Organizers with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) rallying on the steps of the Florida capitol. The Florida Department
of Health’s (FDOH) attempt to cut funding for HIV medications provided to low-income Floridians in January has kicked off
legal battle between AHF and FDOH. Feb. 18, 2026. Photo by Logan Johnson
By Zoe Sherman There is a not-so-new invasive species crawling the streets of St. Augustine, slowly deteriorating the city’s beauty: litterbugs. Florida is the nation’s third-highest generator of plastic waste. The state produces more plastic waste than the current recycling system can process, according to…
Photos by Kaia Wright
Telisia Espinosa, at 10 years old, has been sexually abused by three men.
By Cal Colgan | jcolgan@flagler.edu
Photo by Cal Colgan
St. Augustine local Sumner Gray would rather live in a makeshift shelter in the mountains than have the latest technological gizmo.
Last November, I interviewed Gray at his West Augustine home. Sitting out by his patio in front of a burned-out fire pit, Gray, 34, said he is interested in getting to the root of social problems, and he is not new to grassroots politics. He is the co-founder of People United to Stop Homelessness and a former co-owner of Loose Screws, the now-defunct independent music and bookstore that also served as an activist meeting center.