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Youth Climate Strike actions Friday in Tampa & St. Pete

Friday is a global youth climate strike; according to the Associated Press, “hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join worldwide demonstrations this week ahead of a U.N. climate summit in New York.” Our...

Water activist opposes Nestlé’s plan to bottle 1 million gallons a day from Florida springs

Nestlé wants to take more than one million gallons of water a day from Florida springs near Ginnie Springs and the Santa Fe River; the giant multinational corporation plans to put the water into plastic...

Hear from District 5 candidates in St. Petersburg City Council primary election

Three St. Petersburg City Council primary races are on the ballot this month. On WMNF’s MidPoint, we focused on the the primary election for District 5. It’s an open seat in South St. Pete and...
Donald Trump

President Trump blames El Paso shooting on “racist hate;” offers few solutions to gun violence

In two shootings over the weekend, in El Paso and in Dayton, 31 people died. President Trump spoke for about eight minutes Monday morning about the shootings. In part, the President said, “The shooter in...
St. Petersburg woman wants to save tree from Development / developers

Neighbors in St. Pete want to save tree from developers

Residents in the Allendale Terrace neighborhood of St. Petersburg are fighting to protect mature live oak trees from getting cut down to make room for new houses. A developer is building several homes on the...
Treat migrants with dignity sign; immigration, migrant detention centers

Nationwide human rights demonstration “Lights 4 Liberty” comes to Tampa Friday

This Friday in Ybor City is a demonstration called Lights 4 Liberty Tampa, which is described on its Facebook event page as part of a nationwide protest against human rights abuses of migrants at the border....
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried. Hemp marijuana

Ag Commissioner Nikki Fried defends Florida cabinet meeting in Israel

Both of Florida’s U.S. Senators are Republicans; the governor and two of the three other members of the state cabinet are Republicans; on MidPoint we heard from the only Democrat elected statewide in Florida: Department...
Bernie Sanders in Kissimmee, Florida. By Seán Kinane

What is democratic socialism? Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks out

What is democratic socialism? On WMNF’s MidPoint we heard sections of a speech from independent Senator Bernie Sanders who is running for president as a Democrat. He spoke last Wednesday (June 12, 2019) at George...
Pro-choice rally

Tuesday rallies planned to oppose abortion bans

Now that states like Alabama and Georgia have made it illegal for women to get an abortion in most cases, pro-choice activists are fighting back against the bans. There are several rallies planned for Tuesday...
Occupy ICE Tampa

Private company helped DHS spy on “family separation” demonstrators

In the summer of 2018 there was a widespread protest movement of people upset at the Trump administration’s “family separation” policy of separating migrant kids from their parents at the border. According to a report...
lgbt

LGBTQ Resource Center of Gulfport announces its Pride Month events

St. Pete Pride Festival is Sunday June 23; and for several weeks before that date, communities in Pinellas County are celebrating Pride Month 2019. Our guests in the studio spoke about some of the Pride...
Janet Cruz arming teachers

Bill to allow arming teachers passes Florida Senate

On Tuesday the Florida Senate passed a bill that would allow classroom teachers to carry firearms in schools. Expanding the number of school employees who can carry a gun is part of the larger bill...

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