Residents gathered at city hall Thursday morning to raise a flag representing the emancipation of slaves in the U.S. and to kick off a celebration “Journey to Juneteenth” from May 20 to June 19.
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As House Bill 1 “Combating Public Disorder” passed the Florida House of Representatives Friday, activist groups rallied in Orlando to protest the legislation.
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For Women's History Month, we profile two women who have been significant in the fight for equality in Gainesville.
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As the year comes to a close, here's a look back at the stories that stayed in the headlines.
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After years of campaigning internationally for greater access to education for girls, Malala Yousafzai took her final classes at Oxford University like other students everywhere – on Zoom. A Pakistani who in 2014 became the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, at age 17, Yousafzai these days has moved from fighting with …
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Sprowls’ views on law enforcement and patriotism were among a handful of issues the new speaker outlined during his remarks Tuesday.
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Stanley Richardson, the Alachua County poet laureate, choked over the words Thursday evening as he read from one of his new poems, “8 Minutes and 46 Seconds”:
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As of Tuesday, the proposal is still a draft. No bills have been filed in either the House or Senate.
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E. Stanley Richardson will serve as Alachua County's first poet laureate, a position that has a two-year term.
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A former Alachua County Library District employee has filed a federal lawsuit stemming from her demotion after she posted on Facebook her views against the Black Lives Matter movement.
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