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Felony Landlords: How Jacksonville’s Rental Market Is the Wild West

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May 23, 2025
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Inside Jacksonville’s broken rental market, where the worst landlords operate unchecked and tenants are left to fend for themselves. Words by Carmen Macri  In Jacksonville, a handful of landlords are driving an outsized share of the city’s eviction crisis — and they’re doing it with near-total impunity. Just 100 buildings account for a third of all eviction filings in
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Crime Time: Remembering Jordan Davis

Words by Ambar Ramirez & Carmen Macri This month’s Crime Time takes a more serious turn. Instead of highlighting offbeat or unusual news from Jacksonville, we are focusing on the tragic 2013 case of Jordan Davis — a high school student who was fatally shot by Michael Dunn at

Folio’s 2024 Ballot Cheat Sheet

October 21, 2024
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Words by Harry Moore The arrival of an abundance of yard signs, political ads and a need to walk on conversational eggshells around in-laws and co-workers can only mean one thing: Election season is in full swing with the Nov. 5 deadline to vote looming large. Given the number of
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The Blame Game 

October 21, 2024
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Words by Carmen Macri Though two sides of the same coin, they couldn’t be more different. Despite all the talk of unity, the reality couldn’t be further from it—even at the local level. The political divide has become so stark across the country—and within our own city—that friendships and
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Bouqs & Bricks

Bouqs & Bricks July 2024

July 15, 2024
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BOUQUETS To the North Florida Green Chamber for promoting Plastic Free July. This organization does some amazing things in our community. They promote Solar Collective, work with the Clean Fuels Coalition and focus on Sustainability too. Check them out at northfloridagreenchamber.org BRICKBATS To Senate Republicans for blocking the Reproductive Freedom
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Liberated

September 27, 2023
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Words by Kelila Ritchie Racism in healthcare is alive and kicking and being delivered on a silver platter by the highest paid doctor. The Supreme Court case Estelle v. Gamble declared that prison staff’s “deliberate indifference” to crucial medical needs of people who are incarcerated constitutes cruel and unusual
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Let’s Talk About Period Poverty

September 22, 2023
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Words by Su Ertekin-Taner Alyx Carrasquel wasn’t surprised when I told her an estimated 500 million people lack access to menstrual hygiene products and facilities (according to worldbank.com). As a 27-year-old reproductive justice advocate, she expected as much, citing the stigma around periods and absence of legislation making period
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