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A USF professor, student and organization file a lawsuit against Florida race-related teaching

The lawyers raised a series of arguments that the "Stop WOKE Act" violates speech rights.

FGCU President Emeritus Dr. Wilson Bradshaw reflects on issues around issues of social justice and anti-racism

Mike Kiniry

FGCU President Emeritus Dr. Wilson Bradshaw talks about how much has changed around issues of social justice and anti-racism over the past year and a half, including the new "Stop Woke Act" -- or HB 7 -- that governor Ron DeSantis signed into law on July 1, 2022.

Keisha (Zaria Brown) tries to digest her surroundings in _Fairview,_ playing Aug. 5th - 20th at The Lab. .png

Lab Theater of Florida’s production of “Fairview” asks audience to make space for people of color

John Davis

The Laboratory Theater of Florida in downtown Fort Myers is currently performing the Southwest Florida premiere production of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize winning drama “Fairview.”The play tackles themes of implicit bias, prejudices, stereotypes, race, surveillance and privilege, but through an innovative and powerful defiance of convention.We explore the play in a conversation with the production’s Assistant Director Makayla Davis, actors and cast members Zaria Brown and Tijuanna Clemons, and Laboratory Theater founder and Producing Artistic Director Annette Trossbach.

Laboratory Theater of Florida tackles issues of race in its production of the play “Fairview”

Tom Hall

The Laboratory Theater of Florida has a reputation for producing edgy plays on timely topics. So, it should come as no surprise that it is presenting the Southwest Florida premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury's Pulitzer-Prize-winning play “Fairview” which is a radical, conceptually bold and impactful comedy exploring issues of race and racism.

DeSantis Proposes Boosting Civics Education That Expressly Omits Critical Race Theory

Julie Glenn

At a news conference in Collier County Wednesday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced a new civics education initiative.

Security fencing surrounds Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 4, 2021.

Florida Is Home To Second-Most Hate Groups In The U.S. A Former Member Explain Why

Steve Newborn

A recent study shows Florida has the second-highest number of known hate groups in the country. We put a spotlight on why the Sunshine State harbors so much hate.

Franklin Cochran, 78, was one of more than 250 seniors vaccinated at a pop-up clinic in north Sarasota last Sunday. He said he was grateful for the opportunity to get his shot close to home.

Sarasota Advocates Push To Get COVID-19 Vaccines To People Of Color

Stephanie Colombini

Only about 1 percent of people vaccinated in Sarasota County are Black. Advocates say the distribution process puts underserved communities at a disadvantage. They're fighting to change that.

Ketley Joachim sits with her mom, Suzanne Noel, 97 from North Miami Beach after she received her vaccine during an interfaith COVID-19 vaccination drive at the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in Aventura Florida hosted in partnership with a mosque and Black churches on Feb. 4.

Florida Sees Big Racial Disparities On COVID-19 Vaccine Access

The COVID-19 vaccination rate remains low among Black and Hispanic Floridians despite initiatives announced by Gov. Ron DeSantis to bring more shots to underserved communities. Now, the federal government has stepped in

Legal Dispute Leaves Florida Supreme Court Without Black Justice For First Time In Nearly Four Decades

President Donald Trump makes a shout-out to The Villages and, in the process, retweets a "white power" remark on Sunday morning.

Trump Retweets Villages Video Where ‘White Power’ Is Shouted

Benjamin Swasey

President Donald Trump on Sunday retweeted a post showing part of a golf cart parade in The Villages in which one supporter shouts, “White power!” at...