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Middle East
USF student government votes to divest from human rights abusers
This week the University of South Florida student government Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution to pull the university’s investments from companies involved in human rights violations against Palestinians; but USF appears ready to reject the...
MidPoint for 1.14.16 – Rolling Stone reporter Janet Reitman on the current situation at Gitmo
In a recent issue of Rolling Stone, reporter Janet Reitman traveled to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where now over 90 “enemy combatants” awaiting, well, not necessarily a trial, but some decision on their future. Reitman joined...
Propublica project finds $17 billion wasted in Afghanistan
By Rob Lorei Asphalt roads that can’t be maintained. A gas station that no one used. A soybean farming project in a region that cannot grow the crop. A new interactive project by a team...
St. Pete mayor Rick Kriseman protested for banning Trump
This week St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman made headines by firing back on social media against Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Trump said the U.S. should stop letting Muslims into the country, to which Kriseman...
CAIR Florida speaks out against Trump’s call to ban muslims from entering US
By Rob Lorei In the latest in a string of controversial remarks made during his presidential campaign, Donald Trump last night called for a ban on all Muslims traveling to the United States until politicians...
Rick Kriseman “bans” Donald Trump from St. Pete
Donald Trump’s statement Monday that all Muslims should be stopped from entering the U.S. has led to criticism from around the globe and across the political spectrum; a tweet by St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman criticizing...
by Rob Lorei Today we listen to the latest episode of Florida This Week, a political talk show moderated by Rob Lorei that airs Friday nights on local PBS station WEDU. This week’s panel of...
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...
Love Has No Borders – new Tampa group helps refugees
Amid the vitriolic rhetoric targeted at potential refugees coming to the U.S., a new group has just formed in Tampa Bay to help refugees get basic services and adjust to life in a new country....
Women’s Show on “Perilous Times – Paris and Beyond” 11/19
What perilous times….. Paris is the epicenter of the world right now. What to do – who and how are critical. Just policies demand an understanding of people. How much did our endeavors in...
By Rob Lorei Today on Radioactivity we are joined by comedic musician Roy Zimmerman, who sings guitar-based folk songs poking fun at the political topics like Same-Sex Marriage, creationism, guns, and Marijuana (with some jabs at...
