The Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative nonprofit, has a long history of claiming voter fraud but getting its facts wrong.
Florida
Posted inVoting
Was Florida in 2018 a dry run for troubles in November?
A delayed vote-by-mail count in Florida’s 2018 midterm elections triggered protests, misinformation and unsupported charges of “fraud” by Republicans.
Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice
The victims who don’t count
Seven states won’t give victim aid to people with criminal histories. The policies fall hardest on black families.
Posted inUncategorized
Thieves are breaking into Florida gun stores, often in brazen ways
Thieves use rocks, bricks and even trucks to smash storefronts and gain access to hoards of weapons, a Tampa Bay Times and Reveal investigation finds.
Posted inUncategorized
82,000 stolen guns are missing in Florida
A thriving supply chain provides criminals in Florida tens of thousands of guns, an investigation by the Tampa Bay Times and Reveal has found.
Posted inAccountability
On 2 sides of a police shooting in Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida, is a politically divided city, where Donald Trump won the election by less than 2 points. The president’s vocal support for local police also receives a divided reaction here.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Money and Politics, The Trump Era
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Split down the middle
As Donald Trump assumes leadership of a divided nation, Reveal heads to Jacksonville, Florida, one of the most divided cities in America.
Posted inAccountability, Money and Politics, The Trump Era, Voting
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How to (really) steal an election
Reveal looks at the technology we’ll be using to vote next month, and whether the trend toward internet voting makes our ballots more vulnerable.
Posted inAccountability, Day Care, The God Loophole
Florida’s religious freedoms have let notorious day care owners thrive
Florida is one of 16 states that grants certain freedom from oversight to religious day cares.
Posted inEnvironment, Food Security
When working conditions are ripe for change
For decades, Florida tomato pickers endured some of the worst working conditions in the U.S., until workers started to organize in 1993, pushed for reform and got the public to aid their efforts.