Gov. DeSantis announced a new “Stop Woke” policy to bar investments of State funds in companies or funds that adopt Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles. Florida will no longer consider using issues like climate change or racial justice awareness to influence investments by rating a company’s values. Adam Hattersley, candidate for Florida Chief Financial Officer, and State Rep. Andrew Learned discussed this new policy and Florida’s refusal to divest from Russian investments, and how this may impact Florida’s finances and pensioners’ retirements.
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Extremely high number of Walmart calls to police raises concerns. Is Walmart foisting cost of security onto taxpayers?
http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_160516_110617_radioactivityM1_348.MP3 BY Rob Lorei We start Radioactivity Monday with the latest episode of Florida This Week, a news and public affairs show, hosted by Rob Lorei, that is broadcast on local PBS station WEDU on Friday Nights. This week’s panel of political experts and insiders discuss the biggest stories in Florida news and politics: A… Read more »
Students smoke to call attention to USF’s tobacco investments
Some University of South Florida students trying to call attention to the school’s investment policy are organizing a smoking party Wednesday on campus; the campus officially became smoke-free this academic year and the students say it’s hypocritical for the university foundation to invest in tobacco companies. WMNF interviewed Chris Johnson, a junior double-majoring in political science… Read more »
Privacy advocates rally at Apple stores in Tampa, elsewhere
According to the Associated Press, “Apple says it’s challenging government efforts to overcome encryption on at least 14 devices nationwide in addition to the phone of a San Bernardino, California, shooter. Lawyers told a New York federal magistrate judge [Tuesday] that Apple is opposing relinquishing information on at least 15 devices in” other court cases…. Read more »
Environmental ethics and morality of shark fin harvesting
Some of the ocean’s top predators are facing massive population crashes-and human may be to blame. An environmental activist is urging law students to help him fight for the survival of hammerhead sharks. Yesterday at a biodiversity conference at Stetson College of Law in Gulfport, Randall Arauz spoke about his decade-long odyssey to ban shark… Read more »
Environmentalist Randall Arauz recounts his fight to ban shark fin harvesting
Randall Arauz is an environmental activist hailing from Costa Rica. He has been instrumental in his crusade to ban the shark fin harvesting industry around the world. In 2010 he was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for his contributions to protecting sharks and their habitats. On January 26 he gave a lecture via Skype to… Read more »
Fair Food advocates oppose Publix at USF Tampa
This Friday the University of South Florida Board of Trustees will take a vote on leasing land to Publix for a supermarket on the Tampa campus. But activists for the fair treatment of farmworkers are organizing against it because Publix has refused to join the Coalition of Immokalee Workers‘ Fair Food Program which guarantees certain… Read more »
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Attorney says Disney displaced US employees with foreign guest workers
By Rob Lorei The presidential race so far has brought a lot of attention to illegal immigration and its affect on low wage jobs, but there is growing attention on the practice of major companies using the H1B work visa to replace US workers with imported, cheaper foreign workers. The H1B visa was originally intended… Read more »
fight for 15 workers attend hearing in Brazil on Mcdonald’s labor practices
Today Host Rob Lorei talks with two Tampa area workers who just returned from a trip to Brazil to testify at a global hearing on the working conditions of McDonald’s workers from all over the world. Bleu Rainer, a McDonald’s employee for three years, and Nadaije Pail Jajoute, a childcare worker and wage advocate, are part of… Read more »
Radioactivity talks with Pay 2 Play director about new doc on money in politics
Today on Radioactivity, Host Rob Lorei speaks with John Ennis, director of Pay 2 Play, a documentary about the influence of monied interests in politics. several influential political figures will appear in the film such as Lawrence Lessig, Thom Hartmann, Noam Chomsky, Van Jones, and Marianne Williamson . It will be shown this Friday night at… Read more »
