Kelly HayesNovember 2, 2020
4min539
The day will kick-off at noon with a "Get Out the Vote" canvassing event.
Tag: CommonImage via Florida A&M University.
Kelly HayesNovember 2, 2020
Associated PressMay 13, 2020
6min298
The rapper is urging authorities to release inmates who have served most of their sentence.
Jacob OglesNovember 3, 2018
4min586
Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to former president Barack Obama, rallied voters at the University of Central Florida around Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, sharing a stage with politically active rapper Common and former HUD Secretary Julian Castro. Jarrett, a key figure Obama’s transition team after his 2008 election, will visit a Tampa phone bank later […]
Jacob OglesNovember 3, 2018
4min185
One more weekend. The 2018 mid-terms come to a close in a matter of days, leaving candidates scrambling for votes. Here’s where candidates should be this weekend, though importantly, a tragedy in Tallahassee could change any number of political plans. Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis will campaign in Lakeland alongside U.S. Agriculture Secretary and former […]
Melissa RossJanuary 16, 2015
7min218
It wasn’t your typical night out at the movies. At a recent Jacksonville screening of the MLK biopic Selma, a who’s who of the city’s African-American business and political elite hobnobbed in the crowd, buying popcorn and snapping selfies with the rest of the moviegoers. Community activist Chevara Orrin, the daughter of the late civil […]
Melissa RossJanuary 16, 20157min191
It wasn’t your typical night out at the movies. At a recent Jacksonville screening of the MLK biopic Selma, a who’s who of the city’s African-American business and political elite hobnobbed in the crowd, buying popcorn and snapping selfies with the rest of the moviegoers. Community activist Chevara Orrin, the daughter of the late civil […]