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![A Starbucks coffee shop is pictured on December 13, 2021, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0112-starbucks-400x300.jpg)
Five Starbucks Locations Have Filed to Unionize Over the Past Six Days
Starbucks employees in New Jersey and Florida are the latest to join the union wave within the company.
![Mother kissing newborn baby's head in silhouette](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1230-mother-baby-400x300.jpg)
Florida Agency Spent $200K on PR Firm After Being Accused of Withholding Aid
The agency is tasked with providing aid for children with birth-related neurological disorders.
![Governor-elect Ron DeSantis speaks with attendees at the 2018 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on December 22, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1216-ron-desantis-400x300.jpg)
DeSantis Hypes His Anti-Critical Race Theory Bill by Quoting Martin Luther King
King's children have criticized GOP politicians for using their father's name to promote such legislation in the past.
![Abortion rights advocates demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court on December 1, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/GettyImages-1236947048-400x300.jpg)
The South’s Last Three Abortion-Safe States Are Bracing for a Post-Roe Future
Advocates in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia are girding for political battle to protect abortion access.
![Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference at the Lakeland, Florida Police Department on September 7, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0928-ron-desantis-400x300.jpg)
Florida State Workers Are “Very Scared” Over COVID-Related Working Conditions
Several state offices have had to close, and workers aren't being told when someone close to them contracted the virus.
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FL Republican Wants to Review All Mandatory Vaccinations, Which Includes Polio
Requirements for vaccines in Florida's public schools include measles, polio and mumps.
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Florida Republican Proposes Texas-Style Anti-Abortion Law
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has described the Texas law as an “interesting” way to block abortion access.
![Ron DeSantis](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0909-desantis-400x300.jpg)
Florida Judge Shoots Down Ron DeSantis’s Mask Ban for Second Time in 2 Weeks
The judge ruled with parents challenging the order, saying that the ban creates unsafe conditions for children.
![A student walks down an empty school hallway](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0908-miami-school-400x300.jpg)
13 Staff at a Florida School District Have Died of COVID in Just 3 Weeks
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed bills banning mask requirements and imposing fines against mandatory vaccinations.
![Pro-choice abortion activists protest during a demonstration outside the Supreme Court in Washington on March 4, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/09/2021_0903-abortion-protest-supreme-court-400x300.jpg)
More States Are Considering Implementing Abortion Bans Similar to Texas’s
Republicans in Arkansas and Florida are already considering their own bans after the Supreme Court decision this week.