VANDALIZED MLK STATUE REDEDICATED - Amy Snider

Today at the University of South Florida in Tampa, a Ceremony was held to rededicate a bust of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which had been vandalized, and repaired. WMNF’s Amy Snider has the story…

Actuality of student La’Farrah Davis

That was USF student LaFarrah Davis, who welcomed the crowd of about 250 to the Martin Luther King, Jr. bust rededication ceremony at Martin Luther King plaza on USF’s Tampa campus.

USF senior Braulio Colon discussed the importance of t...

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE REFORM - Amy Snider

Yesterday the State senate passed a Medical Malpractice reform bill to attempt to cure what is seen as a health care crisis in Florida. Today, the Tampa Bay Tiger Bay Club addressed the issue by pitting a doctor against a lawyer to help outline the issues in this debate. WMNF’s Amy Snider has the story.

On one side, was Tampa malpractice attorney Pat Dekle. On the other, Tampa Ear, nose, and throat doctor Dennis Agliano. The two men addressed what is seen as a crisis in Florida and throu...

THE TIKKUN PEACE COMMUNITY

Tikkun magazine founder, Rabbi Michael Lerner, is organizing a network of people devoted to peace and healing in the Middle East. Organizer Robyn Lundy discussed why the peace process is off track, human rights abuses in the region, and why a change is needed in U.S. foreign policy.

CUBA AND TIGER BAY CLUB

Both debaters admitted that that they are probably as far apart on the issue of US Cuba relations as two people can be. This difference, however, provided an extreme example of the challenges those on both sides of the issue will face in any attempt to construct a unified Cuba policy.

Ralph Fernandez, a Cuba native who left with his parents as a young child, believes that Castro has not changed over the last several decades, and that he still poses a threat to his own people and the rest ...

THE REAL HOMECOMING FOR VIETNAM VETS

Jerry Lembcke is a professor at Holy Cross College and the author of THE SPITTING IMAGE, a book which looked at the myths and truths surrounding the homecoming given Vietnam Veterans during the 1960s and '70s. Lembcke says it's a myth that many Vietnam Veterans were spat upon when they returned to the States.

PEACE FESTIVAL IN WILLIAMS PARK

Two organizers of the upcoming gathering in St. Petersburg, Mark Kamleiter and Sheila McKeown, discussed the state of the anti-war movement, the next challenges for the peace movement and efforts to continue organizing against militarism.

THE ATKINS DIET

THE ALTERNATIVE HEALTH SHOW w/ Dr. Carol Roberts, MD. Today Roberts discussed the Atkins Diet.

DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET

Interview with best-selling author Anna Lappe. She is the co-author of HOPE'S EDGE:THE NEXT DIET FOR A SMALL PLANET (Tarcher/Putnam). Written with her mother, Frances Moore Lappe, the book chronicles a journey the two made to five continents. On this journey they observed the emergence of social movements addressing the roots of hunger and poverty.

WAS PROPAGANDA USED BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR THE WAR?

Freelance writer Dennis Hans has written for many publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, Slate and TomPaine.com. He's also taught mass communications at USF. He says that the Bush administration has used classic propaganda techniques to build support for the war in Iraq. Those techniques include "stating as fact allegations", "withholding key facts", "misrepresentation", setting up "straw man" arguments, "misquotation", and "putting the most frightening interpretation on ...

THE DIGNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS ACT

Human rights activists, PTA groups, students and others are seeking passage of a bill that would protect students from harassment based on gender, sexual orientation, race ethnicity, and physical or mental disability. Nadine Smith, the executive director of Equality Florida discussed the impact of harassment on high school students, how it disrupts the learning environment and why reducing harassment should be a matter of public policy.