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Scott PowersJanuary 11, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders plans to include Florida A&M University on his campaign tour of historically black colleges and universities, which begins Thursday in South Carolina. Sanders, a U.S. Senator from Vermont, has not yet set a date for the FAMU stop. The university is among nine schools he plans to visit throughout the […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 11, 2016

Marco Rubio vowed to “restore the American Dream” and took a swing at the tax plans of his opponents — both Republican and Democrat — during a speech in Sarasota on Monday. “The purpose of my presidency, when it comes to economics, will be to restore the American Dream,” said Rubio during his stop at […]

Associated PressJanuary 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton jumped at a chance Friday to portray rival Sen. Bernie Sanders as being at odds with President Barack Obama on gun control after the president denounced legislation protecting gun-makers from lawsuits. Clinton’s campaign chairman, former Obama adviser John Podesta, called on Sanders to join Obama and Clinton by taking on the issue of […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 8, 2016

Finally, 2015 has passed. It was a memorable year in black America: Police brutality: From Michael Brown to Eric Garner to Sandra Bland to Tamir Race, the story of police brutality remained a constant in the news, although the story is more complex than Fox News or the Black Lives Matter movement would have us […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 7, 2016

Finally, 2015 has passed. It was a memorable year in black America: Police brutality: From Michael Brown to Eric Garner to Sandra Bland to Tamir Race, the story of police brutality remained a constant in the news, although the story is more complex than Fox News or the Black Lives Matter movement would have us […]

Associated PressJanuary 6, 2016

You can take Joe Biden out of the presidential campaign, but you can’t take the campaign out of Joe Biden. Three months after bowing out of the 2016 competition, the vice president has a few second thoughts about his decision. “I regret it every day,” Biden said Wednesday. Still, he said he made the right […]

Associated PressJanuary 6, 2016

It seems like only yesterday that skeptics of Barack Obama‘s birth in Hawaii rushed to the Supreme Court to try to block the son of an American mother and Kenyan father from taking office as president. The justices turned away those challenges as fast as they arrived at the courthouse door, much as lower courts […]

Melissa RossJanuary 6, 2016

On Saturday, the 14th anniversary of the day that the first detainees were taken to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, anti-war activists from across the country will march on U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Doral to demand the immediate closure of the prison. At one point, 779 prisoners were held at Gitmo without trial or charges. Today […]

Ryan RayJanuary 5, 2016

U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson came out in support of President Barack Obama‘s vow to take action on gun control Tuesday. The president, in a national address, said he will move on his own to take executive action to restrict access to firearms, closing the so-called “gun-show loophole” that he says allows devious would-be gun buyers to avoid background checks […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 5, 2016

Figuring out Rep. Corrine Brown‘s next move is a delightful game enjoyed by all Northeast Florida political junkies. Speculation Tuesday was that she has been in Jacksonville this week for interesting reasons. This supposed journey to Jacksonville is news to her DC office, though. As Brown’s spokesman David Simon wrote in a Tuesday email, “As far […]

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Bernie Sanders tour of historically black colleges to include FAMU

Marco Rubio tells Sarasota crowd he will “restore the American Dream”

Hillary Clinton portrays Bernie Sanders as at odds with Barack Obama on guns

Chris Timmons: It was a memorable year in black America

Chris Timmons: It was a memorable year in black America

Joe Biden on 2016 decision: “I regret it every day”

Ted Cruz’s birth in Canada unlikely to cloud run for president

Anti-war activists will rally in Miami to close Gitmo

Alan Grayson says Barack Obama’s executive action on guns right on target

Corrine Brown, Ander Crenshaw diverge on Obama gun control statement