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In the Palmetto Beach neighborhood of Tampa. Aaron Tracey, 34, remembers playing basketball on the courts at Desoto Park and swimming with childhood friends in McKay Bay. Palmetto Beach is one of the oldest neighborhoods located south of Ybor City.

Omar Albanil, an amateur boxer, trains for his upcoming fight at the Tampa Convention Center this Friday at his gym, Trigga City Boxing, located in West Tampa on Wednesday, September 14, 2016.

Edgar Freyre, 82, an Army veteran and retired construction worker, resides in the Town 'n Country neighborhood west of downtown Tampa. Freyre is in an ongoing fight with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to receive a disability pension

Frances Griffin, 81, is the mother of six and has lost four of them within the span of 30 years. Frances Griffin's most recent loss was her daughter, Jeanne Moore, who died at the age of 49 from a heart attack in January, just weeks after she shot an

Leroy Brown holds a broom in front of a restaurant after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Alligator Pond, Jamaica, on October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones

Luis Blanco-Reyes, 41, a father of six who lived in Plant City, Florida, with his family of seven, is held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami while awaiting deportation to Veracruz, Mexico, on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Blanco-Reyes was undocum

Greg White, a Vietnam veteran, helped establish the Canright House in West St. Augustine, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was once expected to stay before segregationists attacked the property with gunfire and a firebomb in the 1960s. The site prese

Tina Thomas of Richmond, Virginia, stands outside the former Warren County Jail in Warrenton, North Carolina, where her great-great-grandfather Alfred Williams and Plummer Bullock were jailed before being lynched on January 21, 1921. Days earlier, th

Wilbur Bell, his daughter Desiree Bell Davis and nephew Vincent Bell pose for a photo at the Falling Creek Baptist Church cemetery in Lake City, Florida. Octavio Jones for CNN

Michael Gordon was dismissed as a federal prosecutor after investigating those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Octavio Jones for The New York Times

Holden Thorp, the editor in chief of the journal Science since 2019.Credit. Octavio Jones for The New York Times

Michael TennantMichael Tennant is the founder and CEO of Curiosity Lab, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based creative agency that creates products, as well as corporate and consumer engagement programs, designed to promote and teach empathy.. Photography

Diego Dulanto Falcon, a 26-year-old graduate student in public health at the University of South Florida in Tampa, no longer feels comfortable spending much time on campus. Born in Peru and brought to the United States at age 4, he said he plans to l

At 83, Dick Bove announced his retirement as a financial analyst. Octavio Jones for The New York Times

At 83, Dick Bove announced his retirement as a financial analyst. Octavio Jones for The New York Times

Blanca Figueroa from Guatemala, who has a deportation order dating back to when she first entered the country illegally and asked for asylum in 2016, poses at her home's yard with her husband Severiano Martinez, in Ocala, Florida, U.S. January 13, 20

Arias Pitts, 33, a single mother living in Tampa, Florida, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in April and encountered a shortage of carboplatin, an inexpensive chemotherapy drug, during her first treatment last month. "Older gene

Carlos Valle, husband of Heidy Sanchez, holds their one-year-old daughter, Kailyn, after a vigil at Centennial Park in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, on Saturday. The event was held to support and raise awareness for Sanchez and other undocumented immigr

Former Minnesota Representative Cy Thao poses for a portrait at his home on May 12 in Bradenton, Fla. Thao, also a visual artist, now lives in Florida after years of public service in Minnesota. Octovio Jones for MPR News

Gary Hartfield has filed to run in the 2027 Tampa mayoral election. Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Andrew Warren, a Democrat, was suspended as a state attorney by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. For the Wall Street Journal

At one Christmas dinner, Mark Mongiardo struggled to even pick up his fork. “There was no alcohol being served, and suddenly Mark’s drunk,” he said. Octavio Jones for The New York Times

Col. Khallid Shabazz recently became head chaplain of the U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. As a Muslim clergyman in the military for more than 20 years, he knows that every new posting involves a test. “People see this bi

Earline Floyd (left) at her apartment in Jacksonville, Florida, poses for a photo with mitigation specialist Sara Baldwin in June 2022. Octavio Jones for The Marshall Project

Will Larkins doesn’t know where they would be today if they didn’t have LGBTQ-affirming teachers to support them. A 17-year-old junior in Florida, Will had a rough start to the year after beginning in-person school last fall. Will is nonbinary, and w

Judy Schofield, 86, a retiree who moved from Connecticut to the Royal Palm Village community in Haines City, Florida, took on a part-time job to help keep up with her bills due to rising lot rent. Octavio Jones/WUSF.

