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Congressional candidate Judson Sapp distributed more than 1,000 Gator Bait signs across the district.
Read More »In Race For Congress, Florida’s ‘Gator Bait’ Cheer And Its Links To Racism Become An Issue
Orlando Protest Movement Marches Forward; City Dodges Destruction Seen Elsewhere
The May-June mass demonstrations in Central Florida were the largest in decades.
Read More »Black Lives Matter Marchers Gather In Newberry
Echoes of “Black Lives Matter!” and “No justice, no peace!” could be heard throughout the city of 6,100.
Read More »Deaf Community Faces Access Issues To Vital Government Updates
When Florida first began responding to the coronavirus in March, Alachua and Marion counties gave updates without an interpreter or closed captioning, delaying access to vital news for those in the hard of hearing and deaf communities.
Read More »Gainesville Protesters Peacefully March Against Police Use Of Force On Day Of National Violence
Gainesville was one of at least 30 U.S. cities that held a “March for our Freedom,” with organizers saying they assembled the event to honor victims of police brutality and enforce the national Black Lives Matter movement.
Read More »Law Enforcement: White Nationalist Speech Results In “Mostly Peaceful Day”
White nationalist Richard Spencer's speech Thursday at the University of Florida prompted a state of emergency, carried a $600,000 tab and drew more than 2,500 demonstrators. But law enforcement summarized the contentious event, which devolved into an antagonistic affair, as “a mostly peaceful day.”
Read More »In Photos: Demonstrators March At UF As Richard Spencer Speaks
Activists and students protest near the Phillips Center at the University of Florida on Thursday as white nationalist Richard Spencer speaks on campus.
Read More »In Alachua County Red Island, Trump Still Finds Support
Though President Trump's approval ratings had dropped to 37 percent by mid-August, some conservatives in southwest Alachua County are holding their ground on supporting him as the country approaches its one-year anniversary of his election victory.
Read More »First Amendment Professor On Richard Spencer’s Right To Speak
Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida talks about the upcoming Richard Spencer event and the value of allowing such a discussion to take place on the UF campus.
Read More »Q&A: Travis Atria, Rising Author And Musician
Travis Atria, author and musician, has been playing music his whole life. Now he spends most of his time writing and researching the lives of other musicians.
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