by IM Member Steve Spudic Published in The Florida Times-Union Letters to the Editor, January 25, 2026 Renee Nicole Good was recently shot to death in her own car in Minneapolis. The exact, nanosecond-by-nanosecond sequence of car movement, direction and the location of ICE agent Jonathan Ross may never be fully known. Meanwhile, assertions of murder, self-defense and automobile “weaponization” are being traded. A very similar situation transpired in Jacksonville. In 2012, Mi

By Mayor Donna Deegan In the final days of 2025, I want to take a moment to reflect on what we’ve accomplished together. This has been a year of moving Jacksonville forward.   We’ve been laser focused on affordability. More than 6,000 below market rate housing units are completed or in progress. Our nation-leading telehealth program for uninsured patients has saved millions in emergency room costs. And we launched the Duval Care Coalition to ensure that neighbors in need have

By Indivisible Mandarin Member William Voohees, PhD In the pre-dawn darkness of January 3, 2026, as B-1B Lancer bombers streaked across Venezuelan airspace and Delta Force operators descended on the presidential palace in Caracas, a curious stillness emanated from the Russian military compounds scattered throughout the capital. The Equator Task Force, Moscow's elite military contingent, tasked with defending the Maduro regime, remained conspicuously in their barracks. The

An American reckoning, five years after the insurrection Unified Nassau Florida, January 6, 2026 Intro Note: January 6, 2021 was a turning point in American history, one that tested our democracy in ways many of us never imagined. Five years later, this piece is a quiet act of remembrance, and a reflection on what happens when a nation begins to forget before it has fully reckoned. Five years ago, our country suffered an insurrection. Not a disturbance. Not a protest that wen

2025 presented significant challenges, yet the collective strength, resilience, and commitment of our members enabled us to make a real impact. Together, we upheld democratic values and continued our pursuit of justice. Thank you to everyone who contributed!

By Indivisible Mandarin Member Pat Wojciechowski As published in The Florida Times Union's Letters to the Editor, Sunday, December 14, 2025 Update 12/23/25: Of the proposed Schools of Hope, 23 are no longer up for consideration in Duval County. Mater's for-profit parent company has since withdrawn all but two of its letters of intent in Duval. This letter is in response to Jeremy Hodges’ letter about the misnomer “Schools of Hope.”  These Schools of Hope are actually Charter

By Rosa Lowinger Guest contributor to the LA Times Nov. 12, 2025 3 AM PT Great government houses are never still. They grow, age and change with their nations, each alteration leaving a trace of the ideals and anxieties of its time. Architecture is the archive that never stops recording. To tear down a part of it is to edit the story of who we are as a nation. The recent demolition of the White House’s East Wing — the most consequential alteration to that building in more tha