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The Fine Print of SB 1134: How Florida’s DEI Ban Reaches into Private Contractors’ Training Materials
By: Bekah Zielinski On April 22, 2026, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Florida Senate Bill 1134, extending Florida’s anti-DEI campaign from state agencies and universities to local and municipal governments.[1] The bill’s central provisions include banning county and municipal DEI offices, prohibiting funding for DEI resolutions, rules, regulations, programs, or policies, and allowing private […]
Executive Order 14399: The Erosion of State Sovereignty
By Valerie Basto-Morales On March 31, 2026, President Trump escalated his purported effort to combat the exceedingly rare occurrence of noncitizens voting in federal elections by issuing a controversial, overreaching executive order, which is subject to ongoing litigation.[1] In State of California v. Trump, a coalition of states swiftly challenged the constitutionality of Executive Order […]
The Fine Print of SB 1134: How Florida’s DEI Ban Reaches into Private Contractors’ Training Materials
By: Bekah Zielinski On April 22, 2026, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Florida Senate Bill 1134, extending Florida’s anti-DEI campaign from state agencies and universities to local and municipal governments.[1] The bill’s central provisions include banning county and municipal DEI offices, prohibiting funding for DEI resolutions, rules, regulations, programs, or policies, and allowing private […]
Executive Order 14399: The Erosion of State Sovereignty
By Valerie Basto-Morales On March 31, 2026, President Trump escalated his purported effort to combat the exceedingly rare occurrence of noncitizens voting in federal elections by issuing a controversial, overreaching executive order, which is subject to ongoing litigation.[1] In State of California v. Trump, a coalition of states swiftly challenged the constitutionality of Executive Order […]
“Free Speech” Ends Where “Free Palestine” Begins: HB 1471 and the Targeting of Dissent and Racialized Solidarity
By: Genice Nadal On April 6, 2026, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 1471 into law.[1] What the press release called a “counterterrorism framework” is, in practice, something far more insidious: a mechanism for making dissent and solidarity unaffordable for communities least able to pay its price.[2] The statute empowers a small group of executive […]
Housing Affordability or Housing Shortage? Why Institutional Investor Restrictions May be the Wrong Approach
By: Joshua Oresky Considered a fundamental right by many, housing affordability ranks as one of the most pressing domestic policy issues throughout the United States. As home prices surge, rental prices increase, and the American dream of home ownership becomes more akin to an unattainable nightmare. According to a 2025 Congressional Research Service Report, […]
“SAVE Yourself? The Voters Left Behind by the SAVE Act”
By: Olivia Dill As President Lyndon B. Johnson, the man who signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law, once said, “Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than […]
