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Putting The World In Perspective
The Forum/The Fourth Estate takes a look at the headlines and other under-reported stories in perspective. The politics of race and the Republican-MAGA impact discussed in historical context. An inmate class-action lawsuit against the Alabama...
A Florida House panel advances Linda Chaney’s bill to ease rules on teen labor
A House panel approved a proposal that would loosen regulations about the numbers of hours that 16-year-old and 17-year-old youths can work.
The Tampa 5, female protesters arrested at USF, will not face trial but have agreed to community service as part of a year-long diversion program. Why did the police escalate the physical contact if there...
The Politics of Incarceration and Re-entry
Florida has an incarceration rate of 795 per 100.000 people including prisons, jails, immigration detention and juvenile justice. This means Florida locks up a higher percentage of it’s people than any democracy on earth. Many...
The Scoop: Fri., December 1, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Florida GOP chair is subject of rape investigation The chair of Florida’s Republican Party, Christian Ziegler, is the subject of a rape investigation. A heavily redacted incident report from the Sarasota Police Department has several...
Human Rights are at the root of many issues at home and abroad, historically and contemporary. The Forum dealt with Haiti and the cross-border conflict with the Dominican Republic. The root of the current conflict...
The Scoop: Fri., November 10, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Picket line in Riverview Yesterday about 40 call center workers at Maximus in Riverview picketed to demand higher wages and better working conditions. It’s the federal government’s largest call center contractor. New College funding...
Riverview call center workers stage picket, demanding $25/hour, better healthcare, and more
Listen: On Thursday, call center workers at Maximus, the federal government’s largest call center contractor, picketed to demand higher wages. Call center workers want the Biden administration to increase wages to $25 dollars an hour,...
The Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association says boosting technologies could help farmers cut costs and reverse trends in international trade.
The Scoop: Thurs., October 26, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Mass shooting suspect at large At least 22 people are dead and dozens more wounded in a mass shooting overnight in Lewiston, Maine and the suspected gunman is still at large. Last night’s shooting was...
Interview with Mr. Miles Alexander, 3rd, owner and operator of AlexanderGoshen - Entrepreneur in construction
Mr. Alexander, 3rd, CEO of AlexanderGoshen a construction business received an award for emerging excellence in the construction industry. AlexanderGoshen...
A union drops it’s challenge to a state law restricting public employee unions
A union representing Duval County government workers has dropped a challenge to the constitutionality of a new law.
