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Activists draw line between Florida voting restrictions, Jim Crow in court case
By Dara Kam, NSF
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, voting, civil rights, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, vote-by-mail, elections, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Joe Biden
Orlando felons' rights activist Desmond Meade has civil rights restored
By News Service of Florida
Tags: Bloggytown, Orlando, Florida, felons rights, civil rights, Desmond Meade, Ron DeSantis, voting
Florida could reinstate felons' right to bear arms under proposed bill
By Sierra Williams
Tags: Bloggytown, politics, Florida legislature, Keith Perry, FRRC, republican, gun rights, senator, felons, civil rights
New travel guide showcases the South's embrace of civil rights tourism, but Florida is left out
By Ken Storey
Tags: The Gist, Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail, Book, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Racism, Black Community, African Americans, Florida, Central Florida, Orange County, Travel, Book, Guide, Historical Sites, Museums, Deborah D. Douglas
Justice Department investigation finds systemic sexual abuse of inmates at Florida's largest women's prison
By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida
Tags: Bloggytown, Lowell Correctional Institution, Florida, Ocala, Prison, Investigation, Rape, Sexual Misconduct, Department of Justice, Civil Rights, Prisoners, Guards
Michael Bloomberg to back returning felon voter effort in Florida
By The News Service of Florida
Tags: Bloggytown, Amendment 4, Michael Bloomberg, voting, civil rights
'John Lewis: Good Trouble' coming to Orlando's Dr. Phillips Center
By Tamara Sanon
Tags: Arts Stories + Interviews, The Gist, Film, civil rights, Dr. Phillips Center
National cable networks join effort to aid Florida felons voting effort
Tags: Bloggytown, Amendment 2, Florida, election 2020, MTV, voting, civil rights
Felons, lawyers in Florida face 'tremendous confusion' on voting rights
By Dara Kam, News Service of Florida
Tags: Bloggytown, Voting, elections, felons, civil rights, poll tax
Federal court to hear Florida felon-voting rights arguments on same day as August primary election
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, voting, civil rights, felons, amendment
New interactive map tracks police violence at peaceful protests nationwide, including in Orlando
By Chloe Greenberg and Dave Plotkin
Tags: Bloggytown, Police violence, nonviolent protests, George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, BLM, civil rights
Landmark Supreme Court ruling fuels calls for LGBTQ protections in Florida
By Dara Kam
Tags: Bloggytown, LGBTQ, Supreme Court, discrimination, legal, law, civil rights, transgender
Florida Supreme Court continues to allow executions of prisoners with intellectual disabilities
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida Supreme Court, justice, death penalty, execution, mental intellectual disabilities, civil rights, capital punishment
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis makes 'very, very unusual' request to appeal to voting rights decision
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, civil rights, voting, felons, amendment 4, court, election, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
Sexual harassment allegations against owner of Sanctum Cafe and Proper & Wild rattle Orlando restaurant community
By Caroline Silva and Natalia Jaramillo
Tags: Tip Jar, Orlando restaurants, Sanctum, Proper & Wild, sexual harassment, abuse, employment, labor, civil rights
Florida lacks a plan for 'financial obligations' issue in felons voting case
Tags: Bloggytown, Voting, amendment 4, felons, returning residents, civil rights, criminal justice
Florida judge offers new hope to former criminal offenders for voting rights restoration
By Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection
Tags: Bloggytown, voting rights restoration, civil rights
Op-ed: The Florida Commission on Human Relations urges everyone to know their rights guaranteed by the Federal Fair Housing Act
By Michelle Wilson
Tags: Bloggytown, fair housing, affordable housing, orlando rents, discrimination, civil rights, op-ed
Court rules Florida can’t keep ex-felons from voting because they're poor
Tags: Bloggytown, felons voting, Florida, restoration of rights, Ron DeSantis, court, civil rights
UCF law team petitioning to change woman's birth certificate to match her gender
By Solomon Gustavo
Tags: Bloggytown, Transgender, intersex, Florida, civil rights, LGBTQ, UCF Law, legal studies
Orlando cop censured for using taser on teenage bicyclist
Tags: Bloggytown, police, excessive force, taser, tased, Orlando, Orange County, law enforcement, civil rights, crime
Strangely, Florida women want equal pay and they're trying to pass laws to get it
Tags: Bloggytown, equal rights, gender gap, pay equality, ERA, women, Florida, civil rights
Florida passes law preventing local governments from passing rules against homeowners’ vegetable gardens
Tags: Bloggytown, sovereign rights, victory gardens, civil rights, gardening, permaculture, sustainability
Five places in Florida were just added to the United States Civil Rights Trail
By Jessica Bryce Young
Tags: The Gist, florida tourism, civil rights
You should sign this petition to restore the voting rights to 1.7 million Florida residents
By Colin Wolf
Tags: Bloggytown, voting rights, civil rights
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Guy Fieri's Chicken Guy! restaurant in Winter Park faces eviction over unpaid rent
By Chloe Greenberg
Two Orlando restaurants to offer exclusive 'Godzilla X Kong'-themed ramen and cocktails
By Chelsea Zukowski
Walgreens to close Orlando distribution center, lay off hundreds
By McKenna Schueler
Fall Out Boy has a presence that can only be described as “electrifying” — something they embody both literally with pyrotechnics and…
By Alexandra Sullivan
After years of trying to unload his massive Florida estate, "The Piano Man" is becoming more and more motivated to find a…
Living in such close proximity to some of the most popular theme parks in the world can have its perks (sometimes). But…
By Orlando Weekly Staff
An oceanfront home built for a Coca-Cola Bottling heir is back on the market in Florida. The award-winning house, located at 489…
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