The Miami Herald’s Trump-Friendly Immigration Articles Make No Sense

As Donald Trump and his cohorts have spread outright lies about immigrants to bolster their harsh policies, news organizations should take extra care to approach the subject with nuance, care, and proper context. Instead, two stories published Tuesday and Wednesday in the Miami Herald repeatedly omit basic facts about U.S. immigration,…

Single People Can’t Afford Rent Anywhere in Miami, Study Says

Oh, the single life. Scrolling through Tinder while avoiding men who post photos only of themselves in Scarface T-shirts. Setting up Google alerts for your ex who travels the world painting watercolors of dog weddings. And, of course, drinking heavily to drown your sorrows, only to climb back into bed in your parents’ house in Kendall, because single people have been priced out of Miami’s rental market.

48 Civil Rights Groups and Experts Oppose Gimenez’s Sanctuary-City Order

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez has argued his decision to bow to President Donald Trump’s bellicose order banning so-called sanctuary cities — which refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement requests to deport undocumented people — was purely financial. Trump threatened to pull federal funding from cities that refuse to comply, and Gimenez says Miami-Dade could lose up to $355 million.

Sunrise Police Sued for Fatally Shooting Mentally Ill Man

In 2014, the brother of Marlon Woodstock, a resident of Sunrise in Broward County, called to warn police that the 38-year-old was off his medication and possibly a danger to himself. Sunrise Police responded by tasering Woodstock, attacking him with a dog, and then shooting him dead.

Five Reasons Miami-Dade Needs Better Mayoral Candidates

Carlos Gimenez, the mayor of Miami-Dade County, is a man so boring he might actually just be a pile of wood pulp with googly eyes stuck to the sides. So it’s somewhat surprising to see pro-immigration activists marching through the streets of Miami, chanting, “Shame on you!” at the mayor,…

GOP Reps Want to Take Away Cities’ Right to Pay More to Blue-Collar Workers

Fair-pay rights for the people who build houses, install piping, or wire electrical circuits have been slowly but surely crippled over the past 50 years. Unions have been broken, worker protections have been destroyed, and formerly blue-voting laborers have increasingly turned to people like Donald Trump to ensure their messages are heard instead of supporting a Democratic Party that has become blind to their economic struggles.

Memes and Fake News Are Destroying Our Ability to Fight Zika, Study Says

Miami has seen a lull in Zika cases lately, which makes sense because it’s low season for Florida’s mosquitoes. But once the weather warms up, clouds of Aedes aegypti will return with the virus. Fighting the virus hasn’t been easy. Pesticides aren’t very effective and have run up against public pushback. But a new study says another problem has also hampered anti-Zika efforts: the flood of memes, #fakenews articles, and straight-up incorrect reporting that followed the virus.

No, There Are Not “ICE Deportation Checkpoints” in Miami Today

Miami’s immigrant community is understandably paranoid about what the next four years of President Donald Trump’s administration will look like. Trump has pledged to rid the nation of undocumented immigrants and has spent the past 18 months or so injecting fear and bile into the American consciousness. Everybody is on edge right now.

Hundreds Blast Gimenez, Demand Miami Remain Sanctuary City for Immigrants

The civic, political, and intellectual weight of yesterday’s protest against Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez was huge. Political players like Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez and Florida’s American Civil Liberties Union Director Howard Simon turned up to speak in front of roughly 300 demonstrators. But the most poignant moment…

Hundreds at Miami Airport Protest Trump’s Muslim Ban Amid Heavy Police Presence

By 3:30 p.m. Sunday, three Miami-Dade County Police wagons were parked outside Departure Gate 9 at Miami International Airport. A battalion of county cops stood elbow-to-elbow in the middle of the street, at least one clad in a K-9 Unit vest. Multiple times, the cops had threatened to arrest members of the more than 300-person crowd that had gathered at MIA to protest President Trump’s Muslim-travel ban.

Here Are the Steps to Recall a Miami-Dade Mayor, in Case Anyone Wants Them

To initiate a recall vote in Miami-Dade County, one must first send a proposal to the county clerk, who must, according to county law, make sure your legal petition is up to snuff, legally speaking. You’re free to try to recall any elected official in Miami, from the county property appraiser to anyone on the county commission to — oh, just for the sake of argument — the county mayor himself.

Miami’s Condo Market Is Plummeting

It’s really difficult to be the bearer of more bad news this week. Progressives have woken up every day this week in a state of panic, crawling out of bed to check their news feeds, only to get the wind knocked out of them upon reading President Trump’s newest slate of racist executive orders that seem all but designed to stir global unrest and disaster.

Video: Hero University of Florida Students Shame Campus Nazi

New Times can neither confirm nor deny that we condone punching Nazis. (Wink.) But we sure as hell condone the way a group of University of Florida students acted earlier today after a neo-Nazi reared his shaved head in Turlington Plaza, one of the main gathering spots on UF’s Gainesville campus.

Miami Civil Rights Groups Plan Rally Against Trump’s Muslim Ban at 5 p.m. Today

To put things bluntly, America’s president has spent the past 24 hours attacking brown people. First, Donald Trump announced he’s bullheadedly pushing forward with Building! The! Wall! despite the fact that the fastest-growing group of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. is flying in from Asia. He’s also banning refugees from seven Muslim countries in the name of homeland security despite the fact that nearly every post-9/11 assailant in this country has been a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.