Republicans pretend they want to let schools decide what’s best for students
GOP lawmakers are in favor of giving power back to school districts — unless they disagree with their decisions.
By Josh Israel - August 17, 2021GOP lawmakers are in favor of giving power back to school districts — unless they disagree with their decisions.
By Josh Israel - August 17, 2021More than two-thirds of American adults want schools to implement the COVID-19 safety measure.
By Josh Israel - August 17, 2021A new report shows near-constant communication between Fox News and the Florida governor’s office for months following the November presidential election.
By Oliver Willis - August 13, 2021Hundreds of students in Florida are already in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19 in the classroom, just a few days into the new school year.
By Emily Singer - August 13, 2021Florida is now facing one of the country’s worst COVID-19 caseloads.
By Emily Singer - August 11, 2021The Missouri Republican wants to block efforts to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus even while children remain the most vulnerable.
By Emily Singer - August 10, 2021Florida and Texas have banned schools and businesses from requiring that people wear masks or be vaccinated.
By Emily Singer - August 09, 2021New polling shows Republican messaging against vaccination requirements is not finding popular support.
By Emily Singer - July 30, 2021Republicans are in the middle of a campaign attacking President Joe Biden’s immigration policies.
By Oliver Willis - July 07, 2021Black people, Native Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans argue that dissenting perspectives are often missing from text books and classroom discussions.
By Associated Press - June 10, 2021Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis complained just months ago that Twitter and other social media sites were ‘enforcers of preferred narratives.’
By Oliver Willis - June 08, 2021‘All Floridians will have to face the consequences of this anti-transgender legislation — including economic harm, expensive taxpayer-funded legal battles, and a tarnished reputation,’ Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David said.
By Associated Press - June 01, 2021James O’Keefe and his group, Project Veritas, specialize in the production of deceptively edited videos to smear Democrats, progressives, and the media.
By Oliver Willis - May 24, 2021Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis is rumored to be considering a presidential run in 2024.
By Oliver Willis - May 13, 2021‘Many of the restrictions being proposed by Republicans are effectively a product of their ignorance of the voting habits of their own constituents,’ said a former Arizona elections official.
By Associated Press - May 09, 2021A group of civil rights and voting rights advocates filed a lawsuit against Florida’s new law minutes after it was signed by GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis.
By Emily Singer - May 06, 2021Republicans acknowledged there were no serious signs of voting irregularities in the last election.
By Associated Press - May 06, 2021Florida’s GOP governor will hold open an overwhelmingly Democratic U.S. House seat for eight months, depriving Democrats of a seat while they hold a narrow majority.
By Emily Singer - May 05, 2021‘Can you imagine if each city had been led by Ron DeSantis? How many lives would have been lost?’ said the mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, about the past year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Associated Press - May 03, 2021Florida Republicans added a last-minute amendment exempting the media giant from legislation that would fine tech companies for banning public officials who violate their rules.
By Oliver Willis - April 30, 2021The GOP governor set his sights on punishing ‘Big Tech’ after Donald Trump was banned from Twitter.
By Oliver Willis - April 26, 2021Along with Laura Loomer, Ron DeSantis, Rick Scott, and Donald Trump also attended the event.
By Oliver Willis - April 19, 2021Donald Trump, at least for now, is giving them plenty of leeway, convinced they pose little threat to his own ambitions.
By Associated Press - April 19, 2021YouTube said that a video posted by Gov. Ron DeSantis violated its ban on the posting of medical disinformation.
By Associated Press - April 12, 2021The Florida GOP governor really wants things to go back to the good old days under Donald Trump.
By Amy Lieu - April 02, 2021State Republican parties have censured their own members for disloyalty to Donald Trump.
By Oliver Willis - April 02, 2021Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the latest Republican to back voter suppression tactics without any proof that voter fraud took place.
By Emily Singer - March 16, 2021Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis stands accused of favoring wealthy constituents over ordinary Floridians.
By Associated Press - March 04, 2021Florida’s Republican governor ordered flags in the state to fly at half-staff in honor of bigoted radio show host Rush Limbaugh.
By Emily Singer - February 23, 2021The annual Conservative Political Action Conference is taking place in Florida this year in order to avoid coronavirus regulations.
By Emily Singer - February 16, 2021