WUSF Public Media • 8th October 2022

Gullah/Geechee families fight to protect burial sites in Nassau County’s Wildlight development

Gullah/Geechee community members warn historic burial sites are at risk in Rayonier-owned logging land in Nassau County. Rayonier has yet to share a clear plan for protecting the sacred sites in their development plans for the area.

WJCT News • 11th July 2022

Another LGBTQ resource disappears in Duval Schools

Duval County Public Schools has taken down a 12-minute anti-bullying video that taught middle and high school students how to support their gay and transgender peers, the latest in a string of vanishing LGBTQ resources in the district.

WJCT News • 10th February 2022

Nassau County tried to force American Beach residents to pay $1.8M to get clean water

Under pressure, commissioners eventually agreed to pitch in county money, but residents of Florida’s oldest Black beach still need to pay upfront — and risk a lien on their property — before getting a refund years later.

NPR • 14th August 2019

California's Largest Legal Weed Farms Face Conflict In Wine Country

As cannabis farms extend into wine country, farmers and vintners say are worried about their own crops.

The Advocate • 12th July 2022

Florida Pulls LGBTQ+ Support, Antibullying Video After Don’t Say Gay

Resources intended to keep vulnerable LGBTQ+ students safe are being systematically removed from Florida schools.

WJCT News • 4th May 2022

Divided crowd presses Duval School Board over LGBTQ policy

In the end, the board took no action on a resolution to modify the district's LGBTQ Support Guide. Legal staff is studying whether the guide conflicts with Florida's new Parental Rights in Education law.

Truthout • 4th August 2019

Lawsuit Could Force For-Profit Detention Centers to Pay Detainees Minimum Wage

People in CoreCivic’s detention centers are paid $1 a day for their labor. CoreCivic is paid $95 a day to detain them. Congress hasn’t updated the dollar pay rate in over 50 years.

WJCT News • 2nd May 2022

Independent Florida water providers are shutting down. American Beach’s doesn’t want to be next.

As Nassau County moves forward on constructing water and sewer lines, the existing American Beach Water System owner is worried he’ll be put out of business and the community will lose a piece of its history.

WUOT • 9th May 2021

Feds Received More Than 6,100 Public Comments on TN's Block Grant Proposal, Only 14 Were in Support

When the federal government asked the public to weigh in on Tennessee’s proposal to receive its Medicaid dollars as a modified block grant, it received more than 6,100 comments. Just 14 of them supported the plan.

Jacksonville Today • 12th October 2022

NOV. 8 VOTER GUIDE: Northeast Florida judges

Voters don’t pick Florida Supreme Court and appellate judges, but they can fire them through a nonpartisan “merit retention vote” in the November election. Lower-level county court and circuit judges are elected by voters, with runoffs during the November election between the top two vote-getters from the nonpartisan August judicial primaries.

Annenberg Media • 4th August 2019

Los Angeles removes Christopher Columbus statue from Grand Park

A local Native American Indian commission spearheaded the petition to remove the statue and watched as it was lifted from its pedestal.

WLRN • 17th March 2022

Jacksonville will honor its Gullah Geechee community with a new public marker and celebration

Freedom Park commemorates the Cosmo neighborhood, where newly freed Black families settled after the Civil War.

NPR • 4th August 2019

When Everybody Wants A Piece Of 'God's Country'

This summer, the Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to open up parts of it to mining and expanded cattle grazing, despite legal challenges and a recent effort by Democrats to thwart the move.

WUOT • 26th February 2020

Reckoning With the Past as the Knoxville Science Museum Proposal Moves Forward

Knoxville officials have praised the philanthropist funding the $150 million dollar science museum project, but some residents are questioning why they weren't asked for input.

KQED • 5th July 2019

How One Kid Helped Take on Big Oil

The story of one teenager from South Los Angeles who, at 14, sued Los Angeles for environmental racism in the way the city granted permits for oil drilling.

Al Jazeera Contrast • 4th August 2019

Angela: Life with Big Jimi Red

Homeless Realities takes viewers into the lives of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles in a multi-part 360/VR video series. This project was a 2019 Online Journalism Awards finalist.

WUOT • 9th May 2021

Dire Language Barriers During COVID: 'They Need to Count Everyone Who Lives in Knoxville Equally'

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Knox County Health Department has held regular informational briefings and provided extensive English resources, but this same information has not always been extended to non-English speakers. This lack of access has put some residents at much greater risk, according to community advocates.

WUOT • 25th September 2020

Knox Schools Contract Provides Little Protection Over Student Data in Some Virtual Classrooms

Knox County Schools say they are not currently collecting student biometric data in virtual classrooms or accessing laptop cameras, but there are no laws ensuring it stays that way.

WUOT • 9th May 2021

Local Postal Workers Face Safety Risks Amidst a National Debate on the Future of USPS

Phase one of Knox County’s reopening plan starts today. People are heading back to work with safety at the top of their minds. Some workers though have been weathering through all along.

Annenberg Media • 4th August 2019

A Long Way from 'Vision Zero'

The city council is shifting focus, even though Los Angeles failed to reach its 2017 goal. The most recent preliminary data provided by the Mayor’s office shows a 45 percent increase in year-to-date pedestrian deaths since 2015. (NOTE: This story developed into a custom web page by Claire using HTML, CSS and JavaScript)