February 15, 2022
Downtown Jacksonville has its fair share of “gamechanger” developments that have failed to deliver, but when done right, major projects…
February 15, 2022
QUIZ: How well do you know Jacksonville’s at-large group 3 candidates?
Early voting is underway in the race to fill the Jacksonville at-large city council seat vacated by the late Tommy…
February 15, 2022
Building Flood Resilience Into Urban Systems
This is the second installment of the “Let’s Talk About Resilience” webinar series presented in partnership with the GTM Research…
February 14, 2022
OPINION | History is happening now
Tomorrow would have been Jordan Davis’s 27th birthday. Trayvon Martin would have made 27 on February 5th. Instead, we remember…
February 13, 2022
OPINION | Ron DeSantis isn’t bluffing about his map
Many of those reading this rejoiced last week when the Florida Supreme Court rebuffed Gov. Ron DeSantis’ unprecedented ask for…
February 9, 2022
OPINION | Florida’s surgeon general fight is a preview of 2024
Before the 2000 Bush/Gore election, Tim Russert, the late Meet the Press host, was asked what he would be watching…
February 8, 2022
THE JAXSON | 6 Gullah Geechee communities in Jax
Who are the Gullah Geechee? The Gullah Geechee people are the descendants of Central and West Africans who have traditionally…
February 7, 2022
OPINION | The value of being
There’s a notion that has circulated in the Black community for generations: Black people have to be twice as good…
February 6, 2022
OPINION | Lawson for Lt. Gov?
Will Florida’s 5th Congressional District, which connects Jacksonville’s Urban Core to Gadsden County while hugging the Georgia border, become a…
February 1, 2022
THE JAXSON | 5 Black history sites in Brooklyn
In honor of the beginning of Black History Month, here’s a review of sites in the quickly changing neighborhood of…
January 31, 2022
OPINION | Erasing Black history does not erase Black people
In my other life, I write books and host a podcast. I am unabashed about centering the point of view…
January 30, 2022
OPINION | Bring Byron home
It’s hard for me to understand, as a longtime observer of the Jacksonville Jaguars franchise, why it’s taken the team…
January 26, 2022
Painter Richard Heipp forces us to see the world, and his art, anew
In Wes Anderson’s new film, The French Dispatch, Julian Cadazio (a huckster of substantial means played by Adrien Brody) is…
January 25, 2022
OPINION | A sad lesson from Broad Street’s past
If you travel down Broad Street in Downtown Jacksonville’s LaVilla neighborhood today, you won’t pass by much that’s open. In…
January 25, 2022
Controversial author Steven Koonin to speak about climate change in Jacksonville
When it comes to climate change, many of Koonin’s views — as expressed in his book and in prior speaking…
January 24, 2022
OPINION | I am American
“African-American voters are voting at just as high a percentage as Americans.” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made the offhand…
January 23, 2022
OPINION | Corrine’s revenge? Ron DeSantis goes after Al Lawson
Is Gov. DeSantis trying to do what Jacksonville Democrats could not, in removing Al Lawson from Congress? That is one…
January 19, 2022
SPORTS | What Trevor Lawrence needs from the Jags
Former NFL coach Bill Parcells famously said, “You are what your record says you are.” Considering the Jaguars have the…
January 18, 2022
OPINION | Rethinking Jacksonville’s convention center dilemma
A new convention center has been in Jacksonville’s long-term plans for decades, but the Downtown Investment Authority now says it…
January 18, 2022
Could bacteria help reduce shoreline erosion? UNF researchers aim to find out
Researchers at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville are studying how a naturally occurring bacteria could be used to…
January 17, 2022
OPINION | An open letter to Gov. DeSantis
Dear Governor DeSantis, My daughter has COVID. She’s 7 months. I’m watching her little body battle an invisible bully. She’s…
January 11, 2022
THE JAXSON | Northbank Renaissance continues with 4 new projects
Driven by adaptive reuse and historic incentives, Jacksonville’s Downtown Northbank is experiencing a veritable renaissance of new development. Here’s a…
January 10, 2022
OPINION | Rebirth of a nation, state
Today marks the first day of the Florida legislative session. A session where our elected legislators will tackle a myriad…
January 9, 2022
OPINION | Ben Frazier makes his point
A week ago, the world hadn’t heard of Ben Frazier. The president of the Northside Coalition was known locally, but…