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World Affairs conference in St.Pete; Adam Smith’s exclusive interview with Donald Trump
By Rob Lorei Our first guest on Radioactivity is former radio journalist Diane Seligsohn, who is commitee chair of the St.Petersburg Conference on World Affairs, which feature panels with diplomats, military, media, and academic experts discussing...
Controversy #2 On Life Elsewhere
“Should a Muslim printer be obliged to publish cartoons of Mohammed or a Jewish one the words of a Holocaust denier? Will gay bakers have to accept orders for cakes with homophobic slurs?” These are the...
Year in Review: Stories that had us talking in 2015
As the year 2015 comes to an end this week, we take time to review some of the top stories that had us talking this year. Gay marriage was legalized by the Supreme Court in...
The history of Florida’s anti-gay Johns Committee
Many people agree that the legacy of the Johns Committee is a dark stain on Florida’s history; it was a Cold War-era group that cracked down on gay and lesbian state employees including professors at...
SDS continues push to rid USF of Bill Young’s name
Students for a Democratic Society in Tampa is continuing its campaign to get the University of South Florida to remove the name of a former member of Congress from the ROTC building on campus because...
Students want Bill Young’s name off USF building
Some University of South Florida students are circulating a petition online to change the name of a building on campus that’s named after a former member of Congress who was also part of the Johns...
MidPoint conversation as Kim Davis returns to work
On Monday the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk who had been in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses returned to work. On MidPoint Monday we heard the statement Kim Davis gave as she began her...
Preview of Trans Lives Matter rally in Tampa
At least eighteen transgender women have been killed this year in the United States. This week there have been vigils and rallies across the country calling attention to violence against trans women. Friday night there...
Florida activist fed up that another trans woman of color is killed
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office tweeted Wednesday morning that they are still investigating the homicide of a transgender woman found dead Tuesday outside the University Area Community Center north of Fletcher Avenue; but instead of...
Equality Florida responds to Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision
Equality Florida responds to Supreme Court's marriage equality decision
Over the rainbow: St. Petersburg LGBT Pride Parade
On the heels of several Supreme Court decisions, the LBGT Pride parade in Saint Petersburg capped off a historically progressive week
SCOTUS ruling: Bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional
SCOTUS ruling: Bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional
