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 Christine Csencsitz

Your wallet’s perspective on the city’s upcoming biomass facility.

By Aleksandra Bacewicz

A closer look at how promised Medicaid cuts will affect Shands Healthcare Center and its most vulnerable patients, such as Daniel Markey (see photo) whose cystic fibrosis medications amount to at least $15,000 a month.

By Lily Wan

Is nuclear energy necessary in Florida? Environmental organizations and industry critics question Progress Energy’s plans to revive Crystal River’s aging nuclear facility (and to build an entirely new one in Levy County).

By Faithful Okoye

Trayvon Martin is not unlike other black youths who have faced violence. So why has his case received so much media attention? And how is that attention affecting his case?

By Jeremiah Tattersall

If the U.S. Postal Service follows through with its current plan by May 15, all mail will be delayed by 2-3 days and Gainesville will loose 232 good, local jobs. Will Congress continue to gut the postal service?

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 Lily Wan

Horse meat may soon be coming to a butcher near you thanks to a new federal spending bill. With the ban lifted, as many as 200,000 horses could be slaughtered each year, and the industry may be subsidized by taxpayers.

By Faithful Okoye

Israeli journalist Amira Hass, the daughter of two Holocaust survivors, spoke at UF last week and shared her controversial perspective on the Israel/Palestine conflict.