“It’s Been Weird and Scary”: On the Front Lines of New College’s Student-Led Rebellion Against Ron DeSantis

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“It’s Been Weird and Scary”: On the Front Lines of New College’s Student-Led Rebellion Against Ron DeSantis

Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Few schools in Florida have faced the wrath of Ron DeSantis quite like Sarasota’s New College, where alumnus David Canfield has a graduation day dispatch from the front lines of its right-wing takeover. “The mood,” he reports, “is joyously defiant” among students, “a collective show of resistance following five relentless months of firings, crackdowns, and anti-LGBTQ+ policy.”

Zooming out from the Sunshine State, Tom Kludt unpacks how the NFL’s deals with YouTube, Peacock, and Amazon could make live-sports streaming the wave of the future. Plus, Eric Lutz speaks with David Pepper, the former Democratic Party chair of Ohio, on why pro-democracy voters need to think locally to win nationally. Thanks for reading.

“It’s Been Weird and Scary”: On the Front Lines of New College’s Student-Led Rebellion Against Ron DeSantis

I jetted down to Sarasota for graduation day at my alma mater, where students are fighting back against a right-wing regime change that’s poised to wipe away the New College I once knew and loved.

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