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  • News

    November 3, 2011

    Lost Boys: New child-sex-trafficking research demolishes the stereotype of the underage sex worker

    And sparks an outbreak of denial among child-sex-trafficking alarmists nationwide.

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Ed Schultz Rips Marco Rubio for Insulting America

    ​So, Marco Rubio is going around calling America "weakened." He blames it on Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. Well, MSNBC host Ed Schultz takes exception to the claim, and ripped Rubio in a 16-minute segment aired last Friday."Rubio is stupid, he doesn't even know he's offensive," says Schu ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2011

    Letters from the issue of June 30, 2011

    ​So, Marco Rubio is going around calling America "weakened." He blames it on Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. Well, MSNBC host Ed Schultz takes exception to the claim, and ripped Rubio in a 16-minute segment aired last Friday."Rubio is stupid, he doesn't even know he's offensive," says Schu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Elton John and Rick Scott Spar Over AIDS Drug Assistance Program

    Elton John in an ad for a MAC lipstick that benefits AIDS charities. ​Singer Elton John is just the latest in a long line of critics who have a bone to pick with Florida governor Rick Scott. Through his Elton John AIDS Foundation, the singer wrote a letter to Scott urging the governor not to make ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2011

    Kids claim abuse and violence at juvenile lockup Thompson Academy

    Elton John in an ad for a MAC lipstick that benefits AIDS charities. ​Singer Elton John is just the latest in a long line of critics who have a bone to pick with Florida governor Rick Scott. Through his Elton John AIDS Foundation, the singer wrote a letter to Scott urging the governor not to make ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Mercy Hospital Eliminating Meds-for-the-Poor Program on March 15 Due to HCA Deal

    ​Rick Scott may have moved on, but his ol' employer is the same as ever.Barely a week after Scott's former company -- the for-profit hospital giant HCA -- signed an agreement to buy Mercy Hospital, the iconic Biscayne Bay infirmary has announced that it's slashing its programs for poor and HIV-pos ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    FAIR-y tales: The immigration saga continues

    ​Rick Scott may have moved on, but his ol' employer is the same as ever.Barely a week after Scott's former company -- the for-profit hospital giant HCA -- signed an agreement to buy Mercy Hospital, the iconic Biscayne Bay infirmary has announced that it's slashing its programs for poor and HIV-pos ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2010

    Democrats got tea-bagged

    ​Rick Scott may have moved on, but his ol' employer is the same as ever.Barely a week after Scott's former company -- the for-profit hospital giant HCA -- signed an agreement to buy Mercy Hospital, the iconic Biscayne Bay infirmary has announced that it's slashing its programs for poor and HIV-pos ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    Rick Scott acts like a drug addict

    ​Rick Scott may have moved on, but his ol' employer is the same as ever.Barely a week after Scott's former company -- the for-profit hospital giant HCA -- signed an agreement to buy Mercy Hospital, the iconic Biscayne Bay infirmary has announced that it's slashing its programs for poor and HIV-pos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Rick Scott Acts Like a Drug Addict

    ​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 denounces Rick Scott.Voters next week will decide Florida's new governor. Rick Scott, the Republican, has announced plans ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Rick Scott is Worse at Testifying Under Oath than Bill Clinton

    Rick Scott under oath​It wasn't exactly a proud moment for our country when then President Bill Clinton famously quipped "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is," while under sworn testimony. If you look back at that episode and cringe, you'll probably be in horror watching video of Ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Meet Jennifer Carroll: Even Rick Scott's Likely Running Mate Didn't Think He Should Be Governor

    ​According to several sources, Rick Scott is expected to announce state Rep. Jennifer Carroll as his running mate today. Looking just at her identity and life story, she's an explosive pick: the first African American woman elected to the state legislature as a Republican, an immigrant from Trinid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Did Leading GOP Gov Candidate Rick Scott Invest in a Company That Helped Illegal Immigrants Send Money Back to Mexico?

    Billionaire businessman Rick Scott has come out of virtually nowhere to take an astounding double-digit lead in a recent poll against Attorney General Bill McCollum for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. This is thanks mainly to three things: (1) charisma-less career politician McCollum isn't ex ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2009

    Shafted

    A cop left Eric Brody brain damaged 11 years ago. His family still hasn't received a penny of compensation.

