December 5, 2021
Jacksonville City Councilman Matt Carlucci surprised some people last week when he abandoned his bid for Jacksonville Mayor. Carlucci launched…
December 2, 2021
Rising seas swamp Black, Spanish and Indigenous history in St. Johns County
A city reliant on heritage tourism struggles to protect its most valuable assets.…
December 1, 2021
OPINION | Congress should get out of the marijuana business
When Ron DeSantis was in Congress, he wasn’t a big fan of the institution. He criticized its ineptitude while he…
November 30, 2021
3 local photojournalists frame up the First Coast in ‘Last Coast’
The term First Coast is synonymous with Jacksonville and its four surrounding counties: Clay, Nassau, Baker and St. Johns. A…
November 30, 2021
OPINION | 5 development myths that hold Downtown Jax back
Does demolishing old buildings prime the pump for flashy ones? Is 10,000 residents the magic number necessary to enliven Downtown…
November 30, 2021
Site-Scale Green Infrastructure Solutions For Shoreline Management
This is the first event of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research…
November 29, 2021
OPINION | Relief and belief in justice are not the same
“Verdict watch . . . one guilty but this is stressful.” I fired off that tweet after Travis McMichael was…
November 28, 2021
OPINION | Primary battles to watch in 2022
We will have a few live August contests in this region next summer. While top-of-the-ticket stuff leaves some intrigue for…
November 23, 2021
OPINION | What hotels can do for Downtown vibrancy
A new Home2 Suites in Brooklyn is the latest hotel project moving forward in Downtown Jacksonville. With more hotels in…
November 22, 2021
OPINION | My Thanksgiving wish for a less divided Jacksonville
Thursday, most of us will gather together around tables in homes to share Thanksgiving dinner. I have often been struck…
November 22, 2021
In ‘Age of Cognizance’ 3 Jacksonville artists explore their individual identities through collective consciousness
The Age of Cognizance, which opened this month, is the Yellow House’s first in-person exhibit in nearly two years. A…
November 21, 2021
OPINION | Ron DeSantis doesn’t get Duval. Does he care?
In 2018, Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t win Duval County in the general election race against Andrew Gillum. It was a…
November 19, 2021
A Florida climate scientist sees 5 ways the infrastructure bill will help protect us
One of Florida’s top climate scientists says the Biden administration’s new infrastructure bill isn’t a climate panacea but, he says,…
November 17, 2021
OPINION | Floridians want control of their life back
For over a year now, our lives have been completely upended, and it all seems terribly unfair. Family and friends…
November 16, 2021
OPINION | 5 infrastructure bill projects Jacksonville should pursue
President Joe Biden finally signed his hard-fought $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law on Monday, November 15.…
November 15, 2021
OPINION | What are we teaching our children?
City Council has withdrawn the Confederate monument legislation and may never take it up again — an act of cowardice…
November 14, 2021
OPINION | Can Donna Deegan win?
Fundraising isn’t everything. That is what every underfinanced candidate has said since the beginning of time. And that is also…
November 10, 2021
Duval students are growing more diverse, so DCPS wants teachers to be, too
When Ingrid Carias began working in the Duval County Public School system around 2014, there were about 5,500 students the…
November 10, 2021
PHOTO ESSAY | Downtown Jacksonville dresses up for Toni Smailagic
Introduction by Matthew Shaw | Photographs and captions by Toni Smailagic When Toni Smailagic brings out his camera, it seems,…
November 9, 2021
THE JAXSON | These are the projects revitalizing Jacksonville’s Historic Eastside
Many cities are looking for solutions to the issues caused by gentrification and displacement. One emerging strategy is “‘withintrification,” when…
November 8, 2021
OPINION | Annoyance, Irritation, & Rage
I wanted to write a response to the recent stories about housing: one in this newsletter on the plan to…
November 7, 2021
OPINION | Confederate Cowards
The wisdom of the Jacksonville City Council has always been a matter of debate. This is the same group that…
November 3, 2021
PHOTO ESSAY | Jacksonville through the lens of Michael Rakim
Introduction by Matthew Shaw | Photographs and captions by Michael Rakim The first time I saw the work of Wesley…
November 2, 2021
THE JAXSON | Can townhomes plug Jax housing’s ‘missing middle’?
Two new projects in LaVilla and San Marco are creating something in short supply in Jacksonville: urban townhomes. Can they…