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  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Bank of America Announces End to Debit Card Fees As Occupy Miami Descends

    ​Hey, Miami, you're welcome. Thanks to the nationwide Occupy movement -- including the 305's very own budding revolt at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center -- Bank of America just announced it's no longer planning to rip off debit card users by charging them five bucks a month. One for Occ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Watch Protestors Dance the "Tax the Rich Shuffle" Outside Carnival Headquarters

    Photo by Tim Elfrink​To celebrate Tax Day, the folks at Right to the City and MoveOn.org decided it was high time to combine the best traditions of 1985-era Chicago Bears dancing and progressive lefty political agitation. The result? Behold the "Tax the Rich Shuffle." William "The Fridge" Perry wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Greene Dreams Owner Says County Is Harassing Him For Blocking Development

    Greene Dreams has been a Liberty City mainstay for 40 years, but now developers want the space.​Tyrone Greene leans on the glass counter in his family's shoe-repair shop, Greene Dreams, a one-room space crammed with Barack Obama T-shirts, Miami Heat jerseys, and dashikis. A mural just around the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Liberity City Business Owners and Activists Oppose a Plan to Redevelop NW Seventh Avenue

    In 1962, Willie James Greene opened up his own shoe repair shop on the corner of NW 62nd Street and 6th Avenue in Liberty City. He maintained it despite the bleak economic conditions surrounding him, and when riots engulfed the neighborhood in the 80s, Greene Dreams Shoe Repair was left unscathed. W ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 11, 2008

    Help Charity with Chocolate

    In 1962, Willie James Greene opened up his own shoe repair shop on the corner of NW 62nd Street and 6th Avenue in Liberty City. He maintained it despite the bleak economic conditions surrounding him, and when riots engulfed the neighborhood in the 80s, Greene Dreams Shoe Repair was left unscathed. W ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Mobile Artivism

    In 1962, Willie James Greene opened up his own shoe repair shop on the corner of NW 62nd Street and 6th Avenue in Liberty City. He maintained it despite the bleak economic conditions surrounding him, and when riots engulfed the neighborhood in the 80s, Greene Dreams Shoe Repair was left unscathed. W ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2008

    Damn The Man

    Aren’t you sick of complaining about the “liberal media”?

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2008

    Specialized to Organize

    This Liberty City festival brings the noise and funk.

  • News

    June 12, 2008

    Boom & Bust, Part 3

    In Liberty City, renters suffer more than perhaps anyone else from the foreclosure crisis.

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2008

    Wynwood Residents Fight Gentrification

    In Liberty City, renters suffer more than perhaps anyone else from the foreclosure crisis.

  • News

    February 7, 2008

    Parks Bond Languishes

    Miami leaders scared voters into approving a $255-million bond that's gone nowhere.

  • News

    May 17, 2007

    Booted

    These folks want to stay, but soon they'll have no choice

  • News

    July 20, 2006

    The Ghetto Governor

    Dorrin Rolle’s dedication to his district is in question

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    It'll End in Tears

    Dorrin Rolle’s dedication to his district is in question

  • Music

    March 17, 2005

    305 Fest

    Dorrin Rolle’s dedication to his district is in question

  • News

    September 23, 2004

    Rage Against the Machines

    Like a modern version of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, well-meaning people battle corrupt mechanisms only to discover that the true enemies of democracy are human.

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Two in the Bush

    Purloined pigeons and a rooster identity crisis

  • News

    June 3, 2004

    Head Case

    No buts about it

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    FTAA and Me

    Looking out for number one, what's in this for Miami?

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Crime and Water Balloons

    Have Miami city commissioners lost their (illegal) marbles?

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