Local News
People of Color are Being Deterred from Voting
Many factors contribute to voter participation, but the data shows that a 2013 Supreme Court decision has played a major role in exacerbating the racial turnout gap. […]
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DeSantis Signs Bill Targeting ‘Community’ IDs
The measures, approved during the legislative session that ended last week, seek to crack down on the use of what are known as “community” identification cards, strengthen criminal penalties for people who previously have been deported and stiffen punishments for repeatedly driving without licenses. […]
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GOP Leaders, Medical Groups Clash in Trans Cases
Briefs filed Friday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals offer clashing views of treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, particularly for adolescents with gender dysphoria. […]
National News
Federal Student Loan Interest has Started Accruing again. Here’s What You need to Know
Interest on Federal Student Loans has started Accumulating again after a three-year Pause because of the COVID-19 Pandemic […]
Local News
State Health Insurance Contracts Spur Fights
TALLAHASSEE — Two health insurers have launched legal fights after they lost out on contracts to provide managed care to state employees, with one insurer alleging a violation of Florida’s open-meetings law. […]
Local News
One of Miami’s Historic Black Neighborhoods is Changing. Hialeah Wants A Piece Of It
“Whatever deal they put up with, we get the short end of the stick,” Pinkney, 91, said. When asked whether the neighborhood’s changing demographics motivated the plan, she said that Brownsville’s population is now nearly half Hispanic — 45.5% to be exact. “When I first moved out here, it was a Black community. Now, I’m totally against the [annexation]. Because all they want is money.” […]
Local News
Updated: DeSantis Signs Bill Targeting Mandates
DeSantis held a bill-signing event in Destin on the same day that a federal public-health emergency for COVID-19 was set to end. But DeSantis pointed to a need to address the potential of future government mandates. […]
Opinions
Dear AI, Black youth are beautiful too
For example, on January 3, I generated a series of about one hundred images using the word beautiful in conjunction with the words “kids,” “baby,” and “girl” on the Dall-E. This tool generates images using AI based on written descriptions. […]
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Antidotes to Murder: A Novel Approach
An antidote to murder utilizing a novel approach based on a hypothetical model which resembles the scientific approach used to develop drugs or vaccines sounds intriguing. Let’s assume that society constitutes the laboratory. And the hypothesis reads, “Antidotes Can Be developed to Reduce Specific Types of Murders.” For added clarity and to strategically focus on specific antidotes, murders have been classified into the following categories: 1) domestic; 2) gang related; 3) criminal related; and 4) racial (racism) related. […]
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Study Shows How Medical Community African Americans with Covid
More than half of hospital readmissions within the 60 days following discharge were among nonwhite patients (55%), and most post-discharge deaths were among white patients (21.5%). […]