May 3, 2022
A driver shortage in Jacksonville triggered missed garbage pickups by the thousands. Through it all, the men and women who…
May 2, 2022
OPINION | The miseducation of Florida’s future
The summer after my freshman year at Florida State University, I worked as an intern at Pearson. As in the…
May 1, 2022
OPINION | Al Ferraro is driving the narrative
Al Ferraro knows how to read a room. People should finally realize that much and give him the credit he’s…
May 1, 2022
Independent Florida water providers are shutting down. American Beach’s doesn’t want to be next.
Construction will begin soon on a new water and sewer system in American Beach, the historically African American community in…
April 26, 2022
THE JAXSON | Jacksonville’s 6 most distinctive foods
All across Jacksonville and the First Coast, restaurants pride themselves in serving up fresh Mayport shrimp. This isn’t a particular…
April 26, 2022
UNF program pairs tomorrow’s environmental leaders with today’s challenges
The Environmental Leadership Program at the University of North Florida is preparing students to be future environmental leaders through training…
April 25, 2022
OPINION | Say goodbye, or stay put?
There is a big difference between perception and reality. For example, the perception the United States has of itself and…
April 24, 2022
OPINION | Can DeSantis overplay his hand?
In the week since my column last ran in Jacksonville Today, Gov. Ron DeSantis got everything he wanted from the…
April 20, 2022
OPINION | DeSantis Republicans run the show
It’s pretty clear that much of the Tallahassee Establishment – the TE – still doesn’t get it. This detachment from…
April 19, 2022
THE JAXSON | 7 historic Arab American sites in Jacksonville
Arab Americans have a long history in Jacksonville tracing back to the 19th century. Between 1890 and 1920, hundreds of…
April 18, 2022
OPINION | I’m at a loss over racism
I am trying to understand racism. I know what it is. I know why it exists. I know the history…
April 17, 2022
OPINION | Who wants to be a congressman?
There was no surprise, none at all, for readers of this column regarding what the Florida Legislature would do with…
April 12, 2022
OPINION | 5 types of missing middle housing Jax should revive
Missing middle housing represents many types of residences ranging in scale between single-family homes and massive apartment buildings. From shotgun…
April 11, 2022
Capturing the magic of Black motherhood despite the maternal mortality crisis
It’s one thing to know something. It’s an entirely different experience to be immersed in your knowledge, feel it with…
April 10, 2022
Climbing costs leave Jacksonville families struggling for food
Jacksonville mom Krista Jones is buying beans instead of meat for protein. It’s one of the creative steps she’s had…
April 10, 2022
OPINION | Confederacy of dunces
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” That’s a line from William Faulkner, but it’s also an apt…
April 6, 2022
OPINION | Dissolving Disney’s special district is complicated
While the Reedy Creek Improvement District (“RCID”) may sound like an organization that handles trash pickup for your local neighborhood,…
April 6, 2022
A surprising climate change contributor: retention ponds that reduce flooding
While stormwater ponds do offer benefits, new research from UF indicates that they may be delivering a net disservice by…
April 5, 2022
THE JAXSON | 6 surviving Chitlin’ Circuit sites in Jacksonville
Home to the country’s largest concentration of Gullah Geechee descendants, Jacksonville emerged as Florida’s premier Chitlin’ Circuit destination during the…
April 4, 2022
OPINION | A tale of 2 bill signings
The divisions in our country are often lamented as a deep and complex moral crisis. The right-versus-left partisan politicking, as…
April 4, 2022
The Northeast Florida Focus Area of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Atlantic Coastal Study
This is the third webinar of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research…
April 3, 2022
OPINION | The day Brian Kilmeade silenced Jacksonville’s political class
On Thursday morning, the Fox & Friends program began the 7 o’clock hour blasting the city of Jacksonville. The catalyst…
March 29, 2022
OPINION | 5 urban revitalization terms Jax should embrace
Speaking to comparatively simple, cost-effective ways to revitalize Downtown Jacksonville and the Urban Core, these five terms should be in…
March 28, 2022
OPINION | Performing is par for the course for Black women
Last week it seemed as if all eyes were glued to the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for judge Ketanji Brown…