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Coral reef scientist Bill Precht talks about how hot it is in Florida waters and how that is impacting coral bleaching and other marine life.

WMNF’s Chris Young speaks with a Florida doctor about the importance of skin safety getting screened as sunny weather is here.

Beginning with the importance of mental health and self-love for young people, Dr. Fred Harvey and Jelani Nichols discussed the resources available on the Motivating the Teens Spirit website. With 8.7% of kids diagnosed with...

H. H. Leonards, the author of the book, Rosa Parks: Life, Lessons and Leadership is touring florida and joins the show to discuss the iconic “mother of the civil rights movement” Rosa Parks. The O...

Days after a 7-year-old was killed, activists are speaking up against gun violence by engaging their local neighborhoods at a community outreach event over the weekend.

Only days after a 7-year-old was shot in the head during a 4th of July gunfire exchange, Tampa activists are speaking up against gun violence by engaging their local neighborhoods. DJs played tunes, and families...

The voice of recording Artist, Jill Scott, kicks off the program with a protest version of “The Star-Spangled-Banner” which exclaims the U.S. is ‘Not the land of the free, but the home of the slave’....

The New College of Florida Board of Trustees on Thursday approved requesting $2 million dollars from the state Legislature to set up a “Freedom Institute” intended to get rid of what they call “cancel culture”...

Listen: St. Petersburg has allocated 8.6 million dollars to a new mental health initiative. The city’s mayor made this announcement Friday at the “Healing While Black” summit at Eckerd College. Mayor Ken Welch was one...

The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments Sept. 8 in a case that could play a major role in the future of abortion rights in the state.

After Florida’s first recorded case of the contagious chronic wasting disease fatal to deer, wildlife officials said other cases are likely.

On today’s edition of The Skinny WMNF Tampa 88.5-FM, we’re joined by reps for Black Faculty and Staff Association at University of South Florida—Geveryl Robinson, Vice President-Faculty Liaison for BFSA and Dr. Frank Pyrtle ,...