Progress Florida’s Best of the Blogs for the week ending 5-27-16
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 5-27-16
Best of the Blogs is featured weekly as part of Progress Florida’s popular free Daily Clips service.
David Guest, Earthjustice: dont stay away for long
By Alan Farago
Eye On Miami
David Guest has been one of the most important environmentalists of a Florida generation that is now approaching retirement.
BP Disaster: 6 years later
By Shona Clarkson, Jordan Macha, and Raleigh Hoke
Gulf Restoration Network
This week, Gulf residents and the nation are marking 6 years since the beginning of the BP oil disaster.
Poll Shows Rick Scott As A VP Choice Would Hurt Trump
By Martha Jackovics
Beach Peanuts
Some might say that a Donald Trump-Rick Scott ticket would be a match made in heaven (or hell for anyone who isn’t one of the two) given their views on governing like a business that just may happen to help their own bottom lines.
GOP Congressman: The Relentless Investigation Into Planned Parenthood Is A Waste Of Time And Money
By Laurel Raymond
ThinkProgress
This week, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) submitted an appropriations amendment that would have defunded the House panel currently investigating Planned Parenthood over allegations the organization is selling “aborted baby parts.”
The Wage Equality Tipping Point
By Danielle Thomas
Fight For Florida
Several members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team including standout stars, Hope Solo, Alex Morgan, and Carli Lloyd, have filed a wage-discrimination claim against the U.S. Soccer Federation with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.