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![Voters fill out their ballots as they vote at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center polling station on October 21, 2020, in Miami, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0406-florida-voters-400x300.jpg)
GOP Election Bill in Florida Aims to Make It Harder for Gen Z to Vote
The bill “came out of nowhere” and passed a committee vote within 24 hours of introduction, one Democratic lawmaker said.
![Screengrabs of video footage that shows protesters, including two Florida Democratic leaders, being arrested during a demonstration against a proposed six-week abortion ban on April 3, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0404-florida-protest-400x300.jpg)
Florida Democratic Leaders Arrested While Protesting 6-Week Abortion Ban
In addition to attacking bodily autonomy, Republicans are trampling on free speech and assembly rights, one group said.
![Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets attendees as he arrives at an event on his nationwide book tour, at Adventure Outdoors, the largest gun store in the country, on March 30, 2023, in Smyrna, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0404-ron-desantis-400x300.jpg)
DeSantis Signs Permitless Carry Gun Bill Into Law During Nonpublic Ceremony
More than 230 Floridians have died due to gun violence since the start of the year.
![Demonstrators protest Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's plan to eliminate Advanced Placement courses on African American studies in high schools as they stand outside the Florida State Capitol on February 15, 2023 in Tallahassee, Florida.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1247493194-400x300.jpg)
Florida Teachers’ Unions Are Front Line of Resistance Against DeSantis’s Fascism
Teachers' unions are in Gov. Ron DeSantis’s crosshairs because they present the strongest threat to his fascist agenda.
![A Florida International University professor, joined a group of the University students, staff and community members during the 'Fight for Florida Students and Workersâ' protest against Gov. Ron DeSantis on February 23, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0329-black-history-matters-400x300.jpg)
FL Students Protest GOP Bill to Eliminate Diversity Programs on State Campuses
A recent poll found that 61 percent of Floridians oppose the bill, which is backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
![The face of Michelangelo's "David" sculpture.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0323-david-400x300.jpg)
Principal Fired Over Parent Complaints on Lesson Showing Michelangelo’s “David”
The Florida public charter school that forced former principal Hope Carrasquilla to resign has far right connections.
![Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Speaks At The Reagan Presidential Library](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0323-desantis-400x300.jpg)
DeSantis Admin Seeks to Expand “Don’t Say Gay” Restrictions to Older Grades
The proposal aims to bar any discussion of LGBTQ topics through grade 12 in Florida's public schools.
![The Florida state capitol](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0322-florida-capitol-400x300.jpg)
Proposed Florida Bill Could Allow “Legal Kidnapping” of Trans Children
The bill allows Florida courts to interfere with custody agreements from other states if a child is present in Florida.
![Students against the critical race theory (CRT) ban make their views known while pro-ban speakers talk during the public comment portion of a meeting of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School Board in Placentia, California, on March 23, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_321-crt-ban-400x300.jpg)
Local Efforts to Resist Right-Wing Attacks on Education Need National Support
Local fights are intensifying as right-wing assaults on education build on the panic created over critical race theory.
![An illustration of Florida governor Ron Desantis standing in front of the entrance arch for the New College of Florida as it cracks and shatters behind him](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0417-desantis-college-400x300.jpg)
New College of Florida Is DeSantis’s Launchpad for Attack on Higher Education
Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed six trustees to the New College of Florida to quash its progressive curriculum.