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Are Northeast Florida Teens Being Set Up to Be Financially Clueless?  

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September 25, 2024
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Words by Kelsey Matzinger As students across Jacksonville head back to school, one crucial subject remains notably absent from curriculum — personal finance. In fact, it appears that only 31% of teens actually have access to such courses.  It’s unbelievable that school systems are allowing such a big gap to exist despite widespread interest among students and a growing recognition
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Here Tomorrow Tackles Depression Today

How a Jacksonville-based service is reimagining mental health treatment  Words by Harry Moore Depression and suicidal ideation have existed in a silent omnipresence across the lives of many people but with September being Suicide Prevention Month, it is as important as ever to raise awareness for these conditions and

Summer Break & Child Hunger: Free Meal Sites for Kids and Teens Around Jacksonville

July 3, 2024
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Words by Mallory Pace It is estimated that around 30 million U.S. children received free or reduced-price lunch in 2022 through the National School Lunch Program, a federally assisted meal program that has helped millions of children receive nutritionally balanced meals at little to no cost since 1946. In 2022,
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July 2024 Art Listing

July 2, 2024
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The Art Center Cooperative  “Nifty Over Sixty,” through July 12 tacjacksonville.org   Beaches Museum “Exalted Shores: The Work of Clint Burbridge and Tom Schifnella,” through Sept. 29 beachesmuseum.org Butterfield Garage Art Gallery butterfieldgarage.com The Corner Gallery at The Jessie “Sarah Crooks: The Long Way(t) Home,” through Aug. 21 movingthemargins.org Cummer Museum
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Lavender Marriage

June 26, 2024
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Words by Amiyah Golden Ten-foot tall doors met with an arch and a cross at the apex serve as the entry point to the ceremony held to join two souls together. Family, friends and the meddlesome fill in the church pews to bear witness to a union painted as “picture-perfect”
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4B Movement 

May 28, 2024
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Words and photos by Amiyah Golden  As a little girl, the dream of finding my own Prince Charming was a sentiment that was always encouraged … by firsthand accounts of my own family’s love for each other, Disney movies and covert societal influence.    It was an ideology
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The Clock is Ticking for TikTok in the U.S

May 24, 2024
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Words by Carmen Macri Our favorite clock app is facing scrutiny within the U.S. Congress — again — and here is everything you need to know. To put it bluntly, the U.S. Government is worried that a Chinese-owned company is accessing sensitive user data and promoting Chinese
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Chicks Love Charley

May 24, 2024
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Words by Carmen Macri and Ambar Ramirez  A seemingly harmless COVID project turned into a massive success story.  Back in 2020, Charley Harrold was facing difficulty finding work in the film industry as a grip which involves setting up, rigging and dismantling lighting equipment on set, a job
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Hypnotherapy: Your subconscious is waiting

May 24, 2024
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Words by Mallory Pace When you think of hypnosis, you might think of someone being completely detached from their mind as they cluck like a chicken or laugh uncontrollably in front of a crowd. You may think of a pocket watch being dangled in front of someone’s face
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Gas Station Heroin

May 23, 2024
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Words and Photos by Amiyah Golden    Half-full Chipotle Bowls. A Non-Existent Work-Life Balance. Price Gouging. Declining Mental Health.  Obligatory Duties.  Political Affairs.  It’s all too much!   Granted, life has always involved challenges, but present-day trials and tribulations have seemed to morph into an even more complicated
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