Florida, get ready for the most important election in state history. In a primary election-night shocker, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum emerged from a deep field of Democratic candidates to represent the party as its 2018 gubernatorial nominee. Now he’ll run against Donald Trump toady and U.S. Congressman Ron DeSantis, who easily won the state’s racist vote to destroy his Republican opponent, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.

Omarosa Manigault-Newman is on her redemption tour, promoting her tell-all book, Unhinged, about her days saddling up with her former reality TV show boss, Donald Trump, during his 2016 presidential run until her unceremonious firing last December. In her book and in TV media interviews, Omarosa is confirming what every minority with any common sense already knows: Trump is a bona fide racist.

Kayvon Thibodeaux’s recent recruiting trip to Florida A&M University is putting the NFL on notice that some African-American high-school players are serious about expanding their black consciousnesses. If the Southern California native decides to become a Rattler, Thibodeaux could spark a movement that would force the NFL to draft more players from historically black colleges and universities.

David Beckham and Jorge Mas got their referendum asking Miami voters to replace Melreese Country Club with a $1 billion commercial real-estate complex including a Major League Soccer stadium. But now comes the hard part: convincing Miamians this is the greatest stadium deal ever.

Three years ago, I criticized the Children’s Trust for largely ignoring grassroots youth programs that serve African-American communities, including the Liberty City Optimist Club, which I founded. A lot has changed since then.

Philip Levine is going to be the next governor of Florida. And the Democratic Party is running scared because Levine doesn’t need the liberal money machine to win. That’s why I am endorsing him. The self-made millionaire is leading the Democratic field in just about every major poll even though…

It’s been funny watching Democrats like Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz hold news conferences outside child-migrant shelters in Miami-Dade to denounce President Donald Trump’s policy of separating families that illegally cross the border.

For a minute, it looked as if Donald Trump might evolve into a humanitarian. He commuted the life sentence without parole of Alice Johnson, a 63-year-old black woman convicted of a nonviolent drug crimes. He also announced support for the First Step Act, a bipartisan bill that would allocate $50 million a year to several prison reform programs. He even suggested he would back legislation making marijuana legal.

The National Football League is downright un-American. Its billionaire owners are out-of-touch with the players and the African-American community. This is an organization in which the employers see themselves as plantation masters and the employees as their slaves.

As Memorial Day approaches, Miami Beach is gearing up to make tens of thousands of Urban Beach Week visitors feel like unwelcome houseguests who deserve to be ripped off and thrown in jail.

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez still has two years left of his final term, but now is the time to start identifying the best candidate to replace him in 2020. For my money, it’s Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert.

Since the offseason began, the Miami Dolphins have been cleaning house. Fans tuning into the NFL Draft tonight expecting the Fins to get the pieces they need to make a playoff run are in for a rude awakening, though. This will be a rebuilding year for Miami’s pro-football franchise.

Jonathan Vilma, a former NFL linebacker and defensive star on the University of Miami’s 2001 national championship team, seems to think being a Miami Hurricanes fan means turning into an Uncle Tom.

Once again, gun violence and murder intersect at the Liberty Square apartment complex, better known as the Pork n’ Beans. On April 8, two young men were killed and another were two injured while they chilled outside a row of apartments at NW 63rd Street and 13th Place. Witnesses heard…

The media pitchforks have come out for Sinclair Broadcast Group, the conservative, pro-Trump company that owns the most local TV stations across the United States. But Sinclair wouldn’t be the force it is today without Bill Clinton and Barack Obama helping the company grow along the way.

The TV news industry cannot get enough of Stormy Daniels, the porn star who allegedly had a sexual affair with Donald Trump 12 years ago. For months, the mainstream media has been chewing on the story that the president’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen paid Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, $130,000 to keep her mouth shut about her liaison with Trump.

It’s time to mount a serious campaign to end tolls in Miami-Dade County. Any time the government wants to charge people money, we should be allowed to vote on it. Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise and the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) are highway robbers preying on predominantly poor motorists struggling to have a roof over their heads, put food on the table, and take care of their families.

Miami learned today what a difference it can make when you show someone you appreciate their work. Less than 24 hours ago, it seemed Alberto Carvalho would leave sunny Miami-Dade for the bright lights and cold days of New York City. Reports that the Miami-Dade County Public Schools chief had accepted…

Last month, cops and federal agents were quick to arrest rapper Kodak Black for probation violation and gun-related charges after he posted photos of himself brandishing weapons on social media. Meanwhile, Nikolas Cruz — the Parkland shooter who killed 17 innocent people — posted images of himself with weapons and also made comments about killing people. Even when someone who knew Cruz contacted the FBI to stop him, nothing happened.