Recently, state Representative Gallop Franklin II, former North Florida Congressman Allen Boyd, and Floridians insured through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) hosted a press conference in Tallahassee highlighting the Vice President’s New Way Forward plan to lower health care costs and strengthen the ACA which 45 million Americans rely on, including 4.2 million Floridians — and a record number who signed up for ACA marketplace coverage this year. The press conference follows Donald Trump’s pledge during the debate that he will repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Month: September 2024
Black Democratic operatives and minority-owned firms are raising alarms over spending practices in Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. They accuse the campaign of favoring white-owned vendors while sidelining Black-owned firms. The controversy, first reported by NOTUS, a nonprofit newsroom created by the Allbritton Journalism Institute, has caused growing frustration among Democratic leaders, operatives, and donors. Many fear that these missteps could harm Harris’ standing with voters of color in the crucial weeks before Election Day.
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“The grant proposal was submitted to NSF’s Ethical and Responsible Research (ER2) program, which has an aim to support fundamental research about what constitutes or promotes responsible and ethical conduct of research (RECR) — particularly research with human subjects as participants,” Jackson said. “In that, grant programs through NSF are generally very competitive, I wanted there to be little doubt about what we were aiming to do. So, the title explicitly indicated what our project is about. “
Old Town Untapped is back with a bountiful season filled with electrifying music, phenomenal art experiences, and so much more. The vibrant ‘first Fridays’ Street festival returns with live music by Mix Tape, one of South Florida’s premier 80s rock & pop cover band, and a stunning exhibition by our October Artist of the Month, Florencia Clement de Grandprey from our new Artist in Residence(AiR) class at Bailey Contemporary Arts Center. Join us for this free event, which also features wonderful vendors and an eclectic mix of food trucks, on Friday, October 4th, 2024, from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Learn more at www.pompanobeacharts.org.
The University of Alabama has closed dedicated spaces for its Black Student Union and LGBTQ+ resource center, citing a new state law banning publicly funded diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
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In recent days, Donald Trump and his Republican running mate, JD Vance, have doubled down on their false and defamatory claims about legally-admitted Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, thus churning up widespread fears, bomb threats, and school evacuations. Claiming that these migrants were destroying the American “way of life,” Trump promised that, if elected, he would order massive deportations. This statement echoed his astonishing promise, made during the 2024 campaign and previously, to seize and deport between 15 and 20 million immigrants.
Your vice president, Dick Cheney, is among hundreds (by now, thousands?) of prominent Republicans who have publicly denounced Donald Trump as too dangerous a threat to our country to ever again be allowed anywhere near the White House. They all have said they are voting for Democrat Kamala Harris for president. It is time, sir, for you to join them. Let me explain.
And division has increased exponentially over the last 30 years – along the same timeline as the decimation of US manufacturing. How divided we are as a nation is, perhaps ironically, one of the things Americans agree on most. A new Gallup poll released just this week shows a record-high 80 percent of Americans now say our country is deeply divided on core values.