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The fourth floor rotunda is abuzz with activity before Gov. Ron DeSantis' State of the State speech, Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2023 at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)
April 19, 2023

OPINION | The body is the crime scene

Recent legislative measures target the very existence of marginalized groups.…

By Nikesha Elise Williams

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March 21, 2023

THE JAXSON | 5 women’s history sites and stories in Jacksonville

In honor of Women’s History Month, here are a few sites and stories associated with women who transformed our community…

By Ennis Davis and Bill Delaney

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Monique Sampson was one of the hundreds of women who gathered at the Duval County Courthouse for a demonstration against a United States Supreme Court ruling that will send decisions about abortion back to individual states on Friday, June 24, 2022. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today.
July 4, 2022

OPINION | Where do the women go? 

As a woman it is not enough to demand “my body, my choice.” We have no solid ground on which…

By Nikesha Elise Williams

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Beauty Depot opened on Southside Boulevard this month. | Ric Anderson, Jacksonville Today
June 27, 2022

OPINION | Bags of bundles for the Buppies

When I walked into the new Beauty Depot store on Southside Boulevard for the first time, it was like the…

By Nikesha Elise Williams

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In this 2021 file photo, Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. (Tom Williams/ AP)
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…

By Nikesha Elise Williams

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