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The Freedom To Be Woke

David Cole The New York Review of Books
A court ruling striking down Florida’s Stop WOKE Act is both a major affirmation of academic freedom and a window into the free-speech debates dividing the right.

Don’t Surrender Power: A Conversation With Florida Rep. Angie Nixon

Delaney Vandergrift in conversation with Angie Nixon Convergence
Florida has not been lost because people stopped caring. Florida has been lost because too many institutions stopped investing, stopped organizing, stopped showing up. You cannot write off a state and be surprised when people feel written off.

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Tropical Fruits Forever

Diana Kruzman Ambrook.com
As the only place in the continental US where it almost never freezes, South Florida can support fruits usually only found in the tropics; thanks to new advances in plant breeding and growing interest from consumers, the industry here is booming.

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Red States Eviscerating Child Work Protections

Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times
Florida is not the first state to loosen child labor protections, or even the most aggressive in that effort. Last year eight states, all led by Republicans, did so, according to a tracking by the labor-affiliated Economic Policy Institute.
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