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New York City Will Allow 800,000 Non-Citizens Right to Vote in Local Elections

December 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Nationwide, 14 municipalities allow noncitizens to vote, including two Vermont cities that approved similar measures earlier this year. San Francisco allows noncitizens to vote in school board elections, while nine Maryland towns permit noncitizen voting in local elections.

Grace from the Crime of Punishment

December 17, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 11 Comments

Joey Renn had his Beccaria. Most defendants get Hammurabi. (© FlaglerLive)

Under the appealing but misguided credo of victims’ rights, prosecutors reach plea deals giving disproportionate weight to what the victim’s family wants. The defendant can end up either with a savior, as Joey Renn did this week in Flagler, or, more often, a gang of rage. A person’s fate should never depend on a dice throw between grace and vigilantism.

The Problems With Banning Cell Phones in the Workplace

December 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Why shouldn't they have their cell phones? And why are blue collar workers targeted? (© FlaglerLive)

Bans on employees using cellphones are relatively common in workplaces such as factories, farms and fast-food chains. Such employer rules are legal, and there is relatively little that employees can do about it. But different situations have indicated the necessity for workers to have access to their phones, for safety’s sake.

DeSantis Ramps Up Inaccurate Anti-Asylum Rhetoric In Legally-Dubious Assault on Federal Policy

December 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

"We stand in solidarity with the people from Central Florida demanding an end to Haitian deportations & Title 42," says the Florida Immigrant Coalition on its Facebook page.

Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the Legislature to give him $8 million to ship asylum seekers transported by the Biden administration into Florida off to other states in an expanding initiative against what the governor inaccurately calls President Joe Biden’s “open borders policy.” Republicans’ overall complaint vastly distorts Biden’s policy, according to an analysis published by the libertarian Cato Institute.

Democrats’ Failure to Protect Abortion Rights

December 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

It's not enough to scrawl it on a wall. (Edson Chilundo)

Conservative Republicans started prioritizing a high court takeover, with the explicit aim of ending legal abortion, more than 40 years ago. Democrats and progressives stuck their heads in the sand. Women, denied autonomy over their own bodies, are poised to pay the biggest price.

‘It’s Stressful to Kill Somebody’: Health Workers Behind Assisted Dying

December 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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New legislation in Britain laying groundwork for legalizing assisted dying are part of a wider international movement towards formally allowing some form of assisted dying. That means addressing how and whether healthcare professionals will be involved in facilitating assisted dying, and the effect this may have on them.

Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ and the Bizarre Role of Guns in American Culture

December 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A murder weapon shown in court in a recent case in Flagler County. (© FlaglerLive)

Stephen Sondheim, who died on Nov. 26, 2021, had a knack for using stage and song to explore America’s dark, violent underbelly. “Assassins” is a collective biography of the historical figures who attempted to assassinate U.S. presidents, four of them successfully.

Banning LGBTQ-Themed Books From Flagler Schools Is an Attempt to Erase Students Like Me. We Will Not Stand For It.

December 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

Jack Petocz at the Nov. 16 demonstration he organized, holding a copy of "All Boys Aren't Blue." (© FlaglerLive)

Linking the vile and threatening language his student-led demonstration drew outside a school board meeting in November to the superintendent’s decision to ban an LGBTQ-themed book for now, Jack Petocz, a student at Flagler Palm Coast High School, calls on the superintendent to reconsider the decision and consider its consequences.

Superintendent’s Decision: ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ Banned for Now, Other Books Return to Library Shelves

December 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt sent the Flagler School Board a summary of a book committee's findings and her recommendations regarding four titles Board member Jill Woolbright had challenged. (© FlaglerLive)

Following the challenges of four titles by Flagler School Board member Jill Woolbright and a review by a book-challenge committee, the superintendent decided to return three of the four titles to their shelves but withhold a fourth pending new protocols that could still provide access.

UF Board Chairman Mori Hosseini Blasts Professors Testifying Against New Election Law

December 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

“The overwhelming majority of our faculty are here for the reason we are, to educate, research, serve the University of Florida as their employer,” UF Board of Trustees Chairman Mori Hosseini said. The statement (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

During a meeting Friday, UF Board of Trustees chairman Mori Hosseini led the charge in sharply criticizing the professors and rallying around university President Kent Fuchs, though Hosseini appeared to misunderstand the scope of professors’ academic freedom.

