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Florida
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US Supreme Court Shuts Down Florida’s Death Penalty System
The US Supreme Court has ruled that Florida's capital punishment system is unconstitutional.
Support Strengthens to Stop Oil and Gas Development to Keep Florida’s Everglades Wild
Despite millions of dollars spent on conservation, the Everglades is threatened by pollution, invasive species, and more.
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More Black Victims Claimed by Florida’s Violent Landscape
What role did cultural and geographical practices in creating institutional whiteness and a fear of Blackness play in the killing?
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The Battle to Keep Florida Frack-Free Heats Up
The battle to keep Florida frack-free is intensifying ahead of the 2016 state legislative session.
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How Jeb Bush’s Florida Plan for School “Choice” Created an Industry of Corruption and Chaos
The obsession over money driving charter school growth in Florida is increasingly evident to those who bother to look.
State Gerrymandering Reforms Start to Show Results
A big win last week for reformers in Florida shows that citizen led efforts are starting to yield promising results.
Lake Apopka: Ecocide, Rural Oligarchy and Slavery
Farm workers still do the most dangerous work in America. They deserve land rather than slavery.
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Florida Policies Needlessly Derail Young Lives, Fill Prison Cells
It's justice by geography.
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The Submerged State
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Talk Climate to Me
Florida Governor Rick Scott's henchmen punish staffers who utter the words "climate change."