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Video: Lawmakers respond to ban threats of AP African American History

Video: Lawmakers respond to ban threats of AP African American History

by Emiliana Betancourt | Feb 14, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis created controversy last month when the Florida Department of Education threatened to reject AP African American studies. DeSantis was criticized for the move and accused of pursuing it to further his political agenda.  He...
Hospitals decry funding cuts in Build Back Better act

Hospitals decry funding cuts in Build Back Better act

by Hannah Zhihan Jiang | Nov 23, 2021 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Hospital groups and some members of Congress are demanding Democrats drop the proposed reduction in federal funding for some hospitals that serve large numbers of uninsured patients in the Biden administration’s $1.7 trillion social spending bill,...
Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue from Florida will make history in the U.S. Capitol

Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue from Florida will make history in the U.S. Capitol

by Rayna Song | Nov 11, 2021 | Politics

WASHINGTON – Early next year, Florida will send a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune to replace a statue of a Confederate general in the U.S. Capitol, making her the first Black person to represent a state in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Bethune was an educator...
Time to shine: Florida Primary controls the GOP spotlight

Time to shine: Florida Primary controls the GOP spotlight

by Ariel Rothfield | Jan 31, 2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON— Election day has arrived in Florida, giving Republican voters a chance to decide who they think should represent the party against Barack Obama in the November presidential election. The winner will likely be in the driver’s seat as the campaign heads into...

Young Hispanic voters urged to join political process

by Ariel Rothfield | Jan 10, 2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON— With three weeks until the Florida Primary, one Latino organization wants to make sure young Hispanics are ready to vote. The National Latino Evangelical Coalition, a group made up of national evangelical leaders and prominent Latinos, launched a campaign...

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