Committee Reviewing Books 2 Board Members Want Banned Completes Its Work as District Sounds Out Librarians

December 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The Flagler Palm Coast High School Media Center is usually a refuge from adult absurdities. (© FlaglerLive)

The findings of a committee judging the appropriateness of four books for school libraries are expected imminently, as new book challenges have been filed and the Flagler district’s eight librarians were interviewed by district staff about their practices.

Supreme Court Will Eviscerate Roe v. Wade But Signals Split on What Comes Next

December 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The Supreme Court justices signaled a major shift on abortion law in arguments on a Missouri case today but the six conservative justices who hold the majority in the highest court seemed divided: Would they overturn the core right to abortion entirely or would they allow abortion to be limited by the states to the early stages of pregnancy?

American Library Association Condemns Broad Censorship of Books on Race and LGBTQ in Schools and Libraries

December 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

As in the rest of the country, the books targeted for bans by Flagler County School Board member Jill Woolbright are by or about marginalized people. (© FlaglerLive)

Some individuals and officials say the voices of the marginalized have no place on library shelves. Including in Flagler, they have launched campaigns demanding the censorship of books and resources that mirror the lives of those who are gay, queer, or transgender, or that tell the stories of persons who are Black, Indigenous or persons of color.

Anti-CRT Lawmakers Are Passing Pro-CRT Laws

November 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Harvard Law professor Derrick Bell is largely credited as the originator of critical race theory. (David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons)

Anti-CRT messaging has emerged as a signature – and potent – GOP political talking point. But while Republicans introduced 54 CRT-related bills across 24 states, most of these bills – if you take seriously their actual text – call for more CRT, not less.

Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Millions of Health Workers in 10 States

November 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Under the rules with a Jan. 4 deadline, many private sector employees will be required to get vaccinated or undergo weekly tests, while some 17 million health care providers at facilities participating in the federal Medicare and Medicaid health insurance programs must be vaccinated — with no option to choose weekly testing instead.

‘Let’s Go Brandon’ and the Linguistic Jiujitsu of American Politics

November 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The epithet was brandished by individuals, many masked, most from out of town, who hurled obscenities at Flagler County students demonstrating against book bans at the Government Services Building earlier this month. (© FlaglerLive)

The enthusiastic adoption of the phrase by President Joe Biden’s detractors suggests that “Let’s go Brandon” is best described as a minced oath. These are euphemisms used in place of a taboo or blasphemous expression. Such oaths have a long history in English. Some Biden supporters are turning the phrase into one of support for him. And as a variant, some of the president’s supporters have begun to employ, “Thank you Brandon.”

Judge All Instances of Hatred and Bias Equally

November 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Time after time, if the aggressor is white and the victim is not, it automatically becomes a narrative about bigotry and white supremacy. The “Through the Looking Glass” moment came when Rittenhouse, who is white, shot three men, who were also white, and he’s still attacked as an example of white privilege. This is madness, and we are in societal quicksand.

Flagler School Libraries Face Chilling Dangers Beyond Book Bans

November 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

If disingenuous were an undiscovered continent, Flagler County School Board member Jill Woolbright, above, would be its Columbus. (© FlaglerLive)

Book-banning doesn’t really exist: ban a book, and it gains more notoriety than ever. The danger ahead in Flagler schools is Board members Jill Woolbright’s and Janet McDonald’s attempt to keep certain books from even reaching library shelves before they’re bought, thus eliminating the glare of controversy. That kind of self-censorship is far more damaging to diversity on Flagler’s library shelves.

Inaction from Florida House on ‘Vile’ Social Media Posts Against Muslims and Palestinians from GOP’s Randy Fine

November 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

In mid-August, an official complaint was filed in the Florida House of Representatives against Randy Fine, the Palm Bay Republican, for “hateful” and “atrocious” social media comments directed to Palestinians and Muslims, whom he’s called “monsters,” “terrorists,” and “rapists,” among other Islamophobic bigotries, on his social media platforms.

Criminalizing a Black Jogger: 3 Georgia Men Found Guilty of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery

November 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Greg McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan face life in prison when sentenced.

Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was killed on Feb. 23, 2020, after being pursued through the predominantly white suburban neighborhood of Satilla Shores, near Brunswick in Georgia. For many, the manner of his death raised questions over the role race played in the killing, evoking a U.S. in which gangs of white men killed Black men and boys with impunity.

