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Censorship

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Nicki Minaj's "Stupid Hoe" and Five Other Rap Videos Banned by Viacom

    ​Nicki Minaj is too hardcore for BET. Viacom-owned Black Entertainment Television is refusing to air the rapper's "Stupid Hoe" music video. Evidently, naked Barbie dolls and fishnets are far too risque for the network. We've embedded the 210-second, Hype Williams-directed video below. You'll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Marco Rubio Drops His Support of Online Piracy Bill on Day of Wikipedia Blackout

    ​Maybe Marco Rubio is addicted to late-night Wikipedia binges. You know, the type where you go to look up the director of whatever movie you're absentmindedly watching on cable and then somehow, an hour later, end up reading about the indigenous bird species of Alabama. Because this morning, the R ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2011

    Victoria's Secret

    ​Maybe Marco Rubio is addicted to late-night Wikipedia binges. You know, the type where you go to look up the director of whatever movie you're absentmindedly watching on cable and then somehow, an hour later, end up reading about the indigenous bird species of Alabama. Because this morning, the R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Odd Future Reignites The Perennial War Between Art and Feelings

    Tyler, the Creator​The swag-hop absurdists of rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them are once again being called out for what critics decry as misogyny and homophobia in their lyrics. A few months ago, Sara, from Tegan and Sara, wrote a blog attacking Tyler The Creator, as well as his music ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2011

    Operatic Casanova

    Tyler, the Creator​The swag-hop absurdists of rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them are once again being called out for what critics decry as misogyny and homophobia in their lyrics. A few months ago, Sara, from Tegan and Sara, wrote a blog attacking Tyler The Creator, as well as his music ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Uncle Luke pioneered Southern rap

    Tyler, the Creator​The swag-hop absurdists of rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them are once again being called out for what critics decry as misogyny and homophobia in their lyrics. A few months ago, Sara, from Tegan and Sara, wrote a blog attacking Tyler The Creator, as well as his music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Meet the Man Who Founded Southern Rap

    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 prepares to be honored by VH1 and explains why Miami-Dade County is the birthplace of Southern hip-hop. ​I'm feeling g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    South Florida Blogosphere Finds Itself in All-Out War

    Image via Random PixelsIf there are two prominent figures in South Florida's small blogosphere, they are definitely former Stuck on the Palmetto, current South Florida Daily Blog blogger Rick, and Val Prieto and company at Babalu. And they couldn't be more polar opposites: Rick is decisively libera ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2008

    Whatever. I Read What I Want!

    Exercise your rights during Banned Books Week.

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    iTunes Tells Buju Banton to "Boom Bye Bye"

    Exercise your rights during Banned Books Week.

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    Umoja: One Year Later, Still Controversial

    Exercise your rights during Banned Books Week.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2007

    Fahrenheit 2007?

    Exercise your rights during Banned Books Week.

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2007

    Supreme Court Stirs Up Controversy

    Exercise your rights during Banned Books Week.

  • News

    August 31, 2006

    Letters from the Issue of August 31, 2006

    "This movie was refreshing and poignant, and I had to go back twice"

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    Letters from the Issue of August 24, 2006

    "I'm close to a million dollars in debt on this film"

  • Calendar

    January 19, 2006

    Love Amid Devastation

    "I'm close to a million dollars in debt on this film"

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of July 14, 2005

    Dying newspapers, ATV defenders, and tough-talking college deans

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    Newsroom or Classroom?

    Old newspaper pros quit the FIU journalism school as academicians run the show

  • News

    October 24, 2002

    Letters from the Issue of October 24, 2002

    Bring back Robert Rosenberg!

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    Pro-Gay Pressure?

