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  Dictate and Chill: Maduro Dodges U.S. Sanctions to Binge-Watch Netflix

  August 16 at 11 a.m.

  Venezuela is crumbling. The once-wealthy South American nation's economy is in free fall, doing more twists and flips on its way to rock bottom than Simone Biles at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships.

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  National Association of Black Journalists Should Help Create African-American News Network

  August 7 at 2 p.m.

  Over the next four days, black journalists, media executives, and celebrities are taking over for the annual National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair. The main topic of discussion should be about establishing our own news network that shows African-Americans who keep it real and tell the whole truth about the systemic racism that continues oppressing people of color.

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  More Than 200 McClatchy Employees Take Buyouts; CEO Calls Efforts Good "for the Future of Our Republic" UPDATED

  February 21 at 10:16 a.m.

  McClatchy Company CEO Craig Forman announced Wednesday "a bit fewer" than 225 employees had accepted buyout offers and would leave newspapers across the country. Among them are longtime and highly accomplished Miami voices in the gay community, in state politics, and in sports. Also departing is one of the nation's most important reporters covering international politics.

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  Following BuzzFeed, Gannett, and McClatchy, CBS Corp. Offers Buyouts to Hundreds

  February 11 at 2:27 p.m.

  CBS Corporation is making buyout offers to hundreds of employees in cities across the nation including Miami, New Times has learned. At least 20 highly paid longtime employees of WFOR, the CBS-owned-and-operated TV station in Doral, began receiving offers last week. Senior vice president and associate general counsel Adam Siegel confirmed the buyouts...

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  National Enquirer Heir Whacks Pecker Over Bezos Dick-Pic Blackmail

  February 8 at 5:47 p.m.

  Sure, the National Enquirer of old might have been a ruthless publication that had mafia and CIA ties and occasionally "caught-and-killed" stories about famous people. But Paul David Pope, the son of Enquirer founder Generoso "Gene" Pope Jr., claims that the paper's latest attempt to blackmail Amazon CEO (and Miami native)...

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  It's Actually Good That Miamians Can't Afford Rent or Groceries, According to Libertarians

  February 7 at 9:19 a.m.

  Yesterday, the United Way released an utterly bleak dataset showing that, in both Miami-Dade County and Florida overall, most residents struggle to afford basic goods and services, like rent, groceries, and childcare. According to the United Way, nearly 60 percent of Miamians are either living underneath the federal poverty line...