The Personhood Argument Gestating Over Abortion

November 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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On Dec. 1, 2021, the court will hear a case many believe will force the conservative justices — who now command a majority of the court — to decide if they will strike down Roe v. Wade or uphold the long-standing precedent. But a third path could focus a ruling on a more neglected aspect of the ruling in Roe — the court’s understanding of the facts of fetal personhood.

Conversion Therapy Is Lethal Bunk, But Fewer Than Half the States Ban It

November 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Twenty states have enacted bans on conversion therapy for minors, but that leaves 30 states in which there is only a partial ban or no ban at all.

Many LGBTQ youth live in states, Florida among them, that have no ban in place protecting them from conversion therapy – a practice that the scientific community has long since shunned, and that nearly doubles the incidence of suicide among gay, lesbian and bisexual people victimized by the fraud.

Rittenhouse Verdict Flies in the Face of Legal Standards for Self-Defense

November 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 95 Comments

Kyle Rittenhouse, aka Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois was 17-year-old whe he shot and killed two men and wounded another man in the arm during confrontations at two locations in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (DonkeyHotey)

In delivering its verdict, a Wisconsin jury decided that Rittenhouse’s conduct was justified, even though the prosecution argued that he provoked the violent encounter and, therefore, should not be able to find refuge in the self-defense doctrine.

It’s Our Right as Americans to Breathe Open Air Without Some Wussy Libtard Face Diaper

November 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Breathe free and die. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the fine MAGA folks of the Florida Legislature are right here in the state capital, passing laws telling Biden where he can stick that order making businesses with more than 100 employees mandate the vax. And yeah, it might cost the taxpayers several million for the lawsuits that’ll come out of these new bills, but keeping Florida free is worth every penny.

Closing Inquiry, Sheriff Rebuffs Charge of ‘Crime’ in Book Controversy; Woolbright Wants ‘All Young Adult Books Checked’

November 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

The Flagler County School Board's Jill Woolbright and Janet McDonald on Tuesday. the books to the right were McDonald's. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office found no grounds for a criminal inquiry into School Board member Jill Woolbright’s charge that making “All Boys Aren’t Blue” available to students was a “crime.” The sheriff was sharply critical of having been brought into a position of making judgments he said are the responsibility of the board and its processes. The inquiry also dismissed claims that Woolbright faced any immediate threat, as had been claimed.

Congressional Committee Launches Probe into University of Florida Policy That Gagged Professors

November 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

UF President Ken Fuchs. (UF)

In a letter to University of Florida President Kent Fuchs on Thursday, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties said the panel has opened a probe into UF’s conflict-of-interest policy used to silence professors, saying it “undermines the academic and free speech values that are essential” to higher education.

DeSantis Signs Bills Prohibiting Vaccine Mandates in Geographically Keyed Obscenity at President Biden

November 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis announcing the signing of anti-vaccine mandate bills in Brandon today, a location chosen intentionally to coincide with the far-right war chant "Let's Go Brandon," a euphemism for "fuck Joe Biden." (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

DeSantis has spent months battling with the Biden administration about Covid-19 policies, and Thursday’s event was held in Brandon, Fla., a community that shares a name with part of a conservative derogatory slogan about President Joe Biden.

Why All Boys Aren’t Blue Belongs in High School Libraries: A Response to Brian McMillan

November 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

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Palm Coast Observer Editor Brian McMillan would restrict the book at the center of a controversy from high school libraries, even though he doesn’t find it pornographic. His argument and his prescription are untenable, because they rest on an analogy that has no application to George Johnson’s “All Boys Aren’t Blue.” A school district committee is currently reviewing the book’s status.

Online Anonymity: ‘Stable Pseudonyms’ Create a More Civil Environment than Real User Names

November 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Research suggests that anonymity – under certain conditions – can actually make for more civil and productive online discussion. This surprising result came out of a study looking at the deliberative quality of comments on online news articles under a range of different identity rules.

Help Make Flagler County Known for Progress, Tolerance and Growth Instead of Ignorance and Hate

November 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Courtney Hildreth addressing the Flagler County Scvhool Board Tuesday evening. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

Offering the perspective of a parent, Palm Coast resident Courtney Hildreth calls on the Flagler School Board to re-focus on academic and intellectual freedom, ensuring access to age-appropriate literature, filling classroom vacancies, and preserving principles of equity and acceptance.

