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On World AIDS Day, Obama announces more funding to domestic AIDS programs

By | 12.01.11 | 2:49 pm | More from The Florida Independent

President Obama announced today that $50 million in additional funds will be going toward treatment and care for people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.

Obama said during “The Beginning of the End of AIDS,” an online conference organized by ONE International, “a grassroots advocacy and campaigning More…

VIDEO: HIV/AIDS advocates propose measures to boost prevention and treatment

By | 12.01.11 | 2:32 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Gov. Rick Scott extended(PDF) “greetings and best wishes to all those observing” World AIDS Day today, while organizations in Florida and the U.S. are calling for action against the problems people living with HIV/AIDS are facing.

Bill Clinton defends Perry on immmigration

By | 11.08.11 | 5:45 pm | More from The Colorado Independent

It’s hard to see how this helps Rick Perry in a brutal Republican primary contest, but former President Bill Clinton on Monday defended Perry’s position on immigration and his support of the Texas Dream Act.

VIDEO: Florida Independent’s Virginia Chamlee discusses Big Sugar with Free Speech TV

By | 09.30.11 | 10:52 am | More from The Florida Independent

Free Speech TV invited The Florida Independent’s Virginia Chamlee on yesterday to discuss her recent feature examining the political clout wielded by Florida’s sugar industry.

Operation Rescue president: FACE Act enforcement is political move to silence abortion protests

By | 09.01.11 | 2:35 pm | More from The Florida Independent

In a recent story on NPR about the  Obama administration’s ramped-up enforcement of the FACE Act, Operation Rescue President Troy Newman says the enforcement is really just a “political tool” to shut down abortion protesters. #

Further explanation of federal board decision denying immigrants advisal before questioning

By | 08.17.11 | 4:00 pm | More from The Florida Independent

On Tuesday, The American Independent reported that the Board of Immigration Appeals, a body that is part of the U.S. Justice Department, made a decision on Aug. 11 arguing that federal regulations do not require that immigrants arrested without a warrant have to be notified of their rights before being More…

VIDEO: NHL’s Sean Avery joins small list of athletes publicly supporting gay rights, same-sex marriage

By | 05.09.11 | 10:19 am | More from The Colorado Independent

In Colorado, civil unions was too scary a concept to even be allowed the light of day that would come with a floor vote in the Republican House. The tough guys of the Judiciary Committee just said no. In New York, the campaign for marriage equality now has More…

Federal government sues Florida anti-abortion activist for blocking clinic access

By | 05.06.11 | 4:59 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The Obama Administration has cracked down on anti-abortion extremists who have obstructed access to abortion clinics in the past two years. Among the six lawsuits the Obama Justice Department has filed so far, is one against West Palm Beach’s Mary Susan Pine.

According to The Palm Beach Post, U.S. Attorney More…

ACT! for America alleges FBI investigation of Florida charter school

By | 03.25.11 | 2:13 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The Jacksonville chapter of the controversial group ACT! for America is accusing a local school of ties to terrorism in a new press release, linking the school to an FBI investigation through a media report that, contrary to ACT!’s claims, indicates any actions the FBI is conducting has More…

If the government shuts down, which services will be shut off?

By | 02.23.11 | 1:20 pm

The rumor mill on Capitol Hill has the nation anticipating a federal government shutdown, which could happen in nine days if Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on the federal spending plan for the remainder of the current fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30. The current plan runs out on More…