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South Florida's Sea Grapes May Protect Dunes but Also Encourage Criminals

By Jess Swanson and Jessica Weiss
Jul 13, 2016

One day early last year, Luiz Rodrigues gazed out at the dunes near the Fourth Street Beach. The sandy hills are cordoned off with rope and wooden fencing, a sanctuary for many amid the bustle of South Beach. Inside, sea oats swayed in the wind. Fuchsia bayhop flowers blossomed. But...
South Florida Is Deadly for Cyclists, and It's Only Growing More Dangerous

By Jessica Weiss
Jun 1, 2016

Vera Arias glides north along Federal Highway during morning rush hour, her black Republic road bike fast and light beneath her. All her senses are heightened at this intersection near the Miami-Dade/Broward County line, the worst part of her daily ride to work. Cars zoom past and honk aggressively. To...
Inside Miami Beach's Expensive, Unprecedented, Frantic Fight Against Sea-Level Rise

By Jessica Weiss
Apr 19, 2016

The poster-sized map on Bruce Mowry's desk is scrawled with blotchy patches of red, showing elevations across Miami Beach. Everywhere 2.2 feet or lower is shaded in deep crimson. That's the same height, incidentally, that water reached last September during the King Tide, the highest nonstorm water level ever recorded...
Cuba's Female Skaters Ride for a More Open Future on the Island

By Jessica Weiss
Feb 9, 2016

Belkis López Correa is poised on her skateboard, ready to give herself over to one of the most epic hills in all of Havana. The 16-year-old stands under a fierce midday sun with a forward gaze, steady and cool. Her knees are slightly bent, pink Vans sneakers stacked atop a...
Manager of Clinic Tied to Nine Deaths Opens Up on Florida's Pill-Mill Epidemic

By Jessica Weiss
Dec 22, 2015

It's almost noon when Christian Valdes blinks open his eyes. The muscular 32-year-old with short black hair and a goatee quickly realizes he's hung over. His head is pounding, and his mouth is parched. If he doesn't get water soon, he may puke. The last thing he recalls is stumbling...

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