Bob Graham

Proposed Miami skate park pits skaters against preservationists

The Tea Party is the KKK

Marco Rubio Should Get Fitted For A White Robe and Hood

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke sizes up Senate candidates Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, and Marco Rubio.Alex Izaguirre​Rubio will probably go down in his ... More >>

Charlie Crist Makes It Official: He's Running for Senate

Charlie Crist has always been a winner. Big, big news! Charlie Crist has joined Twitter! Well, he also announced his intention to run for Florida's open Senate seat in 2010, but everyone has known that for months. But as of 9:12 this morning, it's official. Crist made the announcement through a pres ... More >>

Fishy Business

They gave thousands to a commissioner and then won the Marlins stadium contract.

Exclusive: Marlins Construction Group Gave Thousands to Commish Who Approved No-Bid Deal

Joe Martinez seems a forthright and resolute guy. He was the first Hispanic elected by his peers to be county commission chairman. He publicly supported the highly unpopular John McCain for president. And he pushed to strip Jose Canseco's name from a stretch of SW 16th Street after the slugger admit ... More >>

The Curse

Six students in Carol City High's tragic class of 2006 were murdered. Hope survives.

War Between Obama Mamas and Palin Pretties in Lake Worth

Six students in Carol City High's tragic class of 2006 were murdered. Hope survives.

Scarface in Miami

Twenty-five years ago this month, the gangster epic caused a local stir.

Key West Wrangle

Sides square off over Christmas Tree Island

Good Badminton

The shuttlecock travels at twice the speed of a Major League fastball

High-Wire Hunt

He climbed. He saw. He hasn't yet conquered the mystery of his missing brother.

Miami: See It Like a Drug Dealer

During Miami's cocaine heyday in the Eighties, weird and interesting and scary things happened all over town all the time. Our coke map of Miami is by necessity incomplete, but even selected highlights make the point: Blow knew no neighborhood boundaries.

Unintended Consequences

After thirteen years in Miami, Omila Foufoune Cesaire faces deportation to the Haiti she fled in fear

Tow Head

Junkie, jailbird, cat burglar, widow, bride, entrepreneur Laurie Lichtman keeps on truckin'.

The Bitch

Definitive Gaze

Down in Flames

Miami's business leaders vowed to yank MIA from the clutches of politicians, but the politicians yanked back

Heavy Traffic

Miami attorney Joaquin Perez helps drug kingpins get minimum jail time, maximum profits, by cooperating with the feds

Barred for Life

The process for restoring the civil rights of felons in Florida works perfectly -- if not restoring their rights is the goal

The Will Adams Embargo

The sad saga of how the feds hounded a senior citizen over, what else, Cuba

FIU, too! All right?

Why Mitch Maidique and Armando Codina hate Amendment 11

Politics & Parties & Power

How to campaign in the new House District 25? There's always Cuba.

God Help Us

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of hip-hopness

Down in Miami: The Political Blues

Miami Beach mayoral candidate David Dermer's political foes play dirty

Waiting for Otto

Why would a man sullied by Iran-contra and illegal propaganda campaigns be a Bush nominee? Good question.

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of May 03, 2001

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of December 14, 2000

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of November 30, 2000

Donkey Demise

Miami-Dade's Democratic Party is a shambles. Blame Joe Geller, candidate and chairman.

Jiang Zemin Stuns World, Embraces Democracy

Letters from the issue of July 13, 2000

DeFede

A .22-Caliber Mayor with .357-Magnum Ambitions

DeFede

The Real Micky Arison

Making Airwaves

This summer the FCC pulled the plug on the county's most innovative radio stations. Some are already back on the air.

Letters

This summer the FCC pulled the plug on the county's most innovative radio stations. Some are already back on the air.

Letters

This summer the FCC pulled the plug on the county's most innovative radio stations. Some are already back on the air.

Preserve Our Pilings!

Stiltsville's owners are hoping historical designation can save them from demolition

"It'll Never Get Off the Ground"

With nothing to show after four years but bitterness and bickering, the plan to turn Homestead Air Force Base into a commercial airport has gone from national model to national embarrassment

The Dumping Ground

When family members or cronies need a job, Dade county politicians drop them off at the airport

The Old School of Power

He has been enormously influential for 34 years, yet Pat Tornillo -- politically astute leader of Dade's teachers' union -- remains a mystery to most

Letters

He has been enormously influential for 34 years, yet Pat Tornillo -- politically astute leader of Dade's teachers' union -- remains a mystery to most

Letters

He has been enormously influential for 34 years, yet Pat Tornillo -- politically astute leader of Dade's teachers' union -- remains a mystery to most

There Oughta Be a Law!

Micky Arison and other cruise industry bigwigs are pushing Congress to ship potential lawsuits overseas

Your Tax Dollars at Work (Hiccup!)

The City of Miami's upstanding leadership had a swell time at a swanky centennial party. Who paid? You did, of course.

Politics and Prosecutors

Why is it that naming a U.S. Attorney for Miami seems to be one of the world's most complicated tasks?

Death and Profits

When Hugh Westbrook pioneered hospice care, his organization saw to the needs of the dying. Fifteen years later nothing has changed -- except the politics and the profit margins.

The Collector

What do Armando Valladares, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Miriam Alonso, Xavier Suarez, Alex Penelas, Steve Clark, and the Miami Herald editorial board have in common? They're just a few of the big names enlisted by accused embezzler Roberto Polo in his fight to a

Inside Little Haiti

From an island in the sea to an island in the heart of Miami

The Trickle Up Theory

Local screenwriter Mark Witzen finds a hot plot in Florida waters

Stonewalled

FIU's first gay-rights group finds disciples of Anita Bryant alive and well on campus

The Adventures of Eco Man

FIU's first gay-rights group finds disciples of Anita Bryant alive and well on campus