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MidPoint: The Age of Censorship with Lois Lowry and Colette Bancroft
The banning of books and the prohibition against teaching real, accurate history used to be the plot of dystopian novels and Nazi policy in Germany in 1933, but now it's part of our reality. WMNF...
A university committee has written its recommendations for the USF Forest Preserve and an adjacent golf course north of the Tampa campus.
MidPoint: What does Florida House Bill 5 mean going forward?
On Thursday afternoon, Feb. 2, Florida's restrictive abortion bill, HB-5, passed 10-5 by the Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee. Earlier that day, WMNF MidPoint host Shelley Reback spoke with OB-GYN Dr. Robyn, an OB/GYN an abortion...
WaveMakers: Bemetra Simmons on keeping Tampa Bay competitive
As Tampa Bay grows as a community, the standards to be met grow along with it. In order to keep up with the competition, the Tampa Bay Partnership helps conduct community research, inform new policies...
Medicating Normal: a new documentary film asks whether patients get enough information when prescribed psychiatric drugs.
Crime was down at 2022 Gasparilla; here is how to recycle your beads
Arrests at Gasparilla Crime was low at last weekend’s Gasparilla compared to previous years. According to the Tampa Police in total there were 5 Gasparilla arrests including 2 felonies for battery on law enforcement. One missing...
Tampa Bay area cold weather shelters open Friday and Saturday nights
A list of Tampa Bay area cold weather shelters open during a January 2022 cold snap in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties and beyond.
A new treatment option: COVID-19 pills
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources People who have recently tested positive for COVID-19 have a new treatment option. Two new COVID-19 pills require a doctor’s prescription because of the limited supply and...
WaveMakers with Aaron Dietrich of St. Petersburg People’s Council
The Tampa Bay area is facing a housing crisis, with rent prices rising and citizens being forcefully evicted from their homes without another place to go. For the past year, the St. Petersburg People’s Council...
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor speaks to WMNF about affordable housing and efforts to combat the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Because of new FDA guidelines, Hillsborough stops offering antibody therapy treatments
Hillsborough County has stopped offering antibody therapy treatments because of new guidelines from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
Here’s how Floridians can learn more about Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease affects many of us; Some are caregivers or have a loved one with Alzheimer’s. According to the website of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, Alzheimer’s is a “progressive brain disorder that impacts memory,...
