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Uncovering my generation’s silent addiction

By Sabrina Castro | Apr. 15, 2024

One of the most prominent addictions among my generation these days isn’t one of the things my parents warned me about becoming addicted to before coming to college: drugs, alcohol or sex. It is something normalized by friends and peers at all hours of the day, in public, during class and on holidays. 

Lillie Rooney sits on RTS Bus 35 on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.
ENVIRONMENT  |  ENTERPRISE

Proposed RTS cuts could impact future Gainesville, UF climate action plans

Apr. 15, 2024

The RTS system was established in 1974, and much of its history has been entwined with UF. For the 2024 fiscal year, UF contributed $13.7 million out of the total $28.5 million in RTS funding — making up about half of the program’s total revenue. Under the newly proposed plan, UF would switch to a contract of monthly payments and reduce its total funding to $6.8 million annually. This reduction of more than 50% would be detrimental to the RTS system, the city said. 

SPANISH

‘Los Republicanos han tenido la ventaja’: los votantes latinos de Florida no responden a las apelaciones de los demócratas

By Eluney Gonzalez | Apr. 15, 2024

  Señalado por la elección de Jair Bolsonaro de Brasil en 2018, una serie de populistas de derecha han asumido la presidencia en América Latina. Javier Milei en Argentina en 2023 y Nayib Bukele en El Salvador son las incorporaciones más recientes a esta tendencia, mientras que la popularidad de José Antonio Kasta en Chile solo aumenta para las elecciones en 2025. En toda Latinoamérica, parece que los partidos de izquierda han sido incapaces de captar la atención popular en la manera que Milei, Bukele y Bolsonaro han hecho. 

SPANISH

‘Republicans have had the upper hand’: Florida Latino voters are unresponsive to Democrats’ appeals

By Eluney Gonzalez | Apr. 15, 2024

  Signaled by the election of Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro in 2018, a slew of right-wing populists have assumed the presidency across Latin America. Argentina’s Javier Milei in 2023 and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele are the most recent entries into this trend, while Chile’s José Antonio Kast popularity only increases for the 2025 election. Across Latin America, it seems left-leaning parties have failed to capture the popular imagination in the way Milei, Bukele and Bolsonaro have. 

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