored Voting Rights For 1.4 Million People

'Time for Acosta to Resign': Judge Rules Labor Secretary's Plea Deal for Billionaire Sex Offender Broke Federal Law

$A placard from Floridians Against Fracking urges Florida's new governor, Ron DeSantis, to make good on his campaign promise to ban fracking in the state.$

Demand for Democratic Governors to Follow Suit After Trump-Backed DeSantis Moves to Ban Fracking in Florida

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Grotesque Overkill: 23 Cops, 377 Rounds, Two Suspects, Zero Guns

A months-long investigation into "perhaps the largest case of contagious fire on record" has found that frenzied Miami police last December fired 377 rounds at a crashed car - hitting several officers and sending neighbors diving to the floor - that killed a robbery suspect and his innocent friend who were both unarmed and trying to surrender. Adrian Montesano, with one prior minor arrest and an apparent drug problem, had allegedly robbed a Walgreens and shot an officer (who later recovered)...