Florida legislatures pass draconian bill restricting voting rights
Republicans in both the Florida House and Senate passed SB 90 last week, which places restrictions on drop boxes and the ability of residents to vote by mail.
•Matthew MacEgan
Matthew MacEgan
Florida Republicans pushing through bills denouncing socialism, limiting voting by mail and targeting left-wing professors
The far-right agenda being implemented by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican majority in the state legislature exemplifies the continuing support of the vast majority of Republican officials nationwide for Donald Trump and his fascistic policies.
•Matthew MacEgan
Frontier workers in Tampa, Florida face cuts to health care and retirement
Frontier workers in Tampa, Florida, will vote on whether to authorize a strike this week over cuts to health care and retirement benefits.
•Matthew MacEgan
Florida phosphate reservoir on the verge of collapse: An exposure of industrial and government negligence
The state is pumping millions of gallons of radioactive contaminated wastewater into Tampa Bay with the aim of preventing the imminent collapse of a mismanaged phosphate reservoir.
•Matthew MacEgan
Florida House approves draconian HB 1 anti-protest bill
The bill has been spearheaded by Governor Ron DeSantis, who first proposed the legislation in September while surrounded by law enforcement officers from around the state.
•Matthew MacEgan, Patrick Smith
The surge of COVID-19 in Florida and the disastrous reality of school reopenings in the US
School superintendents for the largest districts in Florida recently described their reopenings last autumn as a “safe” model for the rest of the country, ignoring the fact that the state now leads the US in new cases among young people.
•Matthew MacEgan
Florida teacher dies while battling COVID-19
Carol Zuckerman, a 56-year-old first grade teacher in Broward County, Florida, is the 40th active educator to have died from COVID-19 in the state since Republican Governor Ron DeSantis ordered that schools reopen last July.
•Matthew MacEgan
Educators and workers across the US denounce arrest of whistleblower Rebekah Jones
Jones, who faces persecution in response to her efforts to expose the spread of the pandemic in Florida and in K-12 schools across the US, was released on bond after turning herself in to Florida police.
•Matthew MacEgan
Magia Record, Kakushigoto, Fruits Basket and Sword Art Online: A general review of anime in 2020
A total of 140 Japanese animated television series numbering more than 1,865 episodes debuted in 2020. Our critic comments on a selection of the more popular titles.
•Matthew MacEgan
Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee in US holds first national meeting of 2021
The first ERFSC meeting of 2021 was attended by over 150 educators and other workers from across the US and around the globe.
•Matthew MacEgan
The Mandalorian (Season Two): Indulging nostalgia and setting up even bigger paydays
Disney and Lucasfilm aired the second season of their Star Wars television series on Disney Plus at the end of 2020, setting the stage for the launch of several spinoff series to swell the portfolios of their stockholders.
•Matthew MacEgan
Tens of thousands laid off as major exhibitor Cineworld closes movie theaters in US and UK
The world’s second-largest movie theater chain announced that it will close over 600 locations this week, resulting in the loss of employment for 45,000 workers.
•Matthew MacEgan
Breonna Taylor police murder grand jury proceedings released by Kentucky court
In an extraordinary development, over 20 hours of previously sealed audio recordings have been released after an unidentified juror disputed the explanation given for why no one was charged over Taylor’s killing.
•Matthew MacEgan
“I don’t want to be a typhoid Mary!”
Jacksonville, Florida teacher speaks out against deadly school reopenings
A teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, reached out to the WSWS to speak about the spread of the coronavirus across the state just two weeks into the new school year.
•Nancy Hanover, Matthew MacEgan
Over 10,500 Florida children test positive for COVID-19 after schools reopen
Cases of COVID-19 among school-aged children in Florida have increased by 34 percent since schools started to reopen on August 10.
•Matthew MacEgan
University of Florida graduate residents expose plans to quarantine COVID-19 victims in family housing
The university management plans to quarantine people in family housing complexes in secret while pursuing a “herd immunity” strategy on campus.
•Charles Sutter, Matthew MacEgan
New COVID-19 cases skyrocket at University of Alabama and University of North Carolina
Since reopening in-person instruction, the University of Alabama has reported 566 new cases of COVID-19 and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 646 new cases.
•Matthew MacEgan
Florida court set to rule on lawsuit challenging in-person schooling
The court is set to decide on a challenge by the Florida Education Association to Governor Ron DeSantis’s edict for face-to-face instruction.
•Alex Johnson, Matthew MacEgan
COVID-19 cases surge on college campuses as Yale administrator warns students to prepare for deaths
Despite overwhelming scientific evidence and the most recent experiences of school like UNC-Chapel Hill and Notre Dame, many schools are still pushing forward with reopening plans.
•Matthew MacEgan, Genevieve Leigh
UNC Chapel Hill, Notre Dame and Michigan State University forced to revert to online learning after COVID-19 outbreaks
UNC Chapel Hill reported 130 new student cases of COVID-19 during its first week, far more than the ten it reported on campus during the week prior to reopening.
•Matthew MacEgan