Clinton Williamson

Jul 29, 2023 | truthout.org | Alyssa Bowen |Sharon Zhang |Eleanor Bader |Clinton Williamson

Skip to contentSkip to footerHere’s how to fight back against the dark money groups attacking schools and working to influence the 2024 election. When I began tracking the growing attacks on public education two and a half years ago as part of my research for the watchdog group True North Research, combating the disinformation spread by dark money groups felt daunting.

Apr 3, 2023 | truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Chris Walker |Clinton Williamson |Renuka Rayasam

As Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to run for president in 2024, his time at Guantánamo is coming under scrutiny. Prior to entering politics, DeSantis served in the Navy as an attorney, first at the U.S. prison at the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba and later in Iraq. Former Guantánamo prisoner Mansoor Adayfi says DeSantis personally witnessed him being force-fed and tortured, and other prisoners have backed up Adayfi’s account.

Mar 29, 2023 | truthout.org | Chris Walker |Clinton Williamson |Emily Drabinski |Sharon Zhang

Skip to contentSkip to footerA recent poll found that 61 percent of Floridians oppose the bill, which is backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Students from colleges and universities across Florida protested on Tuesday against a Republican proposal that would effectively ban courses and activities on diversity at institutions of higher learning.

Mar 21, 2023 | truthout.org | Clinton Williamson |Miles Hamberg |Chris Walker |Zane McNeill

On January 6, 2023, two years after the far right occupation of the U.S. Capitol, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he was appointing Christopher Rufo to the Board of Trustees of the New College of Florida. Rufo had been one of the key architects of the Republican effort to stir up a public frenzy around “critical race theory” — turning the term into a right-wing dog whistle for any attempt to teach the realities of racism and U.S. history.