Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Mitch PerryJanuary 26, 2016

We’ve heard a lot about illegal immigration on the campaign trail. Most of the GOP candidates decry it but say they embrace legal immigration. Like the H-1B visa. The H-1B visa is a nonimmigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialized fields […]

Ryan RayJanuary 15, 2016

Republican Rep. Mike Hill is hosting a reception after a “rally for unity” Friday night in his home district. The conservative “All Lives Matter” mantra is the theme of the event. The Herman Cain train is in town for the occasion, which coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend. The 2012 GOP presidential candidate will headline […]

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 PressDecember 9, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, praised for her leadership on everything from Syrian refugees to the Greek debt crisis. “Leaders are tested only when people don’t want to follow,” Time editor Nancy Gibbs said in a statement issued Wednesday. “For asking more of her country than most […]

Associated PressNovember 29, 2015

On the campaign trail, among candidates of both parties, the idea of locking up drug criminals for life is a lot less popular than it was a generation ago. The 2016 presidential race has accelerated an evolution away from the traditional tough-on-crime candidate. A Republican Party that’s long taken a law-and-order stance finds itself desperate […]

Mitch PerryNovember 28, 2015

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump helicoptered into Sarasota on Saturday afternoon for his first campaign appearance since Thanksgiving, and protesters were ready for him. Two times within the first 15 minutes of his speech to an overflow crowd at Robarts arena, protesters were led out by security, causing a delay as Trump waited for the […]

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 […]

Julie DelegalNovember 6, 2015

Some whites’ approach to the #BlackLivesMatter movement presumes a zero-sum game: If one group is “awarded” national attention on any issue, the reasoning goes, then other groups by contrast, necessarily must lose something. But #BlackLivesMatter doesn’t mean that only black lives matter. It means, rather, that we can no longer pretend that institutions in our […]

Julie DelegalNovember 5, 2015

Some whites’ approach to the #BlackLivesMatter movement presumes a zero-sum game: If one group is “awarded” national attention on any issue, the reasoning goes, then other groups by contrast, necessarily must lose something. But #BlackLivesMatter doesn’t mean that only black lives matter. It means, rather, that we can no longer pretend that institutions in our […]

Tag: Black Lives Matter

Mitch Perry Report for 1.26.16 — Not the Happiest Place on Earth?

Mike Hill hosting “All Lives Matter” reception in Pensacola

Chris Timmons: It was a memorable year in black America

Chris Timmons: It was a memorable year in black America

German Chancellor Angela Merkel named Time’s Person of the Year

In 2016 campaign, both parties want reform in justice system

In Sarasota, Donald Trump blasts Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and especially the NY Times

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

Julie Delegal: Being black matters, researcher says

Julie Delegal: Being black matters, researcher says