Professor says fear of changing America convinced Trump supporters
By Amber Bond | Apr. 6, 2018A professor who claims to be one of the few to have foreseen President Donald Trump would win the 2016 presidential election visited UF.
A professor who claims to be one of the few to have foreseen President Donald Trump would win the 2016 presidential election visited UF.
Dr. Francis Collins remembers playing guitar and singing Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’” at a dinner party in front of three U.S. Supreme Court chief justices — not long after the landmark 2015 decision to allow same-sex marriage nationwide.
Gail Johnson walked into First Magnitude Brewing Company with her arms raised to silence the crowd of about 60 supporters who were still watching voter results pour in.
An online panel of Alachua County and Gainesville politicians and political experts predicted City Commissioners Charles Goston and Harvey Budd will be re-elected in Tuesday’s municipal election.
For 17 minutes, about 100 Eastside High School students, arms linked, stood silent in their school courtyard Wednesday morning. Catherine Sarosi, 18, had never heard her classmates so quiet.
Gigi Simmons didn’t just want to be a single mother without an education. She wasn’t going to be a statistic.
Charles Goston doesn’t care if you remember his name in ten years — so long as the effect he had in Gainesville is everlasting.
Tyra Edwards earned her nickname “Ty Loudd” for being a prominent voice of District 1. Now she wants to take that voice to the City Commission.
Commissioner at large and Mayor Pro Tempore Harvey Budd is running for re-election because he feels incomplete.
Politics wasn’t on Gail Johnson’s radar until the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
A UF Student Government party will have to win more than 50 percent of the student vote to avoid a second election next week.
With a flourish of a sword made of tin foil and cardboard, 55-year-old Paula Pope challenged every driver who passed the Southwest 34th Street sidewalk she was standing on.
Despite receiving a cease and desist letter Jan. 17, organizers still plan to hold a pirate-themed protest Friday afternoon against Congressman Ted Yoho’s campaign contributors.
When former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine asked a room of about 20 UF students whether they watched Gov. Rick Scott’s final State of the State address earlier that morning, not a single person raised their hand.
Christopher Artiga knew the day would come.
In an effort to advocate for more funding for the National Science Foundation, UF President Kent Fuchs invited Congressman Ted Yoho to UF.
So, you’re headed home for Thanksgiving, or maybe you’re headed out-of-state to see extended family. Either way, at some point this week, you’ll be sitting down with your family and talking about… well, you, probably. You’ve been away at college, and your loved ones will want to know three things:
Harvey Weinstein. Roy Moore. Louis C.K. Sen. Al Franken. Kevin Spacey. President Donald Trump. That’s just off the top of my head. No, the gross crimes and actions these men have been accused of aren't the same and don't share moral equivalency. But the varying shades of sexual misconduct, assault allegations and rape charges indicate a systemic problem beyond Hollywood or Washington, D.C.
On the one year anniversary of the 2016 presidential election, Marcela Mulholland wanted people to connect.
Despite the fact former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election nearly one year ago to date, President Donald Trump, as well as much of America, is still waiting to see her fall even further.