Daniel Clearwater stands in front of his home in Pinellas Park, Florida. Clearwater sold his home due to the rising lot rent in the Twin Palms manufactured. Octavio Jones for WUSF/Pulitzer Center

mali Yeshitela, 82, Chairperson of the African People's Socialist Party and founder of the Uhuru Movement, is one of four Americans who have pleaded not guilty to conspiring on behalf of Russia. “We’re just a vehicle that’s being used to assault free

Journey Cope, 13, a student at T. DeWitt Taylor Middle-High School in Pierson, Florida, learned that a classmate had been detained for allegedly threatening to shoot students whose names appeared on a list. She couldn't help but wonder whether her na

After suffering severe flood damage from Hurricane Helene, Sandra White, a resident of New Port Richey, Florida, takes a break with her dog, Buoy, while preparing to evacuate again with her partner ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton on October

Gerald Gilchrist poses for a portrait while surrounded by floodwaters after Hurricane Milton made landfall in St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Octavio Jones

Kristin, a 42-year-old mother of five, is addicted to a legal supplement called tianeptine, also known as “Gas Station Herion.” "Tianeptine is a tricyclic antidepressant that boosts the production of serotonin and dopamine, which impact happiness, an

Daria Allen is among the many protesters who gathered nightly in downtown Portland, Oregon, to demand racial justice. Last summer was filled with dance team practices and teen parties, but after watching the video of George Floyd’s death on her phone

Luis Blanco-Reyes, 41, a father of six who resided in Plant City with his family of seven and who's currently an undocumented immigrant is held in detainment at the Krome Detention Center in Miami, Florida pending deportation back to Veracruz, Mexico

In the Palmetto Beach neighborhood of Tampa. Aaron Tracey, 34, remembers playing basketball on the courts at Desoto Park and swimming with childhood friends in McKay Bay. Palmetto Beach is one of the oldest neighborhoods located south of Ybor City.

Omar Albanil, an amateur boxer, trains for his upcoming fight at the Tampa Convention Center this Friday at his gym, Trigga City Boxing, located in West Tampa on Wednesday, September 14, 2016.

Edgar Freyre, 82, an Army veteran and retired construction worker, resides in the Town 'n Country neighborhood west of downtown Tampa. Freyre is in an ongoing fight with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to receive a disability pension

Frances Griffin, 81, is the mother of six and has lost four of them within the span of 30 years. Frances Griffin's most recent loss was her daughter, Jeanne Moore, who died at the age of 49 from a heart attack in January, just weeks after she shot an

Leroy Brown holds a broom in front of a restaurant after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Alligator Pond, Jamaica, on October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Octavio Jones

Luis Blanco-Reyes, 41, a father of six who lived in Plant City, Florida, with his family of seven, is held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami while awaiting deportation to Veracruz, Mexico, on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Blanco-Reyes was undocum

Greg White, a Vietnam veteran, helped establish the Canright House in West St. Augustine, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was once expected to stay before segregationists attacked the property with gunfire and a firebomb in the 1960s. The site prese

Tina Thomas of Richmond, Virginia, stands outside the former Warren County Jail in Warrenton, North Carolina, where her great-great-grandfather Alfred Williams and Plummer Bullock were jailed before being lynched on January 21, 1921. Days earlier, th

Wilbur Bell, his daughter Desiree Bell Davis and nephew Vincent Bell pose for a photo at the Falling Creek Baptist Church cemetery in Lake City, Florida. Octavio Jones for CNN

Michael Gordon was dismissed as a federal prosecutor after investigating those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Octavio Jones for The New York Times

Holden Thorp, the editor in chief of the journal Science since 2019.Credit. Octavio Jones for The New York Times

