Federal officials are poised to deport a diabetic man this afternoon, despite a doctor's insistence that he get a surgical procedure so he doesn't go blind, local immigration activists say. The case concerns an Ecuadorian man named Miguel Castillo-Santos, who was detained this p ... More >>
Last year, when Gov. Rick Scott and his cabinet enacted an archaic ban on the voting rights of ex-felons, supporters called the ban colorblind. They said making nonviolent felons wait five years after completing their sentences to apply for the right to vote again had nothing to do with Florida's ... More >>
Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman offers his insights, opinions, and observations about the local scene. This week: He may have lost his sight, but one local musician refuses to be deterred from achieving his dreams. It may be hard to imagine while you're going through it, but ... More >>
Miami Herald photographer Patrick Farrell won the Pulitzer Prize today for the horrific and harrowing images he captured in Haiti during the devastation wrought last year from hurricanes. I've never agreed more with a prize, since Farrell's photographs crush your heart to look at them. Click he ... More >>
Hollywood ophthalmologist Alan Mendelsohn is one of Charlie Crist's closest political allies, a leader on the governor's transition team who helped raise Crist and other Republicans huge amounts of cash for their campaigns during the past decade. Mendelsohn may ... More >>
At Optic Nerve
Planet of Ice (Suicide Squeeze)
DVD chronicles the life of the Minutemen.
Miami Herald Obituary, December 4, 2003
MoCA offers a visual feast in one to seven minutes
Black Keys between the White Stripes
Department of Motor Vehicles drivers' licenses office
Come check out what it sounds like to have the blues for nearly 90 years
May 7 - 13, 1998
