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(06/08/20 4:45pm)
In a Brooklyn home between Bed Stuy and Crown Heights, African drums constantly shook the walls. Osubi Craig cannot remember a time when he did not pound djembe, conga and batá drums, and the pulse feels very natural to him, almost innate. All ten of his siblings also have African names. Osubi is a town in southern Nigeria that was named after his great great grandfather, who was a Nigerian Yoruba man. It means king of the universe and child of the moon and stars.
(06/06/20 1:32pm)
Love wrapped around her name. The yellow and white painted letters were scattered across the wall, surrounding the purple outline of a heart. Inside, love was written sideways, upside down, backwards and across, encompassing her name painted in white: Breonna Taylor.
(06/05/20 7:08pm)
A crowd of more than 100 healthcare workers knelt on the pavement in remembrance of George Floyd. For 10 minutes, only the sound of nearby cars and soft weeping settled over the courtyard. A light sprinkle fell.
(06/04/20 12:35pm)
It’s been months since some Gainesville tattoo artists have had a blank canvas in front of them. Now equipped with masks and thermometers, they can once again put needle to skin.
(06/04/20 1:03am)
Jamee Johnson. Sandra Bland. Nina Pop. Tony McDade. George Floyd. Eric Garner. Ahmaud Arbery. Trayvon Martin. Breonna Taylor. Robert Dentmond. David McAtee. Layleen Polanco. Walter Scott.
(06/03/20 9:03pm)
Morris McFadden couldn’t attend the March for our Freedom protest Saturday, so he decided to start his own.
(06/03/20 2:51pm)
Mackintosh Joachim said he’s sick and tired of being sick and tired.
(05/31/20 10:59pm)
Shannon Snell used to make pancakes on the gridiron, but now, he does a different kind of cooking: barbecuing.
(05/30/20 11:01pm)
George Floyd took his last breath Monday, but chants demanding his name be remembered echoed down the streets of downtown Gainesville Saturday.
(05/29/20 7:10pm)
Last summer, siblings Connor and Tate Hankla took a road trip from Chicago to Arkansas. Now, Connor remains in Chicago, reflecting on the last 19 years of his brother’s life.
(05/04/20 12:58pm)
Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of sexual assault and violence. Reader discretion is advised.
(05/02/20 6:49pm)
Ella Mae Gordon used to tell her children that when she died, she wanted her casket brought to one of their homes so she could be with her family.
(04/13/20 4:08pm)
When Kathryn Davis met Abbey, a white and black English Pointer with three dotted circles along her back, she felt as though a string of fate had brought them together.
(04/06/20 1:35am)
In the bed of a black pickup truck sat stacks of boxes, each one with a drawing of a panda and an alligator in surgical masks. The drawing read, “United we stand” in English and “United to fight together” in Chinese.
(03/11/20 2:55am)
When Khadijah Dabo votes, she’s voting for three people instead of one.
(12/04/19 12:36pm)
Only three things are certain in life: death, taxes and end-of-the-year “best of” lists.
(08/18/19 11:08pm)
Last semester, we sat in the back of the class with our heads down and our mouths sealed shut. When we spoke, we prefaced our remarks or questions with “I just…” or “Sorry, this might be dumb,” conveying to our listeners that what would follow was of little importance. We would not blame them for disregarding our words, ideas and opinions; but we knew the right answer, we had something to add to the discussion and we had questions that warranted responses. We minimized our presence, our impact and our power. We made our voices small and let our classmates fill up the space. Our classmates who sat in the front. Our classmates who always had their hands raised. Our classmates who punctuated their statements with periods, not question marks. We chose to keep our depths hidden rather than make ourselves vulnerable.
(06/18/19 10:45am)
On Monday, Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland shooting survivor, said Harvard rescinded his admission after screenshots showed him using racial slurs in late 2017 and early 2018. Earlier this year, the 18-year old high school outreach director for Turning Point USA (a conservative non-profit student organization) was admitted to the university class of 2023.
(06/13/19 9:49am)
Dalice Betterson-Smith grew up in a single-parent household and said her mom did everything to give her children the best life possible.
(06/12/19 8:50pm)
Rows of food surrounded the edges of the arena in the O’Connell Center on Sunday night all for one purpose: to do something greater.
