On Jan. 31, the day before the start of Black History Month, there were at least 14 reports of bomb threats targeting HBCUs — and some of the schools went into lockdowns for at least part of the day. The threats at universities included: Bowie State, Delaware State, Southern, Albany […]

Dianne Williams-Cox was elected to the Tallahassee City Commission in November 2018, the same year as fellow commissioner Jeremy Matlow. “I have listened to and stood up for our community and city as a whole and I hope you have taken notice of my earnest desire to serve,” Williams-Cox said. […]

Florida A&M’s School of the Environment hosted a fireside chat on Friday with Daniel Blackman, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional 4 administrator. This event was moderated by Joel Blount, Jr., the school’s coordinator of academic programs, and Courtney Wallace. It marked the debut of the program’s spring 2022 seminar series. […]

Behind the counters of Florida State University’s food services like Starbucks, Chick-fil-A and Steak ’n Shake, student workers are organizing to increase their wages and demand safer working conditions. On Jan. 19, Instagram account @fsuagainstaramark created their first post, detailing the history of worker exploitation, shameful food practices and prison […]

Building relationships between campus police, students and faculty at colleges and universities is vital because it maintains a productive and trustful relationship to improve student’s lives and safety on campus. Campus police officers are sworn into their role to protect and assist those who work and live on the campus. […]

Former Tallahassee Police Department officer, Charles Hansford, has been fired after slamming a handcuffed man into a concrete wall at the Leon County Detention facility.  On Jan. 18, Hansford and his partner, Edward Campbell, apprehended the man at 3 a.m. near the intersection of Blair Stone and Centerville. Upon responding […]

Many Americans have received booster shots in hopes of staying protected against COVID-19 Since many of the authorized COVID-19 vaccines are significantly less protective against new variants of COVID-19, researchers have suggested that a booster will restore protection.  These vaccines were developed to teach the human body to fight COVID-19. […]

The Florida Senate is poised to consider a bill which removes the back rent that most tenants are required to pay before starting their court process once evicted. Senate Bill 582 removes back rent pay, which waives a tenant’s defenses. In the revised version of the bill, the removed section […]

The first Starbucks store to unionize was last December in Buffalo, N.Y. It created a wave of action within Starbucks across the United States, and Florida’s first store — in Tallahassee — filed for a union election mid-January. Located on North Monroe Street just south of John Knox Road, the […]