Letters to The Editor: 10/30/2014
Voter apathy: A killer of Democracy By: Kay W. Brown, President, Palm Beach County classroom Teachers Association-Retired (561) 784-8809 When I hear someone saying that …
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Immigrant groups mobilize Florida minority voters
MIAMI (AP) — Some door knockers may not be eligible to vote themselves, but that hasn’t stopped them from trying to persuade thousands of others …
SENATE DEMOCRATS BORROW $10M AS RACES TIGHTEN
BY PHILIP ELLIOTT WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats’ campaign operation on Friday said it borrowed $10 million for a last-minute boost to their fundraising, as …
BIDEN’S NEW ROLE IF SENATE SPLITS
BY JOSH LEDERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s the stuff of a campaign manager’s dream: The sitting vice president, in the midst of his own run …
DEMOCRATS LOOK FOR HOPE IN VOTES CAST EARLY
ATLANTA (AP) – Registered Democrats have out-voted Republicans by double-digit margins among ballots cast early in two bitter southern Senate races. But the political climate …
Haitian families may legally migrate to the United States
Orleus Louima made his way from Haiti to the United States by way of the Bahamas in 1989. While riding the bus during a 2007 …
Black Americans struggled and died for the right to vote
Sybrina Fulton, mother of iconic slain teenager, Trayvon Martin, says she’s not a celebrity! But with one look at her date book, you’ll find that …
Commissioner Lopez sees politics as chance to serve the Keys community
In eclectic Key West, a guitar-playing commissioner jamming with his siblings in a band called ‘Total Recall,’ is not out of the ordinary. Ordinary could …
Dream Defenders combine activism, technology and social media to fight racism
The video of a woman conversing with her young son in their kitchen looks like a routine interaction from a middle class African-American home. As …
Voter turnout, races, critical in Palm Beach
(WEST PALM BEACH) — It was one small step for a young man that some hope will be part of a quiet leap in voting …