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.
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.
Gainesville young punk band, Youth Ambulance, poses together after a concert at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla.
Fatimah Tugger poses for a portrait, Sunday, May 10, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla.
Actors Eric Loscheider, Caroline Hanks and Brady Wease discuss their roles in the show "Million Dollar Quartet", which is the final show of the Hippodrome's 2025-2026 season.
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