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Women’s Issues
Amendment 4: Why It Failed and What To Do Now
The Democratic Socialists of America have some thoughts on why Amendment 4 for abortion access failed and what to do next.
An appeals court blocks a federal Title IX rule amid a lawsuit from Florida & other states
A divided appeals court has blocked a new federal rule about sex-based discrimination in education programs.
Drawn from research conducted over the course of a decade, education scholar Rachelle Winkle Wagner elevates in The Chosen We : Black Women’s Empowerment In Higher Education the experiences and oral histories of 105 accomplished,...
The Scoop: Wed. April 24th, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
Biden speaks in Tampa President Joe Biden came to Tampa to speak about abortion rights Peace activists protest Biden More than one hundred anti-war demonstrators protested against Biden My Safe Florida Home money A bill...
Only one Florida hospital makes national rankings for Black maternal health
Listen: It’s Black Maternal Health Week, and a new list released Thursday from U.S. News & World Report ranks hospitals with high black maternal health outcomes. Only one Florida hospital is ranked among 26 across...
Experts review the legal and medical status of reproductive rights & technologies today. Surrogacy lawyer Roia Barrios and reproductive endocrinologist & obgyn fertility specialist Dr. Carolina Sueldo discuss the Alabama IVF law, "fetal personhood," the...
Florida Public Health, Unions Under Threat
Anti-vaccine Florida surgeon-general politically defies science and the Center for Disease Control. Florida reels from a new outbreak of measles while the surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, face calls to be fired. His anti vaccine stance...
Women’s History Month: Power of Fight
Women were instrumental in saving two schools headed for closure in Tampa. Women fight and win consequential battles with little notoriety. Women historically have had to battle against slavery and empowered the abolitionist movement, against...
Two Important Books On American Women’s Lives
Felicia Kornbluh – A Woman’s Life Is a Human Life A Woman’s Life Is A Human Life – My Mother, Our Neighbor and the Journey from Reproductive Rights to Reproductive Justice is the story of...
Florida House supports excusing new mothers from jury duty
Women who have given birth within six months before the reporting date on jury summonses be excused if they request such an excusal.
A panel of Attorneys and Organizers from Floridians Protecting Freedom, the coalition of advocacy groups promoting the abortion rights FL Constitutional Amendment, are with us to discuss the referendum’s path through collecting petition signatures to...
Episode 20: Interview with Tarneisha Peters, Director of BBIF small business loan institution
Episode 20: Interview with Tarneisha Peters, Director of BBIF small business loan institution
