Blake DowlingNovember 19, 2022
10min0
Feeling as if the world has passed you by? Fear not; this column is for you.
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Blake DowlingNovember 19, 2022
Associated PressJuly 7, 2020
8min356
Crosschecking donors of at least $20K and PPP recipients.
Blake DowlingSeptember 18, 2018
8min207
This week, Tallahassee ABC affiliate WTXL27 stopped by the office to chat on one of my favorite topics — social media posts, specifically video content. If I were to critique my own social media use, one might say I post too much. However, I try and stick to a once daily max for most platforms […]
Associated PressMarch 3, 2016
6min243
A U.S. farmworkers coalition is suing Palm Beach, alleging the wealthy town’s ordinances effectively bar the group from its constitutional right to hold a protest near the home of a billionaire fast-food executive. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, representing about 40,000 field workers, wants a federal judge to allow a planned demonstration March 12 near […]
Guest AuthorDecember 9, 20157min374
Sometimes we see an inspirational snippet of film on YouTube, hear an NPR broadcast or listen to a Ted Talk that materializes into action at what seems to be a random point in the future. A couple of years ago, however, I saw a short film at the annual Love Your Shorts Film Festival in […]
Mitch PerryMarch 18, 2015
5min146
Wednesday afternoon in Tampa, about 70 fast-food workers, many McDonald’s employees, and their allies held a demonstration protesting health hazards that they say they’ve incurred on the job. It’s the latest effort by activists behind the “Fight for $15” campaign to get fast-food workers a higher wage and the right to join a union, primarily […]
Mitch PerryMarch 18, 20155min220
Wednesday afternoon in Tampa, about 70 fast-food workers, many McDonald’s employees, and their allies held a demonstration protesting health hazards that they say they’ve incurred on the job. It’s the latest effort by activists behind the “Fight for $15” campaign to get fast-food workers a higher wage and the right to join a union, primarily […]
Mitch PerryDecember 4, 2014
6min195
Fast-food workers in Tampa, St. Petersburg and more than 150 other cities across the country walked off their job today, demanding an industry-wide base wage of $15 per hour and in some cases, the right to form a union. It was the latest in what has been a series of protests across the country to […]