The city council is expected to vote today on a proposal to expand Tampa's anti-discrimination laws to include transgender individuals. The proposed ordinance, if approved, would extend laws prohibiting discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation, sex, race and religion to include "gender identity or expression" as a protected class. ...more

November 5, 2009

Indya Martin, a freshman at the University of Florida, wrote an uplifting song about global poverty that took first place at the Serve Fest Talent Show held last month at the Ritz Union amphitheatre at the University of Florida. ...more

March 18, 2009

Now that Fidel Castro is retiring, it is certainly time to take a second look at the long embargo and antagonism against Cuba. ...more

February 26, 2008

There is a fine line between crime prevention and a flagrant disregard for rules, laws and basic human rights. I am saddened yet happy that our communities are choosing to draw a line in the sand and take action against our law-breaking youths. ...more

February 10, 2008

Most of us can easily picture a scene in which a villain is forced to talk by tough good guys who find out just in time how to stop a ticking bomb that would have destroyed a city. ...more

January 31, 2008

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Sunday rejected the U.S. Senate's call to suspend Myanmar, saying the military-ruled country is like a troubled child who must be disciplined with dialogue. ...more

November 19, 2007