Could medical marijuana turn Florida blue in 2014?
This past Monday, the Florida Supreme Court approved a ballot measure to make medical marijuana legal in the state.
Public transit, living wage top 2014 “people’s” agenda
"No worker should have to live off of poverty wages. People should be able to work 40 hours a week and take care of their families off of that."
Florida’s Dream Defenders convene their own legislative session
The Dream Defenders, a multi-racial human rights organization of youth, began their takeover of the Florida Statehouse last week.
Subscribers protest Koch brothers Orlando Sentinel grab
Central Floridians protest Koch brothers scheme to buy Orlando Sentinel and turn it into the "Tea Party Tribune."
Labor Dept. tosses Florida scheme to curb jobless benefits
A Florida civil rights group's legal complaint has led the U.S. Labor Department to toss yet another GOP scheme to deny workers jobless benefits, by imposing a qualification test so tough that many workers can't pass it.
Name stadium for prison company? Not on this campus
GEO Group's main niche has been profiting from immigration detention centers which have helped facilitate deportations and the separation of families.
Floridians rally for free, fair elections
Orlando residents rallied March 5 --the first day of the 2013 Florida legislative session - to demand "true election reform" that would make voting "free, fair and accessible to all."
Union leader says politics behind attack on public workers
Attacks have no basis in financial fact, President Harold Schaitberger says. They're part of a larger Wall Street scheme to get its hands on workers' pension money nationwide, he believes.
Faith groups to Publix: Fairness for farmworkers
"Knowing that our brothers and sisters who are farmworkers are not being treated fairly - their working conditions are abhorrent, we're standing with them today."
Big business and GOP block Florida sick-time ballot measure
Progressive forces have had the prospect of paid sick time, an advance for low-wage workers, snatched from them, at least temporarily, by big business forces and their allies .
