Just as Florida recently removed references to “DEI” and “critical race theory” from public school textbooks, its newest effort to indoctrinate students with conservative ideology centers on one the largest existential threats the state’s residents currently face: climate change. According to Savvas, a science textbook publisher, the Florida…

Originally marketed as a volunteer civilian auxiliary organization meant to assist the National Guard and federal agencies with disaster relief missions, Florida’s State Guard has morphed into a quasi-military force solely answerable to Governor Ron DeSantis. As its budget ballooned into hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars, it…

President Joe Biden recently announced he would implement a “parole in place” policy to protect approximately 500,000 undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation. Those affected will have three years to apply for permanent residency and will receive a three-year work permit. To be eligible for the program,…

The U.S. healthcare system is not great for anyone but the wealthiest people in the country. The average American spends $12,555 on health care annually—twice that of their counterparts in other industrialized countries—while also experiencing inferior outcomes like a shorter lifespan and worse quality of life. Nevertheless, U.S.…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the state’s legislative Republican supermajority approved the use of ultra-conservative and factually incorrect PragerU materials for use in public schools. They include videos that downplay the destruction of Native communities, question climate change, and defend the practice of slavery. PragerU is a nonprofit…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis cut the entirety of the state’s arts and culture funding in June 2024. This left hundreds of nonprofit theaters, zoos, museums, choirs, and orchestras scrambling to fill enormous holes in their budgets and endangered their ability to organize arts programs for millions of Floridians.…

Deborah Dorbert was forced to watch her son Milo die in her arms because of Florida’s abortion ban. A previous ultrasound showed that he had no kidneys and no chance of surviving birth, but because Deborah was more than 15 months pregnant, she wouldn’t be allowed to terminate…

In the 1990s, following a coup, the United States instituted an economic embargo against Haiti that devastated its middle class. After 1994, when the United Nations removed the coup leaders, the World Bank insisted the country import rice from the U.S. Combined, these massive socio-economic shocks sent thousands…

Rising sea levels and more intense and frequent storms are having a direct effect on Florida’s housing market. According to ATTOM, a real estate data research firm, the state now has the third-highest number of foreclosures in the United States, driven largely by skyrocketing insurance premiums that directly…

Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma is our southern neighbor’s version of the National Mall: full of enormous marble and bronze statues commemorating the country’s greatest heroes. However, a grassroots movement of average Mexican citizens is erecting equally impressive monuments to their family members who died or disappeared…