By Ellen McHugh and Lydia Fiser

State budget cuts, rising tuition costs and lessening support from Bright Futures dim the light at the end of the tunnel.

By Rain Araneda and Henry Taksier

Despite recent efforts from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Publix refuses to address human rights violations within its supply chain.

By Cody Bond

“What occupiers call peaceably assembling, police call trespassing, and the past four months have been peppered with late-night arrests.” A closer look at what’s become of Occupy Gainesville.

By Henry Taksier

Florida’s farm workers are celebrating a renewed sense of hope this week. Starting March 5, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers will fast for six days outside Publix’s corporate headquarters in Lakeland, Fla.

By Aleksandra Bacewicz

The story of former UF student and civil rights veteran Dan Harmeling, who aggressively resisted bigotry and segregation before it was cool to do so.

By Diana Moreno

Outside Florida’s Republican primary debate at the University of South Florida, about 200 protesters voiced their objections to a broken system.

By Henry Taksier

Duane Schwingel, a neatly dressed father of two, identifies as a pro-life Christian conservative. He also writes defiant songs about the struggle to “tear down wall street” and restore democracy.

By Henry Taksier

“We’re making history at a place that honors my father,” he said. “Big business and government should not mix. This is a movement for morality and freedom.”

By Henry Taksier and Erik Knudsen

The popular uprising that started on Wall Street continues in Gainesville.

By Yaissy Solis

After pedaling 200 miles—under sunshine and rain—members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) arrived at the Publix Super Markets headquarters to ask Ed Crenshaw, CEO of Publix, to see first-hand the conditions farm workers face in the fields.