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  Producer Oba Frank Lords Mixes Dance Music and Santeria

  Alberto de la Portilla | November 5 at 8 a.m.

  On a recent Monday night at Coyo Taco in Wynwood, DJ Oscar G opens his weekly residency set with a gradual ascent of deep-house beats that drown out conversations at the bar. Standing next to him is an imposing figure — Oba Frank Lords, dressed...

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  Despite Common Belief, Floridians Can't Always Get a Free Public Defender

  Jerry Iannelli | October 29 at 8 a.m.

  With no remaining options, Lazaro Rodriguez could only beg Miami-Dade County Judge Andrew Hague for mercy. But his pleas were in vain. Hague was yelling at him now — in English, a language Rodriguez barely understood.

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  The 1526 Project: Horrors in Florida's Black History You Didn't Learn in School

  Jess Nelson | October 22 at 8 a.m.

  The horrors of slavery in United States history and its continued impact today are undeniable. Though Florida's pristine beaches and palm trees aren't typically regarded as part of America's Deep South, the facts say otherwise.

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  One of Yayoi Kusama's Iconic Mirrored Rooms Comes to Miami

  Douglas Markowitz | October 8 at 8 a.m.

  Miami is a city without a proper autumn, where the only pleasant chill of the year arrives for about a week in January, where fallen leaves are the result of hurricane-force winds, and where people don't look any weirder on Halloween than they do...

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  The Nightmare in the Bahamas Is Far From Over

  Zachary Fagenson | October 1 at 8 a.m.

  The devastation on Great Abaco wasn't apparent at first. While the pilot we'd paid $1,300 for the 45-minute flight from Nassau began the plane's descent, the teal-and-cobalt Atlantic gave way to vast expanses of jagged green spits bordering...

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  A Pesar de Palabras de Solidaridad, Trump Sigue Deportando Inmigrantes a Venezuela

  Manuel Madrid | September 24 at 8 a.m.

  El dia que se ordenó su deportación de los Estados Unidos, Diego Alejandro Rojas no pensó en su propio bienestar. Sus pensamientos no se dirigieron al caos que seguramente lo esperaba en Venezuela. Tampoco contempló las amenazas de muerte de los...