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  Far-Right Anti-Climate Change, Anti-"Islam" Group Adivising DeSantis on Education

  December 17 at 12:11 p.m.

  DeSantis' advisory board includes two members of the Florida Citizens' Alliance, which hates Islam.

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  Parkland Commission Chairman's Support of Sheriff Outrages Victims' Families

  December 12 at 4:02 p.m.

  As chairman of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, Bob Gualtieri was supposed to bring accountability to the families that lost loved ones in that school’s massacre on Valentine’s Day. But Tuesday, Gualtieri slapped those families across the face...

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  Miami-Dade Schools Are Making Students Sign Anti-Vaping Pledges

  December 4 at 7:34 a.m.

  Earlier this year, the Miami-Dade County School Board decided to consider installing sensors in school bathrooms to deal with what they called the epidemic of teens vaping on campus. The district is still researching that idea, but in the meantime has come up with a different solution: making kids sign...

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  Students Outraged at Confederate Banner at Miami-Dade Charter School

  November 21 at 3:30 p.m.

  Most Americans (up North, at least) likely made it through high-school history class without their teacher flying a Confederate flag in the classroom. It's perfectly easy to teach kids about the pro-slavery Confederacy without draping the Rebel banner across the room.

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  Miami’s Teachers Don’t Just Deserve Higher Pay – They Need It

  October 29 at 8 a.m.

  Teachers will get a raise if MIami-Dade voters approve a referendum that would allow the county to raise $232 million a year through an increase in property taxes over the next four years.

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  Here's a Recent History of FIU Students Being Racist and Awful

  October 21 at 8 a.m.

  Florida International University students really can't seem to stop themselves from being gigantic assholes. From frats to campus conservative groups to, ahem, other campus-conservative groups, New Times keeps catching FIU kids acting like complete garbage. In recent years, FIU President Mark Rosenberg has had to suspend Greek Life on campus, college...