Florida Immigrants’ Rights Groups Join ACLU Lawsuit
Two Florida-based immigrants’ rights groups have joined a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 decennial census. In an amended complaint filed…
Florida Parents Raise Awareness to Battle Preventable Diseases
by Trimmel Gomes As Florida kids get their back-to-school health checkups, a new statewide coalition is calling on parents and policymakers to support what it calls “science-based” immunization policies. Immunize…
For-Profit Threatens to Sue Dream Defenders
GEO Group, a for-profit prison company that runs prisons and detention centers across the country, issued a cease and desist letter to civil rights organization the Dream Defenders accusing the…
Against Odds, Affordable Care Act is Working
by Trimmel Gomes The Affordable Care Act – or “Obamacare” – has managed to weather the storm despite ongoing attempts by President Donald Trump to dismantle his predecessor’s landmark…
Class Action Lawsuit Against Miami-Dade County
Advocates and attorneys, together with detained immigrants, WeCount and Florida Immigrant Coalition filed a class action lawsuit against Miami-Dade County for unlawfully holding immigrants in local jails, a result of…
Nannies, Mothers Rally for Rights of Children
Nannies and mothers from Women Working Together, the Miami Workers Center and the National Domestic Workers Alliance will rally in South Florida to denounce the inhumanity and harm being caused…
ACLU Florida Calls for End of Face Surveillance System
Recently, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida sent a letter to the Orlando City Council in response to records revealing the use of Amazon’s Rekognition face surveillance system…
Florida Labor Groups Band Together After SCOTUS Ruling
by Trimmel Gomes Opponents of last U.S. Supreme Court ruling freeing government workers from having to pay into unions are using Florida as an example of how bad it could…
Agencies Failing to Protect Gulf of México Wildlife from Offshore Drilling
Earthjustice, on behalf of three conservation groups, sued the Trump administration last week for failing to complete a legally required consultation about offshore drilling’s harms to threatened and endangered species…
Helping Children with Communication Disorders Find Their Voice
by Rachel Whitt In the United States, about one in 12 – or eight percent – of children have communication disorders. Researchers at the University of New México and the…