True Florida Stories
Enter a person, 29 (though they stopped counting after 25), in navy bottoms and a beige polo shirt. In their role as a bus driver, they have many scene partners but few lines, confined to pleasantries with the passengers rounding the stops … Read moreWords in motion
Avin Posen, now 33, is a hairstylist who found their calling in providing gender-affirming haircuts in a state where gender-affirming healthcare is constantly under attack … Read moreMore than just a good hair day
Becky Goodman, 49, is a squirrel savior.
As an animal rehabber based in Gainesville, she rescues injured squirrels, treats and cares for them in designated enclosures and releases them into the wilderness again … Read moreSquirrel salvation
Zechariah Blanchard grew up with one hand on a motor and the other in a toolbox.Â
Ever since he was four he has been learning the ins and outs of mechanical work, and he has become an expert in vehicle diagnostics … Read moreNot perfect but his best
In 1954, a moonless night settled over a small college town in the swampy heart of Florida. The University of Florida campus in Gainesville was quiet, its dorm rooms mostly empty awaiting winter break’s end. But morning at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house brought a bloody discovery … Read moreMascot for cruelty