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Scott PowersFebruary 23, 2016

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U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster‘s departure from Congressional District 10 is as much about the fact that his current district now is set up for minority representation as it is about its becoming a Democratic stronghold. The Winter Garden Republican ended months of speculation Monday when he announced that, because of redistricting, he would be switching […]

Melissa RossDecember 2, 2015

Vowing to fight on via a federal lawsuit, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has released an incendiary reaction to the state Supreme Court’s redistricting ruling that reconfigures her North Florida district from one that snakes from Jacksonville south to Orlando, into an east-west Jax-to-Tallahassee district with fewer African-American voters. Here is the statement in its entirety, […]

Associated PressNovember 27, 2015

Ayauna King-Baker loved Ben Carson‘s “Gifted Hands” memoir so much that she made her daughter Shaliya read it. So when Carson showed up in town to sign copies of his new book, King-Baker dragged the giggly 13-year-old along to the bookstore so they could both meet him. To King-Baker, Carson’s “up-by-your bootstraps” life story makes […]

Guest AuthorAugust 26, 2015

I found myself facing some epic declarations and accusations recently: “How do you even have the job that you have?” “And you have a Ph.D. in English! How? How did that happen?” “Should you even be a librarian?” I laughed in the face of everyone’s reactions to my seeming disgrace. I like to laugh. I […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 18, 2015

To appreciate one reason why Donald Trump is thumping Jeb! in the polls, substitute a question mark for the exclamation point. Jeb? isn’t doing so well at persuading people that what they think they heard isn’t what he meant to say. It doesn’t take a degree in psychology to know that someone’s first, unguarded remark […]

Associated PressJuly 30, 2015

Following his own advice, Jeb Bush is taking his presidential campaign to the neighborhoods and churches where Hispanics and African-Americans live and worship in an effort to broaden his appeal among minority voters. The former Florida governor was in the central part of the state earlier this week, speaking to a diverse group of 150 […]

Daniel TilsonJuly 7, 2015

Dog Days of Summer, indeed. For lots of Major League Baseball fans like me, that describes the sultry stretch of the six-month regular season when many a contending team has historically succumbed to accumulated stress, fallen into a slump and out of contention. For other folks, that phrase describes any prolonged stretch of steamy summertime […]

Guest AuthorJuly 1, 2015

I have been trying to use the sports platform and the power of sports to address serious social issues during my entire adult life. The National Basketball Association has always led the other leagues on best hiring practices both for people of color and women, and has been the most progressive with its policies and […]

Phil AmmannMay 14, 2015

As Florida’s fastest growing demographic, the Hispanic vote is often the start – and end – of just about every discussion about politics in the Sunshine State. No matter how crucial that electorate is, strategist Steve Schale cautions that Hispanics are not a “silver bullet,” especially for Democrats. Schale’s latest blog post is the first […]

James CallMay 8, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order Friday to crack down on the violent culture within Florida’s prison system. The order includes provisions addressing safety and transparency and that hold guards, wardens and Department of Corrections Secretary Julie Jones accountable. Newspaper investigations have detailed a series of unexplained inmate deaths, allegations of retaliation against whistleblowers, […]

Tag: African-American

Daniel Webster on switch: CD 10 is “majority-minority” district in need of minority representation

Corrine Brown: Court ruling “direct attack on minority voters”

As many African-American see it, there are 2 Ben Carsons

Yolanda Hood: I don’t control a lot of things – but I can control what I read

Martin Dyckman: Find the real Jeb Bush in his unguarded gaffes

Jeb Bush calls courtship of minority voters integral to campaign

Dan Tilson: Courageous conjunction can help Florida Democrats through dog days

Richard Lapchick: My NBA all-star team of social conscience

Analysis: What’s up with Florida’s Hispanic vote?

Governor reforms prisons with executive order