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Kilo: Cocaine Made Miami, Part 1

Introduction

By Jim Mullin
Oct 6, 2005

This is a year in which Miami has been compelled to look back at two decisive events that shaped its destiny, both of which were widely acknowledged on their 25th anniversaries: the Mariel boatlift and the Liberty City riots. But a third fateful event hasn't received the recognition it deserves...
Miami: Blink and You'll Miss It

That's how quickly things change here, which can be invigorating for cities as well as editors

By Jim Mullin
Sep 29, 2005

Miami, 1988: Led by Barbara Capitman, Art Deco preservationists lose their fight to save the Senator Hotel from the wrecking ball. Coconut Grove is in the throes of an identity crisis as city commissioners ban street vendors. Knight Ridder and Cox Newspapers, owners of the Miami Herald and the Miami...
In the Aftermath

For public figures and journalists alike, actions have consequences

By Jim Mullin
Aug 4, 2005

Arthur Teele's death last week brought to a shocking and tragic end a life as complex as it was compelling. Teele was a gifted politician beloved by his supporters and feared by his opponents. His superior intellect gave him a chess master's advantage over the amateurs who sat with him...
Down in Flames

Miami's business leaders vowed to yank MIA from the clutches of politicians, but the politicians yanked back

By Jim Mullin
Jul 15, 2004

For the sixth time in recent years a promising effort to create an independent body to govern Miami International Airport has flamed out. A group of business leaders last month dropped its plans to place on the November ballot a referendum for an airport authority that would finally put an...
We're Still Number One!

Miami maintains its winning ways: America's Poorest City

By Jim Mullin
Oct 16, 2003

Last year about this time we published a special report on the City of Miami, which had recently earned the dubious distinction of being named America's poorest big city. The award was bestowed by the U.S. Census Bureau, which calculated that a greater percentage of Miami's residents were living in...

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