Jimmy Carter

Ian Bagg: Meeting Presidents and Sucking Balls

Badlands: From ground zero of the immigration crisis along the Mexican border

Bruce Springsteen at the BankAtlantic Center

No rock star has played politics smarter than the Boss.

Ex-North Miami Mayor Elton Gissendanner Is Back

A prison stay and bankruptcy can't keep him down.

Letters from the Issue of June 9 , 2005

Friends of Fidel, Miami Beach beatings, handgun chic

An Idea Whose Time Has Gone

A grand plan to fight Latin poverty flunks out at UM

Tomorrow Never Dies

Sugar leavened with enough spice makes tasty holiday fare

Grand Theft, Church

Ghetto redevelopment Miami style is anything but divine

Letters from the Issue of March 20, 2003

Trading with Cuba and dying in the ocean's depths

Letters from the Issue of October 10, 2002

Poor Miami is the talk of the town

Diplo-Monk

Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez takes diplomacy as seriously as he does jazz

The Great Pretender

After years of making a living off rich people's money, Martin Siskind is now portraying himself as a savior to Miami's poor

Friendly Fire

State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle should have coasted to election victory. Instead she's dodging bullets from the police unions in the political fight of her life.

Raging Waters

Inspired by Patty Hearst, Cecil B. Demented rails against the dying of cinema

Hackin' at the Herald

The Miami Herald took on the world's biggest news story -- and flopped

Florida City's Main Man

Hubert Albury is a fixture in South Miami-Dade's political scene. He also cooks a mean pigeon peas and rice.

Passport to Paradox

The Cuban embargo is supposed to be getting tougher on travelers, but it's just getting weirder

Miami's Man in Havana

Unrepentant leftist, friend to Castro, and loyal Cuban, Max Lesnik continues to defy the ideological mandates of el exilio

Uncertain Justice

Was Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega really a drug trafficker? Or is it possible he was set up by the U.S. government? Try asking a few dozen people who should know.

Sickly Sweet Baby James

"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

Open House

Habitat for Humanity should be celebrating. Homes should be for sale to poor families in South Dade. New construction should be advancing. All stories should have happy endings.

The King Who Would Be Mayor

His platform is his life. His campaign manager is God. His goal is to be your mayor.

Perilous Journey

For more than two decades Miami's Haitian Refugee Center was a beacon of hope and a force for justice. Today its director, Guy Victor, is struggling just to keep it afloat.

99% Fatwa-Free

A (moderately) intrepid Salman Rushdie makes an unprecedented public appearance at Miami's most literary landmark

The Need for Weed

It's a unique source of fiber, a natural painkiller, a valuable fuel source. So when Jack Herer talks about legalization, there's a method to his reefer madness.

Close Encounters of the Third Reich

First the Seed, Then the Weed

South Florida's NORML chapter gets an infusion of new blood and a renewed commitment to keep lawmakers from kicking the cannabis

Junkies

It alters perceptions and skews the ability to tell right from wrong. Ultimately, it results in a dysfunctional society. But it's not a drug. It's the War on Drugs.

The Look of a Warrior

Tony Bryant is a black militant, a hijacker, a survivor of Cuban prisons, and a Castro-hating commando. And don't you forget it.

The Third Man

George Bush knows how to make war. Bill Clinton can play the sax. But it's Elvis Presley who's really in charge here.

George & Jane & Steve & Ellis & Kathy

Cuba Over and Out