Floridians have an important decision to make this November when they head to the polls, and it’s not just to elect the state’s governor. If you choose, you can restore a felon’s right to vote. The Voting Restoration Amendment, which will be amendment number 4 on the ballot, will give voters the chance to decide...
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The case for community college
Community college is known for being cheaper, but less prestigious than a four-year university. But what do you get in lieu of that prestige? You get diversity. The percentage of students attending Pensacola State College (PSC) aged 25 and up is 45.35%; with 18-24-year-olds, it’s 42.8%. With age diversity, there are first-time college students and...
Women’s March Pensacola: The Y chromosome delimma
Editorial Participating in the Pensacola Women’s March, the amount of diversity represented that day was impressive. It was clear that participants did not march solely for the rights of women, but for the rights of everyone. People of color, the LGBT and newly added Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (QIA) community, immigrants, those of...
Editorial: Stop ignorance; Embrace understanding
Since 9/11 and the initiation of the War on Terror, Muslims have become easy targets for discrimination in Western society. This is especially true for Muslim women who are easily identified as Muslim by their headscarf, known as a hijab, worn by certain practitioners. Despite what many people think, Muslim is not a race...