Sonaiya Brown is a freshman photographer for Summer 2025. In her free time, she enjoys sleeping, listening to music, and most importantly, talking to her senior puppies a lot.
Health care in America is facing a crisis of affordability and access, driven by a series of aggressive policy decisions that disproportionately harm the nation's most vulnerable groups.
In a world saturated with sexual narratives, the absence of sexual desire can be perplexing. But asexuality, defined as having little to no sexual attraction or sexual desire, is a valid sexual orientation that is frequently neglected in public and professional conversations, making it an "invisible orientation.”
The news that two missing Florida brothers were found safe in Georgia, just days after an Amber Alert was issued, is a resounding testament to a system that works.
The acrid scent of burning sawgrass and cypress — carried on the breeze across South Florida's urban sprawl — is more than just a fleeting inconvenience. It is a powerful, visceral message from the wild heart of our state: the Everglades.
Many Republican and far-right loyalists believe NPR and PBS are biased and influence the public. Making these statements as the President of the United States of America is propaganda in itself.
Dawg the rooster has forced chicken crossing signs to go up at the four-way between the fire station and Walmart in Gainesville, Fla.
The UF Board of Trustees votes on presidential finalist Stuart Bell during a board meeting at the university, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.
Gainesville Mayor Harvey Ward and other city leaders cut a ribbon commemorating the opening of new pickleball courts and park renovations, Saturday, June 6, 2026, at Tom Petty Park in Gainesville, Fla.
UF presidential finalist Stuart Bell speaks with Rahul Patel and Matthew Bravo at a forum at Emerson Hall, Wednesday, June 3, 2026 in Gainesville, Fla.
Lil Rudy's at Midtown on University Avenue near other midtown bars, Sunday, May 31, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla.
Amanda Goldsmith speaks at a gun violence memorial at Squirrel Ridge Park in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday, May 30, 2026.
Sarah Brown, Jean Kiner and Caroline Barber speak in an Emancipation Day panel with Mayor Harvey Ward at the Cotton Club Museum, Saturday, May 23, 2026 in Gainesville, Fla.
Indie-punk duo Youth Ambulance is comprised of 12-year-olds Vera Podlesnik and Hudson Martin.
Indie-punk duo Youth Ambulance is comprised of 12-year-olds Vera Podlesnik and Hudson Martin.
Fatimah Tugger poses for a portrait, Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla.
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