Florida could lose between $130 million and $550 million from the federal government, depending on the scale of the under-count of Latinos in the upcoming census; those numbers were calculated in a new study by the group Child Trends. WMNF interviewed Lina Guzman, the director of Child Trend’s Hispanic Institute. “We’re estimating that Florida is… Read more »
Feds waive FBI background checks for migrant children camp staff
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Women’s Show Discusses Recovery in Orlando and TPP
By Arlene Engelhardt How are the people in Orlando doing? With the funerals, the memorials and the press conferences, the broken threads of life need to be restored to the fabric of the living – all in all, a very difficult time. Ida Eskamani, Equality Florida’s North and Central Florida Development Officer,will talk about the… Read more »
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Trump pulls out all the stops at Tampa rally
Donald Trump’s Tampa visit was full of rhetoric and low on details. The Trump Train made a whistle stop at The Tampa Convention Center, last Saturday. The media savvy, GOP firebrand, berated his critics to the delight of his Florida supporters. Trump took to the podium after about 70 minutes of strategic and high profile… Read more »
New documentary looks at the legacy of murdered Chilean folk singer Victor Jara
http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_160429_110618_radioactivityF1_337.MP3 BY Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Friday we look at the life and legacy of Chilean folk singer Victor Jara. Jara was a well known musician, theater director, teacher and advocate for social justice in his home country, considered by many to be the Bob Dylan of Chile. During the US-backed Chilean coup of 1973, Jara… Read more »
MidPoint for Thursday, March 31 with “Brown is the new White” author Steve Phillips
Out guest for the entire hour today was Steve Phillips, the author of the new book, Brown is the New White: How the demographic revolution has created a new American Majority. A civil rights attorney and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Phillips draws won his extensive political experience to unveil exactly how… Read more »
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Women’s Show …Cuba and Immigration to the Forefront
Did you know how big of an economic contribution undocumented immigrants make to this country each year?- Let’s try $11.7 billion. In Florida alone its about $547 million. Their economic contributions are so great that we can no longer do without them. This week we will have Michelle Chen, writer for The Nation and editor… Read more »
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Women’s Show discusses birth, death and taxes… 1/28
Roe vs Wade was a hot topic on From a Woman’s POV this week. The war on a woman’s right to choose continues. The Florida House Criminal Justice Subcommittee voted 8-3 on the “Florida for Life Act” or HB865. If made law, it will ban all abortions with the exception of the health and… Read more »
EPA considering pesticide protections for farmworkers
A 23-year-old law, the Agriculture Worker Protection Standard (WPS), is being updated to enhance protections for people exposed to toxic agricultural pesticides; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is also proposing a ban on the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos for use in agricultural fields. On MidPoint we talked about pesticides and these protections that could benefit farmworkers with guest Lisa Garcia. She’s Vice President… Read more »
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Human rights activist speaks out against Columbian paramilitary training in the US
On Midpoint Wednesday, Host Rob Lorei speaks with Deborah Barros Fince, a Columbian Attorney, artist and human rights advocate for the Wayuu , an indigenous ethnic group in Columbia and Venezeula. In 2004, Fince witnessed a massacre of 12 Wayuu people by paramilitary forces in Bahía Portete, Columbia. She is a critic of the School of the Americas,… Read more »
Cuban flag now flies over embassy in Washington
The Cuban flag was raised inside the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. Monday morning for the first time in 54 years; our guests in the studio who took calls about this issue were Rayshawna Black with Black Girls Survive Cancer and Noel Smith, curator of Latin American and Caribbean Art at USF’s Institute for Research… Read more »
Licenses For All Undocumented Immigrants
One of the main reasons that undocumented immigrants are deported is because they do not have drivers licenses. Last night supporters of immigration reform, rallied outside of Tampas City Hall calling for drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants
