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A general view of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden spoke with Florida Governor . . .
TALLAHASSEE – Linking Jacksonville to Tallahassee in a congressional district has been the only way for almost a decade that Black voters there could be assured of electing a candidate of their choice, attorneys for . . .
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We turn now to Florida, where Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is losing ground as support for his 2024 presidential bid slips to its lowest level this year, […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued that Black people benefited from slavery when he was questioned about new standards for teaching Black history in his state. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI July 23 (UPI) —
Comment on this storyComment Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is intensifying his efforts to de-emphasize racism in his state’s public school curriculum by arguing that some Black people benefited from being enslaved and defending his state’s new African American history standards that civil rights leaders and scholars say misrepresents centuries of U.S. reality.
Aug 12 (Reuters) – As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis scrambles to shore up his struggling run for the Republican presidential nomination, he has spent far more than any rival on courting an influential Christian conservative leader and his following in the key early voting state of Iowa. Trailing far behind former President Donald Trump in […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday invited Vice President Kamala Harris to Florida to discuss the state’s new Black history curriculum after Harris delivered remarks there blasting the new standards for suggesting enslaved people benefited from skills used in forced labor. “In Florida we are unafraid to have . . .
[1/2]Florida Governor and Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis is introduced to the crowd by host former diplomat Scott Brown, as part of his “No B.S. Backyard BBQ” series, in Rye, New Hampshire, U.S. July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha RYE, New Hampshire, July 31 (Reuters) – Sunday afternoon for Ron DeSantis began at a restaurant. […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued that Black people benefited from slavery when he was questioned about new standards for teaching Black history in his state. File Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI July 23 (UPI) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued that Black people benefited from slavery when he was questioned about new standards for teaching Black […]
– Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S., is relocating its 2025 convention from Orlando, Florida.– The fraternity cited “harmful, racist and insensitive” policies towards African Americans by Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration as the reason for the move.– The convention draws between 4,000 and 6,000 people and has an […]