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Ryan NicolMay 29, 2018

Listening to historian Jon Meacham speak to the Forum Club of Palm Beaches Tuesday, you’d be forgiven for forgetting one of the biggest political rallying cries of the past few years: “This is not normal.” Instead, Meacham says, we’ve been here before. He would know. Meacham’s newest book, “The Soul of America: The Battle for […]

Associated PressAugust 18, 2017

Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz says the events surrounding a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend have put the “moral fiber” of the country in question. Schultz said at an employee forum in Seattle on Tuesday that he has “profound concern about the lack of character, morality, humanity,” displayed at the rally, according to […]

Scott PowersAugust 14, 2017

While avoiding comment on what President Donald Trump had to say in the wake of the Charlottesville events, Gov. Rick Scott renewed his condemnations Monday of the KKK, white supremacist and neo-Nazis. So did Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran, a potential 2018 Republican gubernatorial candidate. The two made their comments speaking with the press Monday […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 19, 2016

This coming Saturday morning, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. will open to the world, and Tampa area Congresswoman Kathy Castor said Monday that Dr. Samuel Wright will be her special guest at the opening ceremonies. Until he retired in 2013 after 27 years, Wright served as associate dean of student and parent relations, director of multicultural […]

Darryl PaulsonMarch 2, 2016

In a recent interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Donald Trump was asked if he would disavow David Duke, the KKK and other white supremacist groups. The week before, former Klansman and white supremacist Duke urged his supporters to back Trump, saying that voting for anyone but Trump “is really treason […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2016

For political reporters and everyone else who wants to keep the excitement of the 2015-2016 presidential election cycle going strong, you’ve got to be pulling for Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz to exceed expectations in the Super Tuesday contests. Otherwise, we’re staring at an eight-month slog of Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump in the general […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 29, 2016

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One of Marco Rubio‘s super PACs has released a new commercial that blasts Donald Trump for his refusal to disavow ex-Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke during an interview on a Sunday morning talk-show. The ad from the Conservative Solutions PAC opens with CNN’s Jake Tapper describing how he asked Trump three times whether he would reject support from Duke and […]

Melissa RossNovember 24, 2015

In the wake of bomb threats and racist KKK flyers being distributed around town, the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality is sending a message of unity and strength as the city continues its “community conversations” on whether to expand the local human rights ordinance to cover LGBT residents. In an email to supporters and media outlets, […]

Guest AuthorJuly 26, 2015

Did you go out and buy a copy of Go Set a Watchman? Harper Lee’s manuscript was supposedly found by her lawyer last year and released last Tuesday. Many of Lee’s friends voiced concern that the author might not have wanted the release, but it’s hard to tell. Harper Lee doesn’t talk to the media, […]

Guest AuthorJuly 23, 2015

Did you go out and buy a copy of Go Set a Watchman? Harper Lee’s manuscript was supposedly found by her lawyer last year and released last Tuesday. Many of Lee’s friends voiced concern that the author might not have wanted the release, but it’s hard to tell. Harper Lee doesn’t talk to the media, […]

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Jon Meacham on divisiveness: We’ve been here before

Starbucks chairman questions country’s ‘moral fiber’

Rick Scott, Richard Corcoran renew rebukes of white supremacists

Kathy Castor warns of ‘Alt-Right’ surge in hailing opening of African-American history museum this week

Darryl Paulson: Donald Trump, David Duke and the KKK

Mitch Perry Report for 3.1.16 — Will Clinton vs. Trump be a “hate and castrate” election?

Marco Rubio’s Super PAC goes after Donald Trump regarding David Duke

Email insights: Jax Coalition for Equality “united against threats and fear”

Catherine Durkin Robinson: First, Cliff Huxtable. Now, Atticus Finch

Catherine Durkin Robinson: First, Cliff Huxtable. Now, Atticus Finch