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African American Thursday, September 28th 2023

The Scoop: Thurs., September 28, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF

Progress Village’s solar progress Progress Village, in Eastern Hillsborough County, is claiming the title of the first Black community in Florida to adopt a solar...

Civil Rights Wednesday, September 27th 2023

The Scoop: Wed., September 27, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF

Congressional redistricting trial For thirty years, North Florida had a district where African-American voters could elect their preferred candidate to Congress. The removal of the...

Elections Thursday, September 21st 2023

A court won’t rehear the fight over an elections law, handing a victory to Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislature

A full federal appeals court declined to take up a challenge to a Florida elections law that opponents contend discriminated against Black voters.

Elections Monday, September 18th 2023

Appeals court will weigh Florida redistricting fight

An appeals court said it will take up a fight about a congressional redistricting plan that Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed through.

African American Wednesday, September 13th 2023

MidPoint: The Florida Redistricting Litigation with the League of Women Voters

The DeSantis-crafted redistricting plan was ruled unconstitutional. That ruling is now on appeal to the Florida Supreme Court. If upheld, it could result in...

Abortion Rights Monday, September 11th 2023

The Politics of Terror

An analysis of the political terror across the spectrum. Republicans threaten AIDS/HIV funding to the world’s poor because of possible abortion funding. note: The program,...

Elections Monday, June 05th 2023

Cornel West announces his candidacy for president

Civil Rights activist and philosopher, Cornel West, announced his candidacy for U.S. president Monday. West is a leading figure in modern-day Civil Rights activism and social change. He is running for president as a member...

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Environment Friday, May 19th 2023

The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, May 19th, 2023

Blog Wednesday, November 09th 2016

Women’s Show 11/10 – The Glass Ceiling Is Still There…..

By Arlene Engelhardt But at least we can see who is stomping on our heads! What happened on Tuesday? Why did the polls get it so wrong? Two analysts will give us their insights: Adele...

American History Tuesday, November 08th 2016

American Women’s Voting Rights: a somewhat biased timeline

We are on the verge of a historic moment. A woman could be elected to be one of the most powerful people in the world. President of the United States of America. POTUS. Hillary Clinton,...

African American Sunday, March 13th 2016

Bernie Sanders brings his political revolution to Tampa

Senator Bernie Sanders draws nearly ten thousand people to Tampa rally. Yesterday evening, in an expo hall on the Florida Fairgrounds, the democratic presidential candidate Sanders brought his message to Florida voters. Bernie Sanders speech...

Media Monday, November 30th 2015

Trump delivers hardball rhetoric to huge crowds in Sarasota

Tough talking tough Guy, Donald Trump, helicoptered into Sarasota for a sold out rally. Last Saturday fans and backers either crammed into a Sarasota area or waited outside to listen to the Donald stump. The...

Constitution Monday, August 24th 2015

Lawrence Lessig may run for president on clean elections platform

Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig has launched an exploratory campaign to run for President of the United States in 2016; his main issue is to give individual voters more power in elections by reversing the tendency of...

Elections Friday, July 17th 2015

Green Party presidential nomination candidate Jill Stein makes her case on Radioactivity

On Radioactivity Host Rob Lorei talks with Jillian Stein, a physician from Massachusetts who is running for the 2016 Green Party Nomination for the Presidency. She ran for president once before for the Green Party...

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