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A live panel of community leaders, immigration attorneys, and journalists shared their insights on how the recent arrivals of migrants to Florida by boat are shaping policy and affecting families across the region.
Drawing from the deep historical research and narrative storytelling in his 2022 podcast, Detention by Design, WLRN News' Danny Rivero led the conversation.
If you missed Friday's event, find the full stream here:
https://www.wlrn.org/immigration/2023-01-20/stream-wlrns-detention-by-design-live
Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is requiring state universities to provide information from the past five years about services they have provided to people with gender dysphoria, according to recently released documents.
If you've found yourself wondering how to shop more ethically, there are several principles you can follow, says David Weitzner, assistant professor of management at York University in Toronto.
First and foremost, make sure you understand and agree with how the company makes its money. Beyond that, he says to prioritize the company's reputation over its ranking on lists of top ethical companies (because some ranking lists require companies to pay to be on them).
A Leon County circuit judge Friday rejected a request by the DeSantis’ administration to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Democratic state Sen. Jason Pizzo after the state flew about 50 migrants from Texas to Massachusetts.
The flights to Martha’s Vineyard drew national attention and came as DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, frequently criticized federal immigration policies.
For the first time, Palm Beach County led the way among Florida chefs who got a James Beard Award semifinals nod for the coveted “Best Chef” in the South award.
The five semifinalists include: Jeremy and Cindy Bearman of Oceano Kitchen in Lantana, Rick Mace of Tropical Smokehouse in West Palm Beach, Pushkar Marathe of the Stage Kitchen in Palm Beach Gardens and Lojo Washington of Queen of Sheeba in West Palm Beach's Historic Northwest District.
Everyday Americans will be able to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. in a program being launched by the State Department as a way to give private citizens a role in resettling the thousands of refugees who arrive every year.
In Miami Dade County, about 70% of the population is Hispanic or Latino. Yet if you want to get a college degree, you have to speak English. With nearly 42 million Spanish speakers in the U.S., some academics and college administrators are questioning why more universities don’t embrace bilingual education.
Photographer, historian and professor Deborah Willis is concluding her residency at the museum with a talk on fashion and photography on Sunday. She spoke with WLRN about her life's inspirations and how she became one of the leading historians of African American photography.
"Gordita Chronicles" has its roots in Miami. It's based on the life of creator Claudia Forestieri, a "gordita" whose family leaves the Dominican Republic for Hialeah in the 1980s.
Jacqueline Woodson read some of her work onstage inside the school auditorium. She talked about her writing process and took questions from students.
"I write very short books. I write books with a lot of white space," she told students, from onstage in the school auditorium. "I've always been a really slow reader. I still am a very slow reader. Probably when I was young I would've been diagnosed as dyslexic. But I wasn't diagnosed. I was just a slow reader."
Woodson's writing process reflects her childhood days, when she would read a passage over and over again so she could understand. "Eventually, it becomes part of my memory but it also becomes the book," she said.
ICYMI: New conservative board members Christopher Rufo and Eddie Speir laid out their visions for the school at a pair of town hall meetings in Sarasota this week.
South Florida advocates of the White House's new immigration policy say they're confronting social media misinformation in the Haitian community.
Eric Silagy, the CEO of Florida Power & Light unexpectedly announced his retirement. Under the leadership of Silagy, the company has been tied to allegations of campaign finance violations, media manipulation, and the surveillance of critical journalists.
Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump has threatened to file a class action lawsuit against the DeSantis administration over the state’s rejection of an African American studies course.
“The fight is not just about this AP course," said State Sen. Shevrin Jones, D-Miami Gardens. "The fight is against the strong uprising of racism from people who are seeing the shifting of America.”
State officials want to “curb” activities related to diversity, equity and inclusion at public colleges and universities. But the top official overseeing Florida's university system says some of the DEI programs called into question do have value.
The 22-day Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Film Festival starts today at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.