    Divisions from within: Allies skirmish over free speech

  • Calendar

    September 19, 2002

    Bravo to Books

    Books & Books throws a weekend party for all its book-loving friends

  • Music

    August 23, 2001

    Shake

    If it ain't your party, you better fight for your rights

  • Music

    July 26, 2001

    Shake

    Bold booking draws top ratings, topples dictatorship, at Second Annual Latin Grammy Awards

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    It Takes a Cuban

    After a legendary career as president of the Miami ACLU, John de Leon is heading even further south

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    Fair Weather Freedom Fighters

    The Latin Grammys got the headlines, but brave and bruised theater director Alberto Sarraín got the honors

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    Carlos Cruz's Second Act

    In his native Cuba he was a film star. Here in the States he's just another car salesman with a dream.

  • Culture

    August 17, 2000

    Natural Born Theater

    One of the best plays this year tackles the funny topic of sex and violence

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    Frank Talk About Free Speech

    Attorney Victor Diaz chats up the ACLU's Howard Simon

  • Diversions

    May 11, 2000

    Best Actor

    William Metzo

  • News

    March 16, 2000

    Cuba Ordinance 101

    A New Times guide to busting the county's Cuba law

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    Speak Your Mind, Lose Your Job

    A New Times guide to busting the county's Cuba law

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    Portrait of the Artist As a Communist Bureaucrat

    Cuba's Minister of Culture Abel Prieto faces a daunting challenge: Sell Cuban culture to the world, but don't sell out the revolution

  • Culture

    February 18, 1999

    Tongue Repressors

    Cuba's Minister of Culture Abel Prieto faces a daunting challenge: Sell Cuban culture to the world, but don't sell out the revolution

  • News

    June 12, 1997

    Free to Speak Her Mind

    Cuba's Minister of Culture Abel Prieto faces a daunting challenge: Sell Cuban culture to the world, but don't sell out the revolution

  • News

    February 13, 1997

    How's That for School Spirit

    Robert Joffee just wanted to empower the parents of Miami Springs schoolkids. What he got was a trip to jail.

  • Film

    January 9, 1997

    Libertarian or Libertine?

    Robert Joffee just wanted to empower the parents of Miami Springs schoolkids. What he got was a trip to jail.

  • News

    November 28, 1996

    In Havana, Telling It Like It Is

    Robert Joffee just wanted to empower the parents of Miami Springs schoolkids. What he got was a trip to jail.

  • News

    November 28, 1996

    Notes from the Underground

    Impoverished and imperiled, Cuba's independent journalists stubbornly cling to the notion of a free press

  • News

    November 16, 1995

    Letters

    Impoverished and imperiled, Cuba's independent journalists stubbornly cling to the notion of a free press

  • News

    November 2, 1995

    Capitalist or Commie?

    How a Miami businessman got rich doing business with Cuba - and lived to shout about it

  • News

    July 13, 1994

    No Butts

    When Cable-TAP told them to cover their asses, the Alliance Film and Video Project called the ACLU in instead

  • Film

    May 11, 1994

    Fighting Cocks

    When Cable-TAP told them to cover their asses, the Alliance Film and Video Project called the ACLU in instead

  • News

    January 26, 1994

    Penile Codes

    Erotic art has been accepted as a valid means of expression for thousands of years. But don't you worry about that, stranger. You're in Coral Gables now.

  • Music

    October 28, 1992

    New Times Recommends

    A presidential candidate we can all get behind

  • News

    August 12, 1992

    Letters

    A presidential candidate we can all get behind

  • News

    July 22, 1992

    Letters

    A presidential candidate we can all get behind

  • Music

    July 15, 1992

    Body Count Down

    But the album's sales are up, up, up. No wonder so many more cops are dying now.

  • News

    November 27, 1991

    Program Notes

    But the album's sales are up, up, up. No wonder so many more cops are dying now.

  • News

    November 20, 1991

    Program Notes

    But the album's sales are up, up, up. No wonder so many more cops are dying now.

  • News

    October 23, 1991

    Chiles Pornography

    Hear ye! Hear ye! The state gets into a righteous - dare we say fundamentalist? - huff

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