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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., January 17, 2024 – Today, the State Board of Education implemented strict regulations to limit the use of public funds for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, activities and policies in the Florida College […]

Happy hours usually begin at 5 p.m. somewhere! Here on the First Coast, Breezy’s Jazz Club located in San Marco offers happy hour and jazz entertainment for the after work and weekend crowds. Recently the […]

By L. Jones – Jax Urban Book Festival (JUBF) organizer and self proclaimed ‘author groupie’ Natasha Slaughter is on a mission to reimagine books on the First Coast.  “Personally I’ve been a fan of authors […]

2017 Disney Dreamer, Ribault graduate and Morehouse student Jordan Mills recently experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sit down and engage in a captivating conversation with filmmaker/producer/director Ava DuVernay. The discussion and dialogue was involving her […]

By Hank Rogers – The Jacksonville Branch of the NAACP recently organized a meet and greet event to celebrate the achievements of Aahkilah Cornelious, a native of Jacksonville and alumnus of the NAACP ACT-SO program. […]

Jacksonville Today and the Jessie Ball duPont Fund presented ‘A Conversation with Jelani Cobb,’ Columbia Journalism School Dean, staff writer for The New Yorker, and noted author. Jelani Cobb joined Jacksonville Today reporter and Northeast Florida National Association of […]

 By Stacy M. Brown – An icon, trailblazer, and media legend, Simpson held a commanding presence in Washington, D.C.  By Stacy M. Brown – Legendary radio and media personality Donnie Simpson signed off, possibly for the […]

While all women can develop cervical cancer, non-Hispanic Black women are more likely to be diagnosed and die of cervical cancer, compared to white women in the U.S. This disparity is not due to genetic differences among white, […]