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Feds send civil rights letters to USF, University of Tampa
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act bars schools that receive federal money from discriminating on the basis of race, color and national origin.
Florida university leaders defend government restrictions on DEI
The state university system’s Board of Governors and trustees of 3 universities dispute that the Florida law (SB 266) violates speech rights.
A fight over school books gets the green light in Florida
By Jim Saunders ©2025 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With major publishing companies and authors arguing a 2023 state law violates First Amendment rights, a federal judge Friday refused to dismiss a lawsuit...
Two more politicians are approved as university presidents in Florida
Former Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez is interim president of Florida International University and former state House Majority Leader Adam Hasner is president of Florida Atlantic University.
Scott Yenor drew criticism for calling working women “more medicated, meddlesome and quarrelsome than women need to be.”
Florida universities grapple with paying athletes
A pending national legal settlement on NIL is expected to lead to $22.5 million a year in new athletic department costs for schools.
A Florida bill would repeal changes to school start times
Rather than a mandate, Florida school boards would have to “consider the benefits of a later school start time" for middle and high schools.
Gwen Henderson and host Walter L. Smith II, Florida A&M University Alumni, at WMNF
An appeals court approves a class action for a lawsuit over fees during USF’s COVID-19 shutdown
Students seek refunds of fees for services that were not provided because of USF shutdowns after the pandemic hit in 2020.
Professors challenge DEI restrictions on Florida universities
The professors say Florida's restrictions are “punishing educators and students for expressing differing and disfavored viewpoints.”
A Remarkable Autobiography. A Common Language Misunderstood.
Alice Rothchild – Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician “The risks include infection, bleeding, perforation of the uterus, incomplete removal of tissue however your greatest risk is prosecution” Alice Rothchild on abortion...
Resistance time for revolutionaries
Fredrick Allen Hampton was a powerful 21-year-old Black Panther Party (BPP) activist and self-described revolutionary socialist. He was the prominent leader and chairman of the Chicago, Illinois, chapter of the Black Panther Party. Their “Power...
