Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 5-6-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.
Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 5-6-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.
“My Name is Catherine” – A Transgender Floridian’s Journey to Legal Recognition
By Catherine Merchant
Blog Of Rights
A name is a very special thing, just a set of words that refer to you more personally than anything else, but I imagine most people go through their whole lives without ever giving their name any real thought.
Inhumane: My Experience At A For-Profit Immigrant Detention Center
By Yennifer Mateo
Fight For Florida
As an immigrant and activist I’ve heard the horror stories from friends and family about abuses in detention centers, but I set it upon myself to investigate the matter first-hand.
Tampa Tribune Death A Long Time In Coming
By Kartik Krishnaiyer
The Florida Squeeze
Tuesday’s announcement that the Tampa Bay Times was buying the Tampa Tribune and ceasing publication of the later paper may have come as a shock to many who casually follow the media industry, but for those of us who work in it and keep tabs on these things it seemed almost anti-climactic.
Shady Solar States
By Alissa Jean Schafer
CleanEnergy Footprints
What do you call a super sunny state with regressive and oppressive solar policy, actively working to prevent the healthy development of this clean and affordable source of power?
California And Florida Governors Duel On Climate Denial
By Katie Valentine
ThinkProgress
When it comes to climate change — and climate-denying politicians — California Gov. Jerry Brown doesn’t mince words.