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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
Miami Beach rolled out a heavy police presence this past weekend to control rowdy spring breakers. Dozens of officers in riot gear flanked by cops on all-terrain vehicles hit the beach to confiscate alcohol and intimidate partygoers. Anyone caught breaking the rules risked being thrown in paddy…
On Friday, a mostly white and Hispanic jury failed to convict Jonathan Aledda, a white North Miami police officer, of shooting a black behavioral therapist, Charles Kinsey. It didn’t matter that Kinsey was lying on the ground. It wasn’t important that he had his hands up. The jurors didn’t even…
Last month, when Marlins CEO Derek Jeter was asked by the Sun Sentinel whether the team planned on attracting Broward County fans, he replied: “I think for us, we have to worry about obviously getting the fan base that’s closest to us. Whether that’s Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Brickell, Pinecrest…”
The documentary Leaving Neverland describes Michael Jackson’s alleged sexual abuse of two boys at the height of the pop icon’s superstardom. It should be a lesson to all parents who use their children to pursue Hollywood dreams.
It’s a travesty that Colin Kaepernick turned to an all-white legal team to fight his grievance case against the NFL and the 32 team owners. Over the weekend, TMZ published a photo of the controversial quarterback wearing a massive grin and a Malcolm X T-shirt after cutting a deal…
It’s time to admit it. Donald Trump will win again in 2020. The only way the 45th president doesn’t get reelected is if he is removed from office. That’s unlikely because Republicans still control the U.S. Senate and there are not enough votes to convict Trump. It doesn’t…
