Politics
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Oppose ICE? Here’s how you can take action
Here are some action tools to help stop ICE funding, halt detention expansion, and demand accountability from Congress.
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Oppose ICE? Here’s how you can take action
Here are some action tools to help stop ICE funding, halt detention expansion, and demand accountability from Congress.
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Facing first tragedy of his presidency, Trump blames DEI, Obama for plane crash
Sixty-seven people are presumed to be dead after a passenger plane collided Wednesday night with a US Army helicopter midair while approaching Reagan National Airport. Rather than provide measured leadership, Trump blamed DEI and Democrats for the deadly accident.
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Way more Americans are getting sterilized since Roe was struck down, research finds
A new study has found that from May to August 2022, vasectomies surged by 95% and tubal sterilizations increased by 70% among adults ages 19 to 26. Health care professionals across the country have seen this in real time.
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Maxwell Frost: Four things you can do to protect your rights
The first Gen-Z representative in Congress shares practical steps Floridians can take to work to protect their rights as well as their quality of life.
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People are leaving states with abortion bans, according to study
A new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that since 2022, states with near-total abortion bans appear to have lost 36,000 people per quarter, with single people, who tend to skew younger, being more likely to leave. Tens of thousands of people, in particular single people, have left states with abortion bans…
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‘I’m going to get up and fight’: Meet Gay Valimont, the FL Democrat running for Matt Gaetz’s seat in Congress
The gun violence prevention activist running for Congress in a special election on April 1 shared with Floricua her plans to provide Floridians with affordable healthcare and housing, and a better education for children.
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Gov. Jenniffer González backs plan for Donald Trump statue on Puerto Rico’s ‘Paseo de los Presidentes’
During Trump’s first term in office, from 2017 to 2021, the Puerto Rican Legislature proposed erecting a statue after he visited the island following Hurricane Maria. Some lawmakers did not agree in 2018.
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The fight for reproductive justice in Florida is ‘not over,’ say advocates
“We’re going to ensure that our voices are heard,” says Charo Valero, of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, who spoke with Floricua on the importance of keeping up the work to provide the healthcare women need after the defeat of Amendment 4.
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What Trump’s alliance with tech billionaires signals for everyday Floridians
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, who top the list of the world’s wealthiest people, sat behind Trump as he took his oath of office as president, raising concerns for what Trump’s second term means for America.
