Francis Suarez is the platonic ideal of what most people generally imagine a cisgender male politician should look like. He’s fit, has a pronounced jawline, and by all accounts does not appear to be racist. The accolades basically end there.
The slavemasters at the NCAA have finally said they’ll allow student-athletes to reap the rewards of selling their name, image, and likeness. Or it could just be a PR stunt in response to California’s passage of a law and the promises of elected officials in other states, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, to allow the same.
Last week, I tried to communicate with the dead. I was standing in the backyard of a Fort Lauderdale home rumored to be haunted, so I asked the spirit out loud if it liked coconuts. Immediately, as if on cue, a coconut crashed down from a tree nearby.
The opposition to Formula One hosting an annual Miami Grand Prix race at Hard Rock Stadium is totally misguided. County Commissioner Barbara Jordan, who represents Miami Gardens, where the stadium is located, and her mentor Betty Ferguson all of sudden have a problem with a big event taking place at Hard Rock.
From his SoundCloud origins to the fact that his stage name resulted from an internet rap-name generator, everything about Post Malone is peak 21st Century and Gen Z.
What does it mean when white and Latinx people, intent on shedding their anti-black biases, forgo events at black churches and other black-controlled spaces even when these events are meant to help them on their journey to becoming more racially literate?
The NFL is disrespecting Miami’s music industry. Last week, the league announced that Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will co-headline the Super Bowl LIV halftime show at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. According to the NFL, Lopez and Shakira are the first artists to come onboard since rapper mogul Jay-Z and his company Roc Nation entered into a partnership with the NFL.
It is time, once again, to remind Carlos Gimenez that he has not been a good Miami-Dade County mayor. Gimenez, a transactional figure who only seems to stick his neck out for constituents with money and the ability to pull favors for him, is reportedly considering running for Congress in 2020
In addition to being a Florida senator and a villain from the Mummy film series because he scared Brendan Fraser too much, Rick Scott was, in varying stints, a hospital-chain executive and the governor of the Sunshine State. In both of those jobs, Scott showed utter contempt for poor people, the sick, and the concept of taxpayer-funded medicine…
The backlash against Jay-Z for signing a deal to handle the NFL’s entertainment, including the Super Bowl halftime show, and to help with the league’s social-justice initiatives proves black people are our own worst enemy.
Time and again, owner Stephen Ross has proven the Dolphins represent all Miamians regardless of race, ethnicity, or creed.
It’s a dog and pony show to win over Latino voters.
Richecarde Dumay was one of the kindest, selfless teenagers on the Miami Edison Senior High practice field. When he wasn’t playing soccer or kicking for the football team, the 17-year-old star athlete supported players that donned the Red Raiders colors in other sports. You would catch him handing out water…
Social media is fueling the rise in violence among the new generation of rappers, their fans, and their haters. The deadly conflicts have been on full display in recent weeks, including during the recent music festival Rolling Loud at Hard Rock Stadium.
Yet for all three of its days, Rolling Loud 2019 felt like a festival that was hanging on by a thread, threatening to unravel completely if one more thing went wrong.
Miami-Dade commissioners Audrey Edmonson, Barbara Jordan, and Dennis Moss are all termed out. A strong field of contenders to replace them is gearing up for a hardcore, messy, and rough campaign season in 2020.
What do you picture when you imagine Miami? Even if you’ve lived here and felt the full brunt of the city’s realities — the oppressive summer heat, the preternaturally shitty drivers, and so on — it’s likely you’re charmed by the same romantic notions that have permeated pop culture. Whether…
The viral video showing a Broward deputy brutalizing an unarmed black teen last week is another reminder that racism is an integral component of police culture. This past April 18, a witness video recorded Officer Christopher Krikovich pepper-spraying and body-slamming an unarmed black boy…
Sure, yesterday was a big day in elections. Donald Trump buddy and crook Benjamin Netanyahu won reelection in Israel, Raúl Valdés-Fauli edged out Jeannett Slesnick for mayor in Coral Gables, and there was a statistically bizarre tie for the final council seat in Miami Shores that could mean an April 30…
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra made it clear the team is going to do its damnedest to talk Udonis Haslem into playing one more season. The idea of Haslem returning is rubbing some Heat fans the wrong way because they feel the team’s last roster spot would be better used on a young player or veteran who could step in and play bigger minutes than Haslem.
In response to the Green New Deal, Rep. Matt Gaetz is proposing a competing plan, snarkily titled the “Green Real Deal.” The problem with the plan, however, is that it sucks. If America relies solely on the provisions in Gaetz’s plan, the planet will cook and the seas will swallow us whole.
The violent chaos at a Monday night memorial for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle and the alleged motive behind his murder should be a wake-up call to America’s black community. African-Americans have more to fear from ourselves than any other threat facing us. Hundreds of Nipsey’s supporters gathered outside…
