BY GERARD DIPOPOLO — Miles north of one of the largest urban centers in the state of Florida you will find Immokalee. Immokalee is a largely agricultural unincorporated area that is one of the major centers of tomato growing in the United States. During the 60s, CBS visited Immokalee and was shocked to see the […]
BY TANNER FORMAN — Income inequality in the United States is the highest that it has been since 1928. As a result, the Government has been exploring ways to reduce the income inequality gap and to reduce poverty throughout the nation. Recently, the Government has explored the idea of increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 […]
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 […]
