Volunteers from across Palm Beach County gathered at Bedner’s Farm in Boynton Beach to participate in a special day of service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Together, they engaged in the age-old practice of gleaning, harvesting fresh produce that gets donated to food insecure people nearby.

South Florida students are fighting back against anti-DEI bills recently signed into law, leading to a torrent of campus creativity that affirms the goals of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Exchange for Change, which has been bringing college-level writing courses to Florida prisoners for a decade, continues to inspire audiences and change lives.

In Palm Beach County, six school days were lost due to Helene and Milton. The disruption has left many teachers and students working overtime to catch up on lessons and prepare for exams.

With Inauguration Day around the corner, even legal immigrants wonder about how the plans to crackdown on undocumented immigrants could impact individual lives as well as the overall climate in the state and across America.

Milkweed is abundant in local nurseries as monarch enthusiasts seek to increase the declining population and backyard gardeners try to lure the famous flutterers. But critics say this non-native plant may be having the opposite effect.

An art exhibit at FAU’s Schmidt Center Gallery is open through Saturday Nov. 23. It showcases several years' worth of politically charged paraphernalia, controversial campaign merch and other once-in-four-years collectables.

Many Florida Latinos are disappointed that Trump won hearts and minds in communities that used to lean Democratic, while others say that there’s much about the president-elect’s politics that speak to them.

From first-time voters to folks who have been voting for decades, two controversial ballot measures drew people to the polls. A majority of Floridians wanted to see recreational marijuana legalized and abortion access restored, but missed the high bar of 60% to pass.

The measure would have made Florida the 25th state to legalize recreational marijuana, but it only garnered 55% of the vote, 5% shy of the bar for it to become part of the state constitution. Gov. Ron DeSantis was strongly opposed to it, but other Republicans voted in favor.

The amendment that proposed to make school board races partisan did not pass the required 60% threshold on Tuesday, but did receive 55% of the vote. Floridians remain divided over whether requiring candidates to declare a political affiliation would help or hurt education.

A measure that would have restored access to abortion received 57% of the vote, falling short of the 60% necessary for an amendment to be added to the state's constitution. But the majority support for the amendment gives activists and pro-choice politicians cause to continue to push to change.