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What Keiko Kopp’s story illustrates about pregnancy, healthcare and First Amendment rights in the state’s only prison for pregnant women.
Read More »Her TikTok broadcasts from inside a Florida prison are exposing conditions to millions.
Putnam Board Of County Commissioners Voted To Move A Confederate Monument. Now They’re Considering An Ordinance To Protect It.
On Confederate Memorial Day in 1924, the cornerstone was laid for a monument that, nearly a century later, has caused a twisting, emotional, yearlong debate in Putnam County with no clear end in sight.
Read More »In Limbo: Syrian Man In Gainesville Has Waited Eight Years To Plead His Case For Asylum
Jehad was born into a powerful family in Syria. But in America, where his asylum case has been pending for over eight years with no updates, he learned what it means to be powerless.
Read More »60 Years of Activism in Gainesville: Denifield Player to Tiffany Pennamon
Thursday marks one month since former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. And Tuesday is one year since Floyd’s death, an event that sparked months-long protests across the country in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In Gainesville, over 1,000 community members came …
Read More »Black Thursday: How A Sunny Day 50 Years Ago Left A Stain On UF History
The fledgling Black Student Union at UF had been discussing for a while the changes they sought from the administration. On this April day in 1971, they marched to Tigert Hall with six demands in hand.
Read More »Running Regas: Dunnellon Native Seeks Paralympic Glory In Tokyo
The 39-year-old Regas Woods can see his future this summer in Tokyo, representing the United States again as a Paralympian.
Read More »Former UF Student Chris Herman Sets Sights On Tokyo Paralympics
Chris Herman graduated from the University of Florida in the Spring of 2020 with one goal: qualify for the Tokyo Paralympics.
Read More »Unseated: Why Tyrone Oliver Won An Ocala City Council Race But Never Held Office
Tyrone Oliver won a city council race in Ocala. But a decades-old felony conviction came back to haunt him.
Read More »A Total Freefall: Gainesville Sinkhole Showcases Cracks In Geology And Government Systems Alike
None of the residents of Westwood Estates were prepared for the world to cave in on Oct. 22. Beneath their feet, groundwater coursed through porous limestone and, over time, sliced it into karst. The rock below turned into swiss cheese.
Read More »The Forgotten City
On August 27, 2020, Category 4 Hurricane Laura slammed into the southwest Louisiana community. The city of Lake Charles was completely devastated and will take years to recover.
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