Even as scientists keep reminding us that Miami is one of the most susceptible cities to the potential damages of sea level rise, developers keep erecting shiny new luxury tower after shiny new luxury tower in the areas most threatened by rising tides. So EMiami Condos, a website that tracks condo…
On December 25, 2014, Danilo Maldonado Machado, thin and atrevido, rode in the back seat of a blue Lada with a smile dangling beneath defiant eyes. As the driver headed down Havana’s Malecón near Avenida 23, police sirens wailed. Maldonado was headed to a performance piece based on George Orwell’s…
The winds of change are blowing through American politics. Americans are sick of business as usual, sick of the establishment and sick of incumbent politicians. Insurgent, outsider candidates have been gaining steam over the past few years. It’ snot just present in the Presidential primaries. The phenomenon can be found…
If Miamians and our leaders thinks a five-minute walk covering just three blocks is “too far,” well, we probably don’t have much hope for more effective mass transit in this city. Sure, we know the humidity can get bad here during the summer, but how sweaty can you get in…
Today is a day the GOP establishment never could have imagined. If neither Marco Rubio nor Ted Cruz surge in the dozen states casting primary ballots on this Super Tuesday, Donald Trump could all but wrap up a Republican presidential nomination tonight. And there are hints that Florida’s Trump-lite governor,…
The night of May 3, 2014, in the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, federal prosecutor Dana Seetahal sat before a slot machine. Gambling was her favorite form of relaxation and one of her only hobbies. Her law enforcement career had left her little time for much else, and the brainless…
If you’ve been on the internet today you’ve probably seen John Oliver’s epic takedown of Donald Trump (AKA Donald Drumpf). The HBO comedian takes a shot at Trump’s tendency to threaten to sue people without ever actually filing suit. True, Trump never did get around to taking Rosie O’Donnell to court,…
After putting his superdelegate vote up for an online vote, Democratic Rep. and Senate Candidate Alan Grayson announced today that Bernie Sanders won the online poll in such a landslide that he’s decided to officially endorse him. Sanders diehard supporters are usually ecstatic when a sitting Democratic politician breaks with the…
Florida’s primary isn’t officially until March 15th, but polls are already open at 20 early voting locations across Miami-Dade County. Sure, the dynamics of the primary races may change a bit between now and then (especially on the Republican side), but if you’ve already made your mind up you can…
With twelve states ready to cast their primary votes in Super Tuesday tomorrow, Marco Rubio has very little left to lose. Yes, Rubio has finally managed to consolidate the establishment GOP behind him. But his best finish so far is second place, and Donald Trump is obliterating him in polls…
How bad is the nightmarish grind of traffic in Kendall? It’s so awful that a group of Kendall residents is demanding a drastic solution: Stop building in the area altogether until mass transit improves. Late last month, the ten-member board of the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations unanimously voted on a…
At the moment, drivers have a single direct option to get to South Beach: The Julia Tuttle Causeway. With the Venetian Causeway still days away from re-opening after a months long closure to fix structural problem, a portion of I-395 between the Palmetto Expressway and the MacArthur Causeway experienced structural…
Are you a Floridian who is a Ted Cruz-fanatic, hoping against hope that John Kasich somehow pulls off the upset of all upsets or is still on the Ben Carson train? We hate to say it, but a vote for either of those three in the Florida primary is, basically,…
For nearly a decade, the mysterious Zodiac killer terrorized the Bay Area by brutally murdering young couples and then taunting police and the press with cryptic notes. The killer was never found. Unless he’s now a front-running GOP presidential contender? A rumor that the long-sought after serial killer is actually…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week. On Friday, we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: an argument about the merits of strip clubs in Florida and Ohio ends in gunshots, an argument about garlic knots leads to a riot, and a police chase leads…
In early 2007, a self-identified “disappointed but hopeful resident” of Key Biscayne typed out a letter to the police chief about something they found appalling. The resident had noticed a cop car in front of the ritzy, members-only Grand Bay Club and was happy to see the police department patrolling the…
This is the most diverse group of legitimate presidential contenders America has ever seen. One the Democratic side you’ve got both the first woman and first Jew to ever win a primary. On the Republican side, those left standing include two Cuban-Americans and an African-American. Regardless of the rest of…
If Marco Rubio is actually going to win the Republican nomination at some point he’ll actually have to win, you know, some primaries. While some in the media and establishment (perhaps out of blind hope) have positioned him as the one to beat, he hasn’t actually performed better than second…
For Brandon “Mighty Mouse” Desrosier, boxing was a redemption. After a rough childhood in West Palm Beach spent bouncing in and out of youth detention facilities, a turning point came when a police officer gave him a choice: Either go back to jail for his latest street fight, or start…
Tune into any of the Democratic debates and you’ll hear a lot about income inequality, but very little about the issue that is (depending, on the economist your talk to) one of the driving factors behind or major symptoms of inequality: rising rents, a lack of affordable housing and the…
Hold onto your flotation device — the stars of the new Baywatch movie are coming to Miami Beach. And though you shouldn’t expect to see David Hasselhoff bare-chested running slow-motion across our city’s sands in red shorts, you may just catch sight of cast members Zac Efron or Dwayne “The…
It’s doubtful most Floridians had even heard of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, yet the state has officially honored him since 1922 by placing his likeness in the National Statuary Hall. Well, today the State House of Representative voted to remove ol’ Kirby from the place of honor by an 83 to…
