BY LANCE LACHEEN — Florida’s Governor Rick Scott (R) meets annually with Florida’s 28-member black caucus. But this year, the black caucus cancelled its meeting with the Governor. Governor Scott received the hand delivered letter canceling his annual meeting on Wednesday, January 15th, 2014. The black caucus’ reason for refusing to meet with the Governor, […]
BY NICK BANCROFT — A new Gallup poll shows that for the first time in our country’s history a majority of Americans favor legalizing marijuana. The poll, conducted in October of 2013, shows that 58% of Americans want to legalize the drug. The numbers are startling considering that when Gallup first polled Americans to get their […]
BY BRIANNA SILVA — Federal officials at the U.S. Department of Transportation found that “Miami-Dade County, the city of Miami and Coral Gables violated part of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964” by allowing a trolley garage for the Coral Gables trolley to be built “in a historic black neighborhood in Coconut Grove.” The investigation […]
BY KENNETH FARINO — “Obesity carries with it one of the last forms of socially acceptable discrimination.” This single phrase carries with it an overwhelmingly disparaging sting that many Americans feel every day. For those who apply to jobs but are denied the position in favor of a more conventionally attractive applicant, it seems to them […]
