Florida
Stand Your Ground: Self-protection or vigilante justice?
April 9, 2012A recent decision by a local judge seems to some to suggest the law is turning Florida into a modern Wild West, in which vigilante justice is the norm.
Read moreFeds to investigate killing of Trayvon Martin
March 20, 2012Martin's family hopes that the federal government will be able to bring justice to what many around this state see as a blatantly racist miscarriage of justice.
Read moreNation’s labor leaders meet to mobilize for 2012 elections
March 12, 2012Leaders of almost every labor union in the country are arriving here today for a special meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council.
Read moreFlorida’s tipped workers could see their wages cut in half
February 28, 2012The CEOs of restaurants like Chilis and Outback Stakehouse think that $4.65 an hour is too much for their tipped employees.
Read morePrivate prison proposal defeated in Florida
February 16, 2012Breaking ranks with their GOP leadership, 10 Republican state senators voted with Democrats to defeat prison privatizing SB 2038.
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