Iraq

Oscar shorts at Miami Beach Cinematheque and Bill Cosford Cinema

Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation uses hunting trips to heal vets

Pet Goat?

Dead Men Talking

Barefoot Bodhisattva

Terrorist Attacks Can Be Predicted with Mathematical Model, Claims UM Researchers

One of the horrors of fighting a war against a loosely-organized group of insurgents, like the United States is currently doing in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the ever present threat of seemingly random attacks. But what if there was a mathematical pattern that could be used to predict those attacks? W ... More >>

Memo From Baghdad: Miami Soldier Says Obama's Withdrawal Plans Will Work

Capt. Agustin Dominguez understands the ebb-and-flow of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as only a battle-hardened soldier who's been there truly can.Courtesy Wikimedia CommonsAn Iraqi soldier on patrolDominguez, a Miami native and '98 grad of Palmetto Senior High, followed a stint in northern ... More >>

Gimme Shelter

U.S. military deserters once again flock to Canada to avoid war. Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

News Roundup

A Miami Beach man is facing "federal pimping" charges for running a prostitution ring that exploited immigrant women. [Herald]Restrictions on travel to Cuba may soon be eased. Cuban-Americans will be able to visit family once a year for any time period and spend up to $170 a day. [NBC6]Rep. Mario Di ... More >>

Code Pink Inspires Shoe Puns

Here is Calle Ocho's favorite protest group Code Pink throwing shoes at a guy in a Bush mask outside of the White House, because these very mature actions will end the Iraq War tomorrow. The Washington Post has decided to be a very wry version of The Daily Show, and documented the whole thing while ... More >>

Holiday Haz

Be very afraid, revelers.

News Roundup

Gunnery Sgt. Marcelo R. Velasco, 40, of Miami died in Iraq last week. He is the 4,202nd US Troop to be killed in this war. [Defense Link]Do these people have any sort of heart? Do they have any sort of sense of what's right for society beyond responding to their base level fears and ignorance? Plans ... More >>

Republicans are Bald, Put On Your Whigs

Twin Vets Helping People Go Green

Last Night: Heavy Metal in Baghdad at Sweat Records

Destruction or Percussion?

Absurdistan

The next wave of post-9/11 political films trades sobriety for satire.

Apolitical Theater

Iraq War movie Stop-Loss does its best not to mention the war.

Shoot ’Em Up!

Pacifists. Not Crazies

John Timoney, America’s Worst Cop

He has spent 138 days on the road in just a few years on the job. Who’s minding the Miami Police Department?

Bring ‘Em Home

Ramadi Madness

When every member of Florida's 124th Infantry returned from Iraq alive, it seemed too good to be true. It was.

Letters from the Issue of June 7, 2007

"It’s always easier to keep your mouth shut and pull the trigger"

Still Dribbling

The Globetrotters play for a living

Dissent for Sale

Opposition is a commodity in Sundance docs

Iraq's Cinema of Longing

A conversation with director James Longley

Arlington South Beach

The Changes

Today Is Tonight (Drama Club Records)

Free to Be

Fightin’ Words

What are they good for?

Peace of the Gables

These guys just don’t like war. What’s wrong with them?

Paradise Found

Virtual Quagmire

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

Rise Up

The urban music community responds to Katrina and the aftermath

Current Stage Shows

No Film at 11

Gunner Palace shows what the news doesn't

Politics and Art and Risk

Mix the first two and you will encounter the third

The Deadliest Day

Florida's Seabee reservists went to Iraq to help, not fight. But they fought and died

Bickering Not Allowed

Democrats come to Florida to fight over a party platform and what happens? No fighting!

Good Morning, Baghdad

Looming televisions dominate the stage -- and the action -- in this antiwar play

This Week's Day by Day Picks

The War Comes to Bagel Time

Mazel tov

War on War Songs

Iraq and roll don't go together well when rockers protest

Beach Head

At the Winter Music Conference, P. Diddy blows up dance music while the U.S. blows up Iraq

How to Organize a Peace Protest in Little Havana

First, get unified; next, give out food

Letters from the Issue of December 26, 2002

The antiwar battle continues

On the Left, Off the Wall

In Miami, the antiwar movement is making some people kooky

Back from Baghdad

The Man Who Armed Iraq