Michael Braun

2 weeks ago | wgcu.org | Michael Braun |Dayna Harpster |Eileen Kelley |Kate Cronin

They came by the thousands in Southwest Florida, by the tens of thousands across the state and by the millions across the U.S. — for a variety of reasons both political and philosophical. No matter the reason, collectively, they bonded by fear, they bonded by hope.

1 month ago | wgcu.org | Michael Braun

Oral arguments are June 4 in a long-running case involving a Florida bar complaint before the Florida Supreme Court alleging bar rules violations against former Fort Myers attorney Christopher Crowley. The Florida bar's complaint is that Crowley, a candidate during the 2018 political campaign for state attorney of the 20th Judicial Circuit, "publicly disparaged his opponent through various political campaign materials, advertisements, and social media postings" among other rules violations.

1 month ago | internazionale.it | Michael Braun

I libri italiani letti da un corrispondente straniero. Questa settimana Michael Braun del quotidiano berlinese Die Tageszeitung. È un uomo sconfitto il Benito Mussolini dell’estate 1943, il duce appena defenestrato dal gran consiglio del fascismo e in seguito arrestato.

2 months ago | taz.de | Michael Braun

D er 25. April ist nicht irgendein Tag in Italien, sondern die Festa della Liberazione, das Fest der Befreiung. Jährlich feiern die Italiener das Ende der Terrorherrschaft der deutschen Nazibesetzer und der mit ihnen kollaborierenden Mussolini-Faschisten im Jahr 1945. Für die in Rom regierende radikal rechte Giorgia Meloni, für ihre postfaschistische Partei Fratelli d’Italia gab es an diesem Tag nie etwas zu feiern. Eher schon kann man sagen, dass ihnen das Fest der Befreiung gehörig stinkt.

2 months ago | wusf.org | Cary Barbor |Michael Braun

Nearly two thousand people turned out in Naples and Fort Myers Saturday in a second round of protests against policies and programs put into place during the start of President Donald Trump's administration. Protests were also confirmed across Southwest Florida in Port Charlotte, Venice, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tampa, as well as in other locations in Florida.