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On election day in 1950, Stetson Kennedy—journalist, folklorist, civil rights activist and champion of the...

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Inspired by Marjory Stoneman Douglas and her 1947 book of the same name, “River of Grass” is a fittingly poetic,...

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It’s a cool, foggy December morning at Silver Springs State Park, just outside of Ocala. Stacie Snipes slips into a...

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When a butterfly emerges from its chrysalis during a process called eclosion, it dangles upside down and ripples its...

With tranquil music pouring through the cracks in heavy, antique wooden doors and the shadow of shavasanas visible...

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