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syrian refugees
Pinellas 5th grader writes about Syrian refugees, wins Sandy Hook essay contest
A Pinellas County 5th grader won first place in a national essay competition called the Sandy Hook Promise Student Voices contest. The idea was to write about how to make fellow students feel more included...
8th grader who wants to help Syrian refugees is Crist’s guest for president’s speech
Many Democratic members of Congress are inviting immigrants as their guests to watch President Trump’s speech Tuesday night; St. Petersburg’s Charlie Crist is inviting a local 8th grader who wants to help Syrian refugees relocate...
Experts in St. Pete say Syrian refugees won’t pose a threat
Legislation working its way through the Florida House would make it more difficult to accept refugees from wars in the Middle East. What’s known as the “Prevention of Acts of War” bill would authorize 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...
Women’s Show on “Standing Up to Terrorism” 12/3
With the recent Paris attack, terrorism is in all of our minds….. Congress seems to be obsessed with the dangers from Syrian widows and orphans. Women throughout this country are in daily fear when they...
Florida This Week discusses political opposition to Syrian refugee resettlement.
BY Rob Lorei Today we listen back to the latest episode of Florida This Week, a political talk show moderated by Rob Lorei and broadcast by local PBS station WEDU. This week, the panel of...
