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DeSantis Celebrates as Appeals Court Blocks Dismantling of Alligator Alcatraz

DeSantis Celebrates as Appeals Court Blocks Dismantling of Alligator Alcatraz

An appeals court has temporarily blocked a federal judge’s decision ordering Florida and federal officials to begin winding down operations at...

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Hurricane Season Begins with Trump Gutting the “Gold Standard” Weather Services That Save Lives

Hurricane Season Begins with Trump Gutting the “Gold Standard” Weather Services That Save Lives

As a native Floridian, the six-month slog of hurricane season that begins June 1 and ends November 30 triggers a certain sense of impending doom....

02.09.2025 4

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Judge: Tear Down Alligator Alcatraz Within 60 Days

Judge: Tear Down Alligator Alcatraz Within 60 Days

A federal judge in Miami has ruled that operations at the controversial detention facility Alligator Alcatraz must begin to wind down, ordering state...

22.08.2025 2

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Anti-Abortion Playbook, Flipped: Arkansas Abortion Fund Opens Its Own “Crisis Pregnancy Center”

Anti-Abortion Playbook, Flipped: Arkansas Abortion Fund Opens Its Own “Crisis Pregnancy Center”

For nine years, Karen Musick stood outside the Little Rock Family Planning Services clinic in Arkansas, protecting women arriving for their abortion...

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Alligator Alcatraz Swag Is the Hot New MAGA Merch

Even before the immigration detention camp deep within the Everglades officially opened, the name of the facility, Alligator Alcatraz, had become a...

04.08.2025 2

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“The Mosquitoes Are Getting Worse”: Life Inside Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz Detention Camp

Earlier this month, Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani, a Democrat from Orlando, joined several state lawmakers on a tour inside Alligator Alcatraz. When...

22.07.2025 10

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The Choice Some Pregnant Immigrants Face: Deportation or Parenthood

Shortly after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, and Texas completely outlawed abortion in communities along the Rio Grande Valley, the effect was...

03.07.2025 3

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Environmentalists Sue to Stop Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Deportation Center

Deep in the Everglades, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration has swiftly begun construction of an ICE detention center on an airfield...

28.06.2025 3

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Hungary Banned Pride Events. Thousands Marched Anyway.

Earlier this year, Hungary’s parliament passed legislation banning Pride events and allowing the use of facial recognition technology to identify...

28.06.2025 5

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Humanitarian Parole Is Over. Now Comes the Fear.

Last week, the US Supreme Court lifted an order from a Massachusetts district court that had maintained humanitarian parole protections in place for...

05.06.2025 6

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Canadians Have Cooled on US Travel

At a recent event in Orlando, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis brushed off reports that Canadians are increasingly not visiting the Sunshine State and...

03.06.2025 20

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Report: Abortion Providers Are Confronting a New Wave of Extremism

In November 2023, while an abortion provider in the South was on vacation, someone broke into their home, shattered the windows, and scribbled “Baby...

20.05.2025 10

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Florida Families Could Buckle Under the Pressure of Trump Policies

On a recent Wednesday morning, a hot pink van emblazoned with the words “Keeping South Florida Babies in Need Clean, Happy & Healthy Since 2013”...

12.05.2025 4

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Florida Is Leading Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Earlier this year, Republican lawmakers in Florida passed a slew of immigration bills that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed less than an hour after they were...

23.04.2025 2

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A Judge Told Florida Not to Arrest Undocumented Immigrants. The State Did Anyway.

On February 13, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that would allow state law enforcement to arrest and prosecute undocumented immigrants for...

21.04.2025 2

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Lawmakers Are Trying to Hold Crisis Pregnancy Centers to Account

Last month, during an Indiana state legislative hearing, Republican Sen. Jeff Raatz from Richmond, a small city in the eastern part of the state,...

10.04.2025 3

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