Michael TennantMichael Tennant is the founder and CEO of Curiosity Lab, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based creative agency that creates products, as well as corporate and consumer engagement programs, designed to promote and teach empathy.. Photography

Diego Dulanto Falcon, a 26-year-old graduate student in public health at the University of South Florida in Tampa, no longer feels comfortable spending much time on campus. Born in Peru and brought to the United States at age 4, he said he plans to l

At 83, Dick Bove announced his retirement as a financial analyst. Octavio Jones for The New York Times

At 83, Dick Bove announced his retirement as a financial analyst. Octavio Jones for The New York Times

Blanca Figueroa from Guatemala, who has a deportation order dating back to when she first entered the country illegally and asked for asylum in 2016, poses at her home's yard with her husband Severiano Martinez, in Ocala, Florida, U.S. January 13, 20

Arias Pitts, 33, a single mother living in Tampa, Florida, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in April and encountered a shortage of carboplatin, an inexpensive chemotherapy drug, during her first treatment last month. "Older gene

Carlos Valle, husband of Heidy Sanchez, holds their one-year-old daughter, Kailyn, after a vigil at Centennial Park in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, on Saturday. The event was held to support and raise awareness for Sanchez and other undocumented immigr

Former Minnesota Representative Cy Thao poses for a portrait at his home on May 12 in Bradenton, Fla. Thao, also a visual artist, now lives in Florida after years of public service in Minnesota. Octovio Jones for MPR News

Gary Hartfield has filed to run in the 2027 Tampa mayoral election. Tampa Bay Business Journal.

Andrew Warren, a Democrat, was suspended as a state attorney by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. For the Wall Street Journal

At one Christmas dinner, Mark Mongiardo struggled to even pick up his fork. “There was no alcohol being served, and suddenly Mark’s drunk,” he said. Octavio Jones for The New York Times

Col. Khallid Shabazz recently became head chaplain of the U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. As a Muslim clergyman in the military for more than 20 years, he knows that every new posting involves a test. “People see this bi

Earline Floyd (left) at her apartment in Jacksonville, Florida, poses for a photo with mitigation specialist Sara Baldwin in June 2022. Octavio Jones for The Marshall Project

Will Larkins doesn’t know where they would be today if they didn’t have LGBTQ-affirming teachers to support them. A 17-year-old junior in Florida, Will had a rough start to the year after beginning in-person school last fall. Will is nonbinary, and w

Judy Schofield, 86, a retiree who moved from Connecticut to the Royal Palm Village community in Haines City, Florida, took on a part-time job to help keep up with her bills due to rising lot rent. Octavio Jones/WUSF.

Daniel Clearwater stands in front of his home in Pinellas Park, Florida. Clearwater sold his home due to the rising lot rent in the Twin Palms manufactured. Octavio Jones for WUSF/Pulitzer Center

mali Yeshitela, 82, Chairperson of the African People's Socialist Party and founder of the Uhuru Movement, is one of four Americans who have pleaded not guilty to conspiring on behalf of Russia. “We’re just a vehicle that’s being used to assault free

Journey Cope, 13, a student at T. DeWitt Taylor Middle-High School in Pierson, Florida, learned that a classmate had been detained for allegedly threatening to shoot students whose names appeared on a list. She couldn't help but wonder whether her na

After suffering severe flood damage from Hurricane Helene, Sandra White, a resident of New Port Richey, Florida, takes a break with her dog, Buoy, while preparing to evacuate again with her partner ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton on October

Gerald Gilchrist poses for a portrait while surrounded by floodwaters after Hurricane Milton made landfall in St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Octavio Jones

Kristin, a 42-year-old mother of five, is addicted to a legal supplement called tianeptine, also known as “Gas Station Herion.” "Tianeptine is a tricyclic antidepressant that boosts the production of serotonin and dopamine, which impact happiness, an

Daria Allen is among the many protesters who gathered nightly in downtown Portland, Oregon, to demand racial justice. Last summer was filled with dance team practices and teen parties, but after watching the video of George Floyd’s death on her phone

Luis Blanco-Reyes, 41, a father of six who resided in Plant City with his family of seven and who's currently an undocumented immigrant is held in detainment at the Krome Detention Center in Miami, Florida pending deportation back to Veracruz, Mexico