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Fight for $15 walk-outs in Tampa Bay
Low-wage workers across the country are protesting and even walking out of work Tuesday as part of what’s being called a “Nationwide Fight for $15 Day of Disruption.” At noon in St. Petersburg more than...
Radioactivity Monday:Workers plan a nationwide protest against low wages
By Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Monday we spent the hour talking with two local activists who are pushing for a 15-an-hour minimum wage and a union for low-wage workers. Bleu Rainer is a fast-food worker and...
By Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Friday we looked at a series of interviews and news stories from the past 48 hours that covered climate change denial, confessions of a whistle-blower, the Green Party candidate will...
How Betsy DeVos could impact education in Florida
Donald Trump is filling out his cabinet and has nominated billionaire conservative Betsy DeVos for education secretary; our guest on MidPoint is an advocate for public education, Susan Smith, the president of the Democratic Progressive Caucus...
Update on homelessness in Sarasota & Hillsborough
As the weather cools down there’s more of an urgency to reduce homelessness by providing shelter for people who don’t have permanent homes; the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says that while there...
Despite new rules, hazardous toys still available; will Trump administration relax regulations?
Despite new regulations to make toys safer, each year some children’s products still face recalls because they’re dangerous; Tuesday morning the Florida Consumer Action Network and Florida PIRG released their annual list of recalled toys and...
Number of protests in Tampa Bay picks up after Trump election
It’s been about two weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election and we’ve seen a surge of protests in the area; on WMNF’s MidPoint we talk with three organizers about why there’s so much enthusiasm...
BY Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Friday, we looked at the development of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet, a multirole military aircraft that will supposedly herald in a new generation of military aircraft designed to replace...
Since Trump’s election, Tampa-area immigrants are on edge
The Southern Poverty Law Center has documented 23 incidents of hateful harassment and intimidation in Florida since the election of Donald Trump and they’ve counted more than 400 nationwide; in the Tampa Bay area advocates...
14 activists arrested protesting Sabal Trail pipeline in Florida
This week there were protests around the world – and here in Florida – by people opposed to construction of the Dakota Access pipeline through tribal lands in North Dakota; but demonstrations against a compressed natural...
St. Pete plans to be able to handle Hermine-like stormwater event by next summer
The Public Works Administrator of St. Petersburg insists that stormwater improvements over the next year will allow the city to be prepared for another rain event on the scale of Hurricane Hermine by next August;...
Radiactivity Monday: Special post-election discussion on Florida This Week
By Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Monday we aired the latest episode of Florida This Week, a political discussion show from local public station WEDU that is also hosted by Rob Lorei. This episode was...
