Just Weird – Dress codes are often established to encourage professionalism and workplace harmony. In the case of one law firm in South Florida, wearing the wrong color was enough to get 14 employees fired. The now unemployed workers of the Elizabeth R. Wellborn law firm in Deerfield...

Animal Rights – Thinking that there simply aren’t enough pink poodles in Florida, one man set out to right what he felt was an unbearable aesthetic injustice, and he may end up playing the Grim Reaper to hundreds of chicks, ducks, and bunnies dyed and sold as Easter pets. Greg...

Animal Rights – A proven tool in animal rights activism is being challenged in Utah. The state may make it illegal to use hidden cameras on agricultural land. The sponsor of the bill, Rep. John Mathis, has said that the ban is necessary because “national propaganda groups”...

Environment – The recent burning of a 3,500 year old tree in Florida has earned the local landmark an unexpected, possible future – it is a candidate for cloning. The tree, known as The Senator, was initially thought to be burnt in an act of arson, was actually taken by nature,...

Environment – There is a new addition to the Florida endangered species list; the Hemiargus thomasi or Miami Blue. In the 1970s, abundant along the Florida Coast and south to the Florida Keys, these petite, colorful, and once widespread butterflies had once been taking up residence in a...

Social Issues – Trader Joe’s, a popular grocery chain, has finally signed the Fair Food Agreement (FFA) with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). The signing of the FFA will require the store to pay a penny more per pound for tomatoes and will ensure better working conditions...

Animal Rights – After rescuing two manatees from winter weather last year, Sea World recently released Bodacious and Mud Puppy into a canal off of Banana River in Satellite Beach, Florida where the waters are warm. The two rescued sea cows were nursed back to health by Sea World’s...

Environment – Sustainability is at the forefront of Futurist organization the Venus Project, a movement to find a “feasible plan of action for social change,” that will bring peace and sustainability where culture and nature meet. Located in Venus, Florida, the Venus Project...

Social Issues – Dozens of supporters for the non-profit organization Lauren’s Kids are making a 1,500 mile trek starting in Key West and ending in Tallahassee, Florida to help raise awareness for childhood sexual abuse victims. “Walk in My Shoes” is an event that...

Social Issues – A 13 year old Florida girl was beaten unconscious and left spasming by seven 12 to 15-year-old students. The five girls and two boys attacked the victim on the bus, prompting the bus driver to stop. When the fighting stopped, the driver continued, and so did the fighting....

Environment – Recent regulations proposed by the Obama administration have been placed on hold by a federal court, delaying a move that would reduce pollution from power plants in 27 states. The great states of Florida, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Louisiana, and Ohio requested the delay,...

Animal Rights – The latest round of efforts to eradicate the cruel practice of greyhound racing is underway, with a national rights group seeking to eliminate the practice in Florida. Best known for its Sarah McLachlan commercial that can cause even the most cold hearted of bitches to...

Animal Rights – It seems as if animals are forming their own revolutions these days, what with the Yvonne the cow, Waldo the bull, the hunting dog in Salt Lake City, and now, Eli, a bulldog in Florida. Eli, waiting for his opportunity to play his part in the Animal Revolution, found the...

Civil Rights – A new Palm Beach truancy court is devising plans to lower the state’s absentee rate for children by punishing… the parents? Florida laws states that parents of children (under the age of 16) cannot let their kid miss 15 days of school within a sixty day...

Social Issues – All-American retailer Lowe’s has decided to pull advertising from American Muslim, a TLC reality show, after receiving complaints from several conservative and/or Christian organizations. The show depicts American Muslims serving in typically American careers,...

Animal Rights – Fond memories of Thanksgiving run rampant through any family; the food, the atmosphere, the family feuds, the food fights, and, of course, the guest of honor, the turkey. Normally, the last thing you would think of on this day of thanks, is frying up your beloved pet to...

Environment – An orphaned female manatee that SeaWorld Orlando rescued from the Sebastian Inlet on Wednesday, has died, despite around the clock care by the animal rescue team. The calf, which was between 3-6 months old and weighed approximately 109 pounds, was in stable condition when...

Animal Rights – Pet therapy for those who are incarcerated has become an increasingly popular program throughout state correctional institutes. Sometimes dogs are brought in to help inmates cope with being in prison, or to provide a chance to learn about responsibility. What happens when...

Social Issues – It is completely befuddling that educators, of all people, are being forced to take up second jobs just to make ends meet. Regardless of all the obvious things that are wrong with that statement, it’s a fact that second jobs are becoming increasingly common in the...

A business consortium containing the likes of Lockheed Martin and Barclays bank plans to invest $650 million over the next several years to slash the energy consumption of buildings in the Miami and Sacramento areas. Proponents of the plans are describing it as “the most ambitious...

Every candidate running for an office has been in the news lately trying to prove that he or she is what “America needs”. Yet all we seem to hear about is gay marriage (it is wrong) and the debt (cut funding). Florida’s republican candidates vying for a spot in the US Senate are...