Amnesty International

A Taste of Gitmo in Miami

Agriculture Spokesman Thinks a Little Bit of Slavery Isn't a Big Deal

I spent most of my life living in a neighborhood off Immokalee road. That stretch of asphalt starts near the ritzy beaches of the Gulf Coast, passes the entrances of numerous gated gulf course communities, continues on through undeveloped and farm lands, and ends in it's eponymous city, Immokalee, h ... More >>

Corrosive Substance

I spent most of my life living in a neighborhood off Immokalee road. That stretch of asphalt starts near the ritzy beaches of the Gulf Coast, passes the entrances of numerous gated gulf course communities, continues on through undeveloped and farm lands, and ends in it's eponymous city, Immokalee, h ... More >>

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I spent most of my life living in a neighborhood off Immokalee road. That stretch of asphalt starts near the ritzy beaches of the Gulf Coast, passes the entrances of numerous gated gulf course communities, continues on through undeveloped and farm lands, and ends in it's eponymous city, Immokalee, h ... More >>

Lesson the Load

Mighty Max Weinberg strafes an old high school. Now that's class.

Cuban Five Takes it to the Supreme Court

Lawyers for the Cuban Five, Castro's group of convicted spies, today filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking the body to throw out their conviction and order a new trial. All five men were convicted in 2001 in a Miami court, though the defense argues that a fair trial was not possible in Miam ... More >>

Program Notes

Lawyers for the Cuban Five, Castro's group of convicted spies, today filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking the body to throw out their conviction and order a new trial. All five men were convicted in 2001 in a Miami court, though the defense argues that a fair trial was not possible in Miam ... More >>

Q&A with CuCu Diamantes

CuCu Diamantes' solo debut CUCULAND is at once a breath of fresh air and a nostalgic whiff of a more glamorous time.  It shimmers with the glitz and glamour of an era when catching a show meant dinner jackets and hair tonic, evening gowns and diamonds.  But it also bares its teeth and bite ... More >>

Timoney Loses, Freedom Wins, Taxpayers Pay

Miami Police Chief John Timoney screwed up, and we taxpayers are just gonna keep paying and paying.Back in November 2003, the City of Miami shut down some protests against a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) meeting being held here. The cops beat some protesters and illegally jailed others. Jus ... More >>

Oh What a Tangled Web

Miami Police Chief John Timoney screwed up, and we taxpayers are just gonna keep paying and paying.Back in November 2003, the City of Miami shut down some protests against a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) meeting being held here. The cops beat some protesters and illegally jailed others. Jus ... More >>

Diamond Girl

Cuban-born songstress CuCu Diamantes shines on a new album.

Jaguares

Cuban-born songstress CuCu Diamantes shines on a new album.

Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho

Guantánamo Bay has gotta go!

In Carlos, We Trust

The boss pays you. time to pay him back.

Redemption Songs

At the Jamnesty, local acts rock in the name of freedom.

Free This Priest

Father Gerard Jean-Juste is no outlaw. He's a Magic City hero.

Feel-Good Fun

A concert for a righteous cause at the Wallflower.

Various Artists

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (Warner Bros.)

Mock Trial

Miami’s immigration judges are not interested in your problems

Hurry Up and Come

Memorial Fest will be the best reggae concert in years

Selected Calendar Events for the Week of September 1, 2005

Memorial Fest will be the best reggae concert in years

Ladies First

Memorial Fest will be the best reggae concert in years

Night&Day

Memorial Fest will be the best reggae concert in years

Letters from the Issue of May 6, 2004

Tallahassee, tips, unsung musicians, and daughterly advice

Motorcycle City

Get in gear with seven days of bike fun

Hunger Strike

Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

Kulchur

Guerillas in the mix

NIGHT & DAY

DECEMBER 3-9

Night & Day

November 5 - 11, 1998

"Instruments of Torture Through the Ages" lashes the Freedom Tower

November 5 - 11, 1998

Art This Week: From Torture to the Strange Drug Ayahuasca

November 5 - 11, 1998

Miami local art shows

November 5 - 11, 1998

Art this week: Fanged demons and fried pork rinds

November 5 - 11, 1998

Jackson Takes Action

November 5 - 11, 1998

Egyptian mummies at the Bass

November 5 - 11, 1998

This week in art: Guillotines and mummies

November 5 - 11, 1998

Q&A With Andrea Echeverri of Aterciopelados, Playing Grand Central Tomorrow, June 10