  • News

    June 26, 2008

    Baby Caught in the Crossfire

    A two-year-old is shot and sent into a coma over a pot deal.

  • News

    April 10, 2008

    A Felony with That Croqueta?

    Criminals are everywhere at the nation's best-known Cuban eatery.

  • News

    June 8, 2006

    Inherit the Worth

    Political icon and saint Carrie Meek is a lobbyist juggernaut

  • News

    April 13, 2006

    Band of Outsiders

    This family is different

  • News

    October 20, 2005

    Terrorist or Trickster

    Did a career criminal foil a potentially catastrophic attack on Miami? Or was I just duped?

  • News

    December 16, 2004

    Your Safety, Their Punch Line

    I once thought working for the Transportation Security Administration was serious business. I didn't have a clue

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    A Brush with Death

    The sensitized world of Neith Nevelson is in collision with the forces of harsh, unsympathetic real life

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    Doctors and Deadbeats

    Jackson Memorial Hospital's foreign patients owe the county more than $85 million

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    Meet Your Neighbors One Year Later

    Overtown's Louise and Jeanette hold steady, but Little Haiti's Naomi is barely holding on

  • News

    August 21, 2003

    Land Grab

    Why would some vacant property in dirt-poor, dysfunctional Opa-Locka lead to all-out war?

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Welcome to the Brawl

    Thanks to rabble-rouser Michael Kosnitzky, the county's Public Health Trust will never be the same

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    A Friend Indeed

    Meet Camilo Padreda, dynamic businessman, faithful Republican, patron of law enforcement, convicted felon

  • News

    December 12, 2002

    Poor Miami: More Good Ideas

    According to these folks, there's hope for America's most impoverished city

  • News

    October 17, 2002

    Notes from the Dead Zone

    The politics of AIDS funding in black Miami

  • News

    October 3, 2002

    Meet Your Neighbors

    Naomi and her son can't find work, can't pay the rent, and can't get help, but they're grateful to be here

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    How Poor Is Poor?

    The government's method of determining who's poor is so outdated that census experts say the poverty picture is much worse than we think

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Lesson the Damage

    The disastrous demise of Techworld raises questions about how we should navigate the uncharted waters of private-public education

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    New World, Old Woes

    The battle to restore funding for the New World School of the Arts is under way

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    The Elian Effect

    Sandra Luckow thought the time was right for a documentary about Operation Pedro Pan. Boy was she wrong.

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Wages of Welfare War

    Down in the Liberty City projects, a growing number of women's voices are just saying no to workfare as we know it

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    The Bard of Memorial Park

    Cuban immigrant Eduardo Campa writes darkly astonishing accounts of life in Little Havana

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    The Doctor is Out

    Beset by internecine battles, troubled leadership, and funding cuts, the local office of the Florida Department of Health is in need of intensive care.

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    Jeb Repackaged

    Beset by internecine battles, troubled leadership, and funding cuts, the local office of the Florida Department of Health is in need of intensive care.

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Fall from Grace

    Health Crisis Network's stunning financial meltdown has spurred an outpouring of concern and a raft of rumors

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Welcome to America. Now Go Home.

    Granted sweeping new powers by Congress, the INS is quickly earning a global reputation for cruel and capricious conduct at Miami International Airport

  • News

    October 12, 1995

    Pep Talks

    In recovery, out in the field, members of the Partnership to Empower Parents reach out to Miami's drug-dependent mothers

  • News

    July 20, 1995

    Seeing Things

    Manuel Duasso has achieved a semblance of normality in the decade since he was blinded. The same can't be said of his assailant.

  • News

    April 6, 1995

    Loudmouths

    In the battle against AIDS, some people say shouting is more effective than talking. And if you don't agree, watch out!

  • News

    September 28, 1994

    Bad Medicine

    He allegedly fondled and caressed patients against their will. AIDS patients. No wonder he is known as Doctor Scumbag.

  • News

    August 10, 1994

    Road Show

    Want to know more about Jeb Bush? The machinations of Florida's Republican party? Vomiting? Get on the bus.

  • News

    May 4, 1994

    No Peace for Paula

    In Cuba she was a symbol, the Madonna of the Counterrevolution. But in Miami, it's a different kind of fight for Paula Valiente.

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