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The Newest Reality Show: Florida Intolerance

December 14, 2011

Ralph De La Cruz: After leading an economic charge against the reality TV series All-American Muslim, Tampa Bay activist David Caton is ready to stand alongside Anita Bryant and Terry Jones in Florida's intolerance hall of fame.

Miles de trabajadores de caña de azúcar mueren ante escasez de acción oficial

December 13, 2011

Sasha Chavkin and Ronnie Greene: Cada año desde 2005 hasta 2009, la enfermedad renal ha matado a 2.800 hombres en Centroamérica, según el análisis de los datos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud llevado a cabo por la International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Thousands of Sugar Cane Workers Die as Wealthy Nations Stall on Solutions

December 13, 2011

Sasha Chavkin and Ronnie Greene: Mysterious kidney disease has killed thousands of men in an isolated region of Central America, but why?

El mercader bielorruso

December 13, 2011

Emilia Díaz-Struck: ¿Cómo llegó Venezuela a tener entre sus socios a un personaje cuestionado en Estados Unidos por Lavado de Dinero?

Florida Farmers Feeling Pains of Immigration Politics

December 7, 2011

Ralph De La Cruz: Last legislative session, Florida farmers fought off harsher immigration enforcement measures that could have adversely affected their labor pool. Now they're concerned about the effects of such measures from outside Florida's borders.

Florida’s Poverty Crisis

December 2, 2011

Ralph De La Cruz: Florida's rise in poverty is easily outpacing the nationwide increase.