St. Pete is coming together to celebrate the community’s resilience after a busy hurricane season. They are holding the first-ever “Still Shining Music Festival,” with everything kicking off Friday at 6 p.m.....MORE
President-elect Trump made rolling back transgender rights a key issue in his campaign. He promised to limit access to gender-affirming care and to prevent trans athletes from participating in school sports. His election has communities of trans people and allies fearful of widespread discrimination and a loss of health care access. Amna Nawaz of PBS News discussed more with Orion Rummler of The 19th.....MORE
One possible trick, attorney Berin Szóka warns, is Trump trying to run for vice-president in 2028. "Why couldn't he find someone willing to run for the presidency, only to give it up immediately?"....MORE
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that an attack by his forces on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday morning was carried out using "a new conventional intermediate-range missile".....MORE
Texas would allow Bible-infused lessons in elementary schools under changes that were set for a final vote Friday and could test boundaries between religion and public education in the U.S.....MORE
We invite you to join Tampa Bay SDS in a rally to defend free speech on USF campus! USF continues its repression of free speech and student voices on campus by enforcing policy 6-028 and placing bogus conduct charges on student protestors. As long as USF continues to suppress students, SDS will continue to fight for the right to protest the genocide in Gaza! Please join us on Monday, November 25th at 5:30 pm on the corner of 56th and Fowler (near the Boston Market).
A recent lawsuit alleges Linda McMahon, who President-elect Donald Trump tapped to lead the Department of Education, knowingly enabled the sexual exploitation of children by a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) employee as early as the 1980s — allegations she denies.....MORE
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is reportedly having conversations with far-right militia groups in border states as it plans sweeping immigration raids and mass deportations.....MORE
"A scare tactic meant to stop full investigations into the circumstances of pregnant women’s deaths across the state"
Dr. Kathleen Toomey
Georgia officials have dissolved a committee responsible for investigating deaths of pregnant women in the state, after one or more members leaked confidential information about deaths linked to the state's strict abortion laws.
In a letter sent to members of the Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), Georgia health commissioner Kathleen Toomey said an investigation failed to identify those responsible for the leak, so all current members would be removed.
Amnesty International USA criticized the passage of H.R. 9495 in the House of Representatives, which threatens the freedom of speech and work of U.S. civil society organizations that document human rights abuses around the world. Amnesty International urged the Senate not to advance the bill, which was previously voted down in the House last week.....MORE
Florida has agreed to pay $725,000 in legal fees and costs for businesses that successfully challenged part of a 2022 law that Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act.”....MORE
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday denounced efforts by House Republicans to bar transgender people from restrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity, calling policies put forward this week by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) “disgusting.”....MORE