It’s not every day that inmates at the Broward County Main Jail are serenaded by a cacophony of megaphones, trombones, paint bucket drums, and violins. But tonight, South Florida activists will bust out their instruments and create as much noise as possible to highlight lousy conditions and the state’s worst-in-the-nation treatment of former prisoners when it comes to voting rights.
It was blindingly sunny and at least 90 degrees as Emma Collum made her way through an Oakland Park neighborhood of colorful ranch houses with manicured front lawns. Dressed in a T-shirt bearing her name, light-blue shorts, and a Dolphins hat, the fast-talking 33-year-old with long dark hair and a…
The number of progressive women running for office in Florida has nearly quadrupled in two years. The 235 candidates Ruth’s List Florida is supporting in this November’s election is an uptick from approximately 60 who ran for office with the organization’s backing in 2016.
Play some bingo for a good cause, celebrate National Rum Day and catch Def Leppard, Journey and Evanescence this week.
Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election by running as an anti-establishment, outsider candidate. (Russia may have helped, too.) In 2018, the Democratic party is responding by propping up outsider candidates of their own, often with political positions substantially to the left of traditional Democratic candidates. Many of South Florida’s…
The Dream Defenders, a Florida civil rights group formed near the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement, has helped turn the GEO Group, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s single largest contractor, from a largely unknown private prison firm hated by justice-reform activists into a toxic company from which even some Republican politicians are now refusing donations.
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills has been kneeling during the national anthem to protest the racist American justice system for portions of the last three NFL seasons. Stills is extremely serious about his activism — in February, he took a road trip in an RV to meet civil-rights supporters…
With the chamber loaded up with 8x57mm ammunition, Fletcher lifted the barrel into the muggy air and pulled the trigger. The gun exploded in his face, destroying his right eye and permanently disfiguring him. In a Palm Beach County lawsuit, the Arkansas resident blames Century Arms for the accident, claiming it distributed the Mauser rifle with the wrong ammunition profile and model stamped on it.
After a long day of work, Jean Romane Elie headed to a Wells Fargo branch in West Palm Beach to withdraw money for rent. But when he handed over his driver’s license and Visa card, the bank teller told the Haitian man to wait while she consulted with another…
Concerts by Shakira, Imagie Dragons, and American Football, along with a food truck invasion and the fourth annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival are among the best things to do in South Florida this week.
Boca Raton’s GEO Group — the single largest contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement — absolutely does not want anyone to accuse it of caging people or separating families. GEO is so upset by such allegations that it threatened to sue Dream Defenders, a Florida civil rights group, all…
Ever since the Parkland massacre, the Broward School Board and superintendent Robert Runcie have insisted that the school system did everything possible to help Cruz, who’d been a known violent threat for years. And yet the school board has also fought tooth-and-nail in court to avoid releasing detailed records about Cruz’s…
On March 7, Lighthouse Point Police Officers Christopher Thompson and Joseph Valdes knocked on the door of a third-floor condo with a brick façade and waited for Dominic Signorile. The cops in the small coastal town in Broward County wanted to check on Signorile after someone reported seeing him clutching…
America largely phased out the use of privately run, for-profit jails and prison facilities in the early 20th Century after the public realized that the practice of making a profit from caging people was a particularly heinous piece of the capitalist economy. But amidst a government privatization push under Ronald…
A man from Texas is suing BSO deputies for excessive use of force while detaining him at an airport on charges that were later dropped. The man and his lawyer say surveillance footage shows the cops’ actions were not justified.
On Monday, Pirani Life launched its Party Tumbler Kickstarter campaign, offering up their reusable cups for just 12 bucks. The campaign raised nearly $6,000 in its first 24 hours.
In an episode promoted as “drama-packed,” the Most Hated Bachelor of All Time took his 13 girlfriends to Broward County. Racecar driver Arie Luyendyk Jr. and his brood rode bicycles on the Hollywood Broadwalk, took an airboat ride in the Everglades, sailed aboard a yacht, visited the Bonnet House, and, randomly, went bowling. The glitzy, oceanfront W Fort Lauderdale played host.
From a 20th anniversary screening of The Big Lebowski to a Kevin Hart concert and the Warped Tour’s final run, here are some of the best things to do in South Florida this week.
South Broward teenager Diana Aguilar claims her first job turned into a testosterone-laden nightmare thanks to a local Chipotle manager who allegedly made unwanted sexual advances, called her a “slave,” and nipped at her neck with his teeth while she was working as a kitchen employee.
Last week, the Hollywood Police Department conducted a useless, money-wasting “sting” on an adult store, where they arrested 13 men who were masturbating or having consensual oral sex in private, locked rooms. Rather than ask why the hell HPD thought it should be arresting gay men for no reason…
Hollywood Police have now raided the same adult store twice in a single year. This past Thursday, Hollywood cops arrested 13 men for masturbating and having consensual oral sex in a secluded, private room — hardly the sort of police work that makes locals safer. Thanks to Hollywood PD, 13 men will likely be harassed or retaliated against by their families or employers simply for consensually enjoying themselves at a gay-cruising destination.