​Sure, socially conscious artists are prevalent in Spanish-language music. But few acts have committed themselves so completely to fighting for the greater good than Aterciopelados, whose zeal for placing social and political causes right before the public's eye is legendary.The band's most recent ... More >>

Colombia Musica

​Sure, socially conscious artists are prevalent in Spanish-language music. But few acts have committed themselves so completely to fighting for the greater good than Aterciopelados, whose zeal for placing social and political causes right before the public's eye is legendary.The band's most recent ... More >>

With Darsi Ferrer Sentencing, Cuba Cements Its Reputation for Justice

Darsi Ferrer​There aren't many countries where being sentenced to 16 months for having two sacks of cement in your home is considered a victory for human rights. But this is Cuba, and Tuesday's sentencing of dissident Darsi Ferrer after a reportedly tense two-hour trial, was being hailed as ... More >>

Current art shows

Darsi Ferrer​There aren't many countries where being sentenced to 16 months for having two sacks of cement in your home is considered a victory for human rights. But this is Cuba, and Tuesday's sentencing of dissident Darsi Ferrer after a reportedly tense two-hour trial, was being hailed as ... More >>

Is excited delirium killing coked-up, stun-gunned Miamians?

Darsi Ferrer​There aren't many countries where being sentenced to 16 months for having two sacks of cement in your home is considered a victory for human rights. But this is Cuba, and Tuesday's sentencing of dissident Darsi Ferrer after a reportedly tense two-hour trial, was being hailed as ... More >>

This week in art: Macho men and urban cocks

Darsi Ferrer​There aren't many countries where being sentenced to 16 months for having two sacks of cement in your home is considered a victory for human rights. But this is Cuba, and Tuesday's sentencing of dissident Darsi Ferrer after a reportedly tense two-hour trial, was being hailed as ... More >>

This week in Miami art: Shrimp in a skillet and crushed cockroaches

Darsi Ferrer​There aren't many countries where being sentenced to 16 months for having two sacks of cement in your home is considered a victory for human rights. But this is Cuba, and Tuesday's sentencing of dissident Darsi Ferrer after a reportedly tense two-hour trial, was being hailed as ... More >>

This week in art: From kaleidoscopes to sarcophagi

Darsi Ferrer​There aren't many countries where being sentenced to 16 months for having two sacks of cement in your home is considered a victory for human rights. But this is Cuba, and Tuesday's sentencing of dissident Darsi Ferrer after a reportedly tense two-hour trial, was being hailed as ... More >>

UMiami and UF Criticized For Having More Liberal Student Groups Than Conservative Groups

​CampusReform.org's mission includes giving college "conservatives powerful new weapons in their fight for the hearts and minds of the next generation of citizens, politicians, and members of the media" and helping "a new generation of student activism to identify, expose, and combat the radical l ... More >>

Miami art this week: Bicycles and Buddhas at the Bass

​CampusReform.org's mission includes giving college "conservatives powerful new weapons in their fight for the hearts and minds of the next generation of citizens, politicians, and members of the media" and helping "a new generation of student activism to identify, expose, and combat the radical l ... More >>

Miami art this week: Virgin Mary and Jesus at the Bass

​CampusReform.org's mission includes giving college "conservatives powerful new weapons in their fight for the hearts and minds of the next generation of citizens, politicians, and members of the media" and helping "a new generation of student activism to identify, expose, and combat the radical l ... More >>

Miami-Dade Cops Close To Adding War in Afghanistan-Style Drone To Arsenal

via HoneywellMiami Dade cops hope to soon start flying this robotic drone called the T-Hawk.​In places such as Kabul, Gaza, and Baghdad, unmanned aerial vehicles hovering over homes, following suspects, and tracking enemies of the state are a daily reality. So where are the high-tech drones buzzin ... More >>

Miami-Dade police buy drones

via HoneywellMiami Dade cops hope to soon start flying this robotic drone called the T-Hawk.​In places such as Kabul, Gaza, and Baghdad, unmanned aerial vehicles hovering over homes, following suspects, and tracking enemies of the state are a daily reality. So where are the high-tech drones buzzin ... More >>

Cuba Remains Protest Free on Anniversary of Hunger Striker Orlando Zapata Tamayo's Death

​As expected, the Cuban government has been doing a bang-up job keeping protests from flaring into major demonstrations on the first anniversary Wednesday of the death of hunger striker Orlando Zapata Tamayo. The anniversary coincides with major upheavals in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. But the ... More >>