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Monday, June 02, 2025

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Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Lowering poverty numbers misleading

Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the national poverty rate declined for the first time since 2006, down to 14.5 percent. The rate was 15 percent in 2012, so it would appear that the trend is moving in the right direction. However, these numbers are misleading.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

UF must improve tolerance of Islam

In continuing its efforts to strive “For the Gator Good,” UF announced earlier this year that it would be among the first universities in the southeastern U.S. to open a Center for Islamic Studies.



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