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Posted inPolitics
Florida Is (Hypothetically) Winnable for Biden and the Democrats
The third most populous state is expensive and hasn’t gone blue since 2012. But can abortion put the swing back in the Sunshine State?
Posted inSeptember/October 2023
“What’s the Matter With Florida?”
The GOP’s doomed war against higher ed.
Posted inPolitics
Ron DeSantis’s Moderate Sabbatical Year
In his first months as Florida’s governor, DeSantis actually governed as an inclusive center-right politician before becoming a crazed culture warrior. What does this mean for his 2024 bid?
Posted inProtecting the Vote
Florida’s New Law Takes Aim at Voter Registration
The statute jacks up fines and imposes onerous new requirements on the American tradition of community groups registering voters—a move so at odds with historical precedent that even conservative judges, including the Roberts Court, should strike it down.
Posted inEducation
Why Does Ron DeSantis Want to “Fix” a High-Ranking College?
New College, a small public liberal arts school the Florida governor wants to overhaul, already scores well on the Washington Monthly’s college list—and U.S. News’s, too.
Posted inMagazine
In a Biden-DeSantis Race, All Politics Will Be Local
In June 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation blocking local governments from requiring that gas stations in their jurisdictions provide electric vehicle charging stations. It was a classic DeSantis move, like his effort to ban certain books from school libraries: aggressively use state power to overturn decisions by local officials that he doesn’t like. […]
Posted inPolitics
Is Ron DeSantis the Republican Michael Dukakis?
The Florida governor puffs up his record, falsely claiming a vast migration away from woke states.
Posted inPolitics
DeSantis Emulates Trump, But the Act Is Weak
The Florida governor wants the ex-president’s mantle, but he lacks the unique traits that have made Trump a political behemoth.
Posted inEducation
The Wars on Free Speech
Red-state legislatures clamping down on free speech are horrifying. It’s time for liberals to finally take campus censorship seriously.
