No need to be 'sargass-tic,' blob not headed for Amelia Island

  • The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is bigger this year than ever before, according to experts. Luckily, Amelia Island is not predicted to bear the brunt of it. Submitted photo
    The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is bigger this year than ever before, according to experts. Luckily, Amelia Island is not predicted to bear the brunt of it. Submitted photo
The blob is coming in from the Sargasso Sea, but not for Amelia Island. Reports of a massive, 5,000-mile long belt of sargassum seaweed heading for Florida have been pouring in, but experts say…

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Bacardi Jackson began serving Monday as executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. Photo courtesy of American Civil Liberties Union of Florida

New ACLU leader points to ‘urgency of now’

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Saying the country is at a “deeply, deeply disturbing” juncture, Bacardi Jackson — a veteran litigator whose civil-rights advocacy is literally in her genes — is taking the mantle as executive dire

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