Category: Minorities
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DeSantis war on ‘woke’ leads to faculty brain drain at Florida public universities
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Campuses at Florida public universities are experiencing an exodus of faculty members, while out-of-state professors searching for new jobs are saying “no thanks” to working in the Sunshine State under the rule of Gov. Ron DeSantis. -
Landlord aims to evict Liberty City free clinic, food pantry after complaints about collapsed ceiling at their rental
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A corporate landlord is trying to evict a Miami medical clinic, food pantry and community center that complained when a big chunk of their ceiling caved in. -
Conservative Florida Supreme Court targets Bar leaders for diversity ‘quotas’ in lawyers’ refresher courses
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The Florida Supreme Court seems to be buffing its ultra-rightist image by picking a fight about diversity with Florida Bar leaders and the American Bar Association. -
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‘Invisible’ crime: Immigrant scams are big business in South Florida, but few crooks caught
By Joseph A. Mann Jr.
FloridaBulldog.org
Infamous as the setting for many cases of high-profile financial fraud and chicanery, South Florida is also home to a relatively unknown scam that targets the region’s large immigrant population, bilking many of them for thousands of dollars for “expert” immigration services that are never delivered, a Florida Bulldog investigation has found. -
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A modern day ‘Harvest of Shame’: Today’s blue collar temp laborers face abuses in Florida, elsewhere
By Michael Grabell
ProPublica
CRANBURY, N.J. – Half a century ago, the legendary journalist Edward R. Murrow came to this pancake-flat town in central New Jersey to document the plight of migrant farmworkers. But today, an old way of labor persists here. Temporary workers who migrate here daily on buses face face similar conditions. -
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Comcast Foundation gives to minority groups likely to aid approval of Time Warner buyout
By Jason McLure
Center for Public Integrity
s Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc. roll out a massive lobbying effort to win regulatory approval for the merger of the nation’s two largest cable companies, one key step for the companies will be garnering the support of prominent civil rights and minority groups.
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