Potential Book Ban in Schools Galvanizes 2 Sides in Day of Highs and Lows as Sheriff Recoils at Criminal Complaint

November 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

A student-led demonstration in defense of book titles under review for potential bans by the district, with stacks of the books, all of them donated for distribution, at the ready. The demonstration was organized by Jack Petcocz, a student at Flagler Palm Coast High School. (© FlaglerLive)

the Flagler County School Board today contended with the fallout of a criminal complaint and call for a book ban filed by Board member Jill Woolbright, and did so for 10 hours, from a lengthy and at times ugly workshop to a student-led demonstration marred by harassment and insults by detractors to an evening meeting that stretched past 11 p.m.

Transgender and Gender Diverse Teens: How to Talk To and Support Them

November 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The webinar speakers, Jules Gill-Peterson (left) and Kacie Kidd. (courtesy of the scholars)

Transgender youth have been around long before the word transgender has. Yet today, transgender teens are increasingly visible in society. For parents and caregivers, knowing how to talk to their children about gender can present a steep learning curve.

The Flagler School Board’s Shameless War on Equity

November 13, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 34 Comments

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The Flagler school board doesn’t believe in equality anymore. The administration, out of fear and misplaced pragmatism, is abandoning the word “equity” and replacing it with a bromide of a euphemism–“student success”–in appeasement of a faction led by School Board members Jill Woolbright and Janet McDonald, the same board members targeting books and instructional materials with anti-racism and other minority-oriented themes.

11 White Jurors and One Black Juror: Ahmaud Arbery and the Limits of Justice

November 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Jogging while Black. Driving while Black. Walking while Black. Sitting in a public space while Black. Asking for help while Black. Eating while Black. Merely existing while Black. The cold, agonizing, disturbing truth is that to be Black in America is to regularly endure an ongoing onslaught of assaults and insults. These incidents are a stark reminder that to be Black in America means to live in a constant state of uncertainty.

Vague and Controversial Parents’ Bill of Rights Will Get Renewed Focus in Special Session of Legislature Next Week

November 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

State Rep. Erin Grall sponsored the parental "Bill of Rights" in 2021. (Florida House)

The Parents’ Bill of Rights, sponsored by State Rep. Erin Grall in the 2021 legislative session, was criticized for its vague language and unclear boundaries. But it became a clarion call for parent power as local school boards developed Covid policies impacting students, and a mask mandate debacle that pitted the executive branch against local school boards.

Jill Woolbright Wants 4 Books Banned Over Anti-Racism, LGBTQ, Police Violence and Rape Themes; District Removes Them Pending Review

November 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

Flagler County School Board member considers it a "crime" that "All Boys Aren't Blue" is allowed in Flagler school libraries. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux and © FlaglerLive)

Copycatting a tactic developing across the country and targeting the same books, Flagler County School Board member Jill Woolbright wants four books removed. The books, award winners and critically acclaimed, deal with LGBTQ themes, anti-racism, police shootings, and the trauma of rape. Three are by Black authors.

School Surveillance of Students Through Laptops May Be Doing More Harm Than Good

November 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Student surveillance is taking place – at taxpayer expense – in cities and school communities throughout the United States. In one large district, three-quarters of incidents reported – that is, cases where the system flagged students’ online activity – took place outside school hours.

UF Backs Off Gag Order on 3 Professors Testifying in Challenge to Restrictive Voting Law

November 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The First Amendment reappeared on the University of Florida's horizon after a struggle. (© FlaglerLive)

But the university drew national attention and widespread criticism after a court document revealed last week that the school was blocking the professors from testifying.

New Laws’ Fiscal-Impact Statements Are Routine. Now, Some States Push for Racial-Impact Statements.

November 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Kind of what Diego Rivera used to do decades ago. (Mike Steele)

In many states, lawmakers long have used so-called fiscal impact statements to predict how much money proposed laws will cost or save. Now more legislators want to use racial impact statements to predict how a particular measure might harm—or help—racial and ethnic groups or widen racial disparities, though you won;t see this in Florida any time soon.

2 Flagler School Board Members Object to Black Lives Matter Language and a ‘Hate Group’ Trolls District’s Library Books

November 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

A detail from the cover of a booklet called "The U.S. Constitution: Then and Now," used in fifth grade reading classrooms in Flagler schools. A parent found parts of the booklet objectionable and is seeking to have it removed. Two school board members are receptive.

The Flagler County School Board is not banning books–yet. But two board members–Jill Woolbright and Janet McDonald–are on the warpath, playing up isolated complaints about materials they find objectional on ideological grounds and mirroring similar attempts in other districts where a few voices have capitalized on largely manufactured controversies. The board members’ moves parallel a national extremist organization’s inquiry in Flagler and other Florida counties about the district’s book holdings, especially targeting racially-conscious and LGBTQ-themed books. 

Learning Is for Commie-Pinko Wokesters and We Don’t Need Any of It Around Here

November 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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Praise Jesus, here in Florida our governor has decreed that there will be no “The 1619 Project,” and none of that Critical Race Theory making our sweet white children hate themselves, their mamas and daddies, and their great-great-grandparents, who happened to belong to the Ku Klux Klan.

Facebook’s Misinformation Problem

November 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Leaked internal documents suggest Facebook – which recently renamed itself Meta – is doing far worse than it claims at minimizing Covid-19 vaccine misinformation on the Facebook social media platform.

K-Pop Is Trending. So Is Anti-Asian Bigotry.

October 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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There is no doubt that the representation of Asian people in Hollywood has improved. The pandemic has led to a disturbing rise in anti-Asian racism and hate crimes.

There Is a Vengeful America and a Just America. Guess Which Florida Promotes.

October 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Seth Penalver, left, was on death row for almost 19 years before his exoneration and release in 2013. Herman Lindsay, right, was exonerated several years ago before Penalver. They are seen here with Mark Elliott, who heads Floridians for Alternatives to the Death penalty. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida’s sentencing guidelines statute details the primary purpose of sentencing is to punish, not to rehabilitate. Honor demands vengeance. Respect commands justice. Two significantly different approaches.

Trump Wants His National Archives Papers Censored. Laws May Not Let Him.

October 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Before the establishment of the archives, many records were poorly stored. Here archives workers push a cart of Veterans Administration records into a vacuum chamber for fumigation in June 1936. Historic Photograph File of National Archives Events and Personnel, 1935 - 1975

At the center of the current conflict between Trump and the congressional committee is the status of presidential papers: Are they public or private? If they’re in the National Archives, they’re not necessarily private. Ex-presidents do not have the ability as former presidents to assert blanket executive privilege.

The Founders Didn’t Believe Your Sacred Freedom Means You Can Do Whatever the Hell You Want

October 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Gen. George Washington, center, ordered smallpox inoculations for his soldiers, saying there was ‘no possible way of saving the lives of most of those who had not had it, but by introducing innoculation generally.’ Ritchie, Alexander Hay, engraver; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

The founders agreed on one principle: They were unrelenting on the notion that circumstances often emerge that require public officials to pass acts that abridge individual freedoms. Even George Washington forced his troops to be vaccinated.

The Freedom to Vote Act Is No ‘Compromise.’ It’s an Imperative.

October 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

A very old ballot box preserved at the Flagler County Supervisor of Elections' Office in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

The Freedom to Vote Act was introduced in the Senate as the successor to the For the People Act, which was shot down twice by Republican filibusters. The new act, which has the support of all 50 Democrats in the Senate, is sometimes described as a “compromise bill,” but let’s be clear: The bill is no compromise when it comes to essential protections for voting rights.

Bisexual Superman: A Subtext Finally, Happily Out of the Closet

October 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Comic books faced increased censorship after 1954, over concerns on what was appropriate for children. (Library of Congress)

Son of Kal-El will be out this November, and will feature Jon sharing a kiss with friend and online journalist Jay Nakamura. Apart from proving Superman has always had a thing for reporters, Jon expressing his sexuality is a watershed moment in the venerable franchise.

Florida Republicans Want to Put Ban on Mask Mandates in State Law

October 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Sen. Keith Perry., a Gainesville Republican, filed the bill to enshrine bans on mask mandates in state law. (Facebook)

The proposal (SB 452), filed by Sen. Keith Perry, R-Gainesville, also would bar cities and counties from requiring people to wear masks or undergo medical procedures or treatments. It came a day after the Florida Department of Health announced it had imposed a $3.57 million fine on Leon County for requiring government employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Amid Uptick in Anti-Asian Hate, Florida Democrats Want Students to Learn More Asian American History

October 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The other pandemic. (Viviana Rishe on Unsplash)

Following 18 months of hate, violence and discrimination against Asian Americans and Asian immigrants, three Florida lawmakers want to incorporate the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders into the state’s curriculum. If approved by the Legislature and the governor, the AAPI courses and other materials would be added to required instruction under Florida law, such as history of African Americans and the history of the Holocaust.

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