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As President Donald Trump was sworn into office Monday, civil right activists around the nation found themselves in a combined state of celebration and mourning.
The director of UF’s Center of Latin American Studies, Carlos de la Torre, abruptly stepped down Jan. 13 at the request of interim Provost Joe Glover. The reasons behind Glover’s decision remain unclear.
In his book “What’s Next is Now,” author Frederik G. Pferdt asserts that certain traits can help shape our futures — things like embracing experimentation or being continually curious about the world. One of my favorite parts: Pferdt, Google’s first chief innovation evangelist, says we all have what he labels as “Dimension X.”
Going into 2025, Gainesville continues to be a welcoming place for all those who wish to be welcomed, Mayor Harvey Ward said as he presided over the swearing in of new and returning commissioners Monday at the Thomas Center.
In 2022, Flamy Grant’s album “Bible Belt Baby” rose to number one on the Christian charts after the drag queen and Christian country musician was referred to as an example of the “deconstruction movement in the church.”
After Florida’s men’s basketball head coach Todd Golden was accused of sexual harassment and stalking by an unreleased number of women, the university investigative process is still unfolding.
Standing at the starting line of his 30th triathlon, Julian Becker was afraid of one thing: alligators in the water. The athlete faced a 0.6-mile swim through Larry and Penny's lake in Miami, and like almost every swamp, it was infested with gators.
UF basketball senior guard Walter Clayton Jr. has a vision for his professional career — one that doesn’t involve flexing cars or jewelry.
In our modest four-room office, there is a smooth wooden table where Gainesville Sun publishers from the golden days once sat. It is long and official-looking. It seats eight, but normally there’s 12 chairs tucked in close, shoulder to shoulder, familiar with sweaters and sports bras and T-shirts leaned against their backs rather than suit jackets.
Roe v. Wade federally ensured a woman’s right to an abortion. When it was overturned in 2022, many Floridians were outraged. Voters reached close to one million signatures to put the issue on the 2024 Election Day ballot.
The Lynx manager Jackie Davison said she was inspired to host the event after finding a sewing store in Maryland that planned to host a makers’ day, where visitors could work on their own sewing projects on Election Day. Davison explained that The Lynx staff felt they would benefit from a mindfulness event just as much as customers would.
Community members, young and old, milled through booths exhibiting environmental solutions Saturday in anticipation of Alachua County’s climate summit.
At the entrance of Goldenrod Parlor, pride flags and plants flutter with each gust of wind.
The Alachua County School Board released its state audit report, discussed the interim superintendent contract and commended Superintendent Shane Andrew and District 2 Board Member Diyonne McGraw for their final ACSB meeting on Nov. 6.
When Florida redshirt freshman quarterback Aidan Warner announced he was transferring from Yale to UF in Spring 2024, he wasn’t greeted with words of encouragement from his peers.
It was 2011, and the U.S. Women’s National Team faced a 2-1 deficit against Brazil in the World Cup quarterfinals. Nine-year-old Lauren Donovan watched in awe as Abby Wambach made history. Little did she know, she would later follow in Wambach’s footsteps in college.
Election day, Nov. 5, will be the central event that will forecast American policy for the next four years. In the past month, Donald Trump's and Kamala Harris' campaigns have gone full throttle in convincing the American public why they should stay with the status quo or go back to old policies through Trump's executive hand. Before you go out and cast your ballot, please consider these points.
It’s 10 a.m., and the remnants of summer mingle with the wisps of fall. Clad in a magenta T-shirt, beaded heart earrings and Skechers sandals, Candi Morris waits at the door of Elder Options of Alachua County in southwest Gainesville. It’s her first cold call of the day.
The back-to-back hurricanes of Helene and Milton devastated Florida and seem poised to surpass $50 billion in damages each, a threshold that differentiates “truly historic events.” In the wake of these no-longer-natural-disasters, Gov. Ron DeSantis dug in his cowboy boot heels when asked about climate change: “I don’t subscribe to your religion.” As the audience applauded his rambunctious response, climate change denial bared its ugly face for what it is: a death cult.
Florida House District 10 encompasses all of Union, Bradford, Columbia and Baker counties. It also includes the northern half of Alachua County, with a small portion of the northernmost neighborhoods outside of Gainesville enveloped as well.
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