Featured image for “Florida housing officials consider work requirements for most aid programs”
Housing officials gathered Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Palatka. From left are Ben Hobbs, assistant secretary of public and Indian housing for the U.S. Housing and Urban Development; Alesia Scott-Ford, HUD field office director; and Casey "Oche" Bridgeford, CEO of the Palatka Housing Authority. | Elizabeth Caldwell, Jacksonville Today
July 15, 2026

Florida housing officials consider work requirements for most aid programs

Housing authority officials across Florida are learning about restrictions proposed by the Trump administration.…

By Elizabeth Caldwell

Featured image for “Are these truths self-evident at America 250? Some Black Jaxsons say no.”
Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Ph. D., narrated a performance of the Ritz Chamber Players’ commemoration of Juneteenth and celebration of Black Music Month on Saturday, June 20, 2026. “Free at Last: The Evolution of the American Spiritual” was a 20-song performance to the music that honed and energized enslaved people. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
June 30, 2026

Are these truths self-evident at America 250? Some Black Jaxsons say no.

Ahead of America 250, some believe Florida and the U.S. are not living up to the ethos of the country’s…

By Will Brown

Featured image for “THE JAXSON | Jacksonville’s 4 disasters (and recoveries)   ”
The Church of Immaculate Conception after the Great Fire of 1901
June 24, 2026

THE JAXSON | Jacksonville’s 4 disasters (and recoveries)   

This is the story of Jacksonville’s recovery from four major disasters. In James Weldon Johnson’s lifetime, Jacksonville suffered three major…

By Jack Gaillard - The Jaxson

Featured image for “Civil rights rabbi to visit St. Augustine, 60-plus years after his arrest with MLK”
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a rally at St. Paul AME Church in St. Augustine on June 11, 1964. | AP
June 15, 2026

Civil rights rabbi to visit St. Augustine, 60-plus years after his arrest with MLK

Rabbi Allen Secher is the last surviving rabbi in a group arrested for protesting segregation.…

By Noah Hertz

Featured image for “County pathologist back on the job after social media lapse”
April 17, 2026

County pathologist back on the job after social media lapse

An investigation concluded the deputy’s social media post could support Donald Trump’s death.…

By Mike Mendenhall

Featured image for “Archaeologists to discuss relics from segregated schools”
St. Augustine archaeology crews are hard at work, including this site at the St. Benedict the Moor school. | City of St. Augustine
April 16, 2026

Archaeologists to discuss relics from segregated schools

St. Augustine will have a community meeting to highlight artifacts unearthed from the sites of former segregated schools.…

By Noah Hertz

Featured image for “Jacksonville City Council renames Confederate Street”
Jacksonville City Council member Jimmy Peluso (seen here at a Duval County School Board meeting in December) sponsored the renaming bill. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
April 15, 2026

Jacksonville City Council renames Confederate Street

City lawmakers voted 11-8 to rename Confederate Street to Rose Arbor Way at the request of a local nonprofit.…

By Mike Mendenhall

Featured image for “Attorney Ben Crump protests 2 violent arrests in Jacksonville”
Deonca Gordon speaks during a news conference Friday, April 3, 2026, about the violent arrest of her son. | News4Jax
April 3, 2026

Attorney Ben Crump protests 2 violent arrests in Jacksonville

Crump demanded an investigation into the arrests of two Black men by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.…

By Dan Scanlan

Featured image for “State Black history museum is still a long ways off”
A historical display stands at the future site of the Florida Museum of Black History in West Augustine. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
March 19, 2026

State Black history museum is still a long ways off

For the second time, a bill regarding the Black history museum in St. Johns County failed to pass the Legislature.…

By Noah Hertz

Featured image for “Jacksonville sites added to U.S. Civil Rights Trail”
Mount Ararat Baptist Church on Myrtle Avenue North will become part of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
February 5, 2026

Jacksonville sites added to U.S. Civil Rights Trail

The civil rights sites include Mount Ararat Baptist Church, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in 1961.…

By Dan Scanlan

civil rights

civil rights