The unedited responses on 16 issues from Orange County’s mayoral candidates – Orlando Sentinel
Readers of this column and the Orlando Sentinel submitted more than 100 questions for the candidates for Orange…
Commentary: How museums can expand access – Orlando Sentinel
Museums are in a period of significant capital investment and facility transformation regionally, nationally and internationally. Following the…
Our generational chance to tackle our trash
As concerned citizens, we are issuing this appeal to member cities of the Solid Waste Authority of Broward…
Commentary: An academic discipline is not a slogan – Orlando Sentinel
My 77-year-old mother clearly remembers the day in June 1980 when a Sisters of Mercy nun in full…
Commentary: There is a better way to fund Orlando public transit – Orlando Sentinel
As I’ve grown up in Orlando, the biggest changes I’ve experienced are rent going up and traffic getting…
Commentary: Promised downtown Orlando renaissance hasn’t happened – Orlando Sentinel
When Buddy Dyer first ran for mayor more than two decades ago, downtown Orlando was supposed to become…
Commentary: If 17-year-old can have a voice in Tallahassee, so can you – Orlando Sentinel
Less than two years ago today, I had no clue what sustainability advocacy was, let alone how to…
How life today looked to us back in 1976
Fifty years ago this weekend, America celebrated its 200th birthday. Our “long national nightmare” of Watergate was over,…
Commentary: Banning Dreamers from Florida colleges is cruel and undemocratic – Orlando Sentinel
There is something fundamentally wrong about denying a young person access to higher education. It goes against our…
Commentary: America 250 is a chance to recommit to local journalism – Orlando Sentinel
As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, communities across the country are reflecting on the people, events,…
Build a new City Hall and build jobs, too
Fort Lauderdale needs to build a new City Hall. Done right, that project serves the public twice. It…
Commentary: Break the silence — be open about men’s mental-health struggles – Orlando Sentinel
Pride Month. Caribbean American Heritage Month. Juneteenth. Every June, millions of Americans celebrate these awareness campaigns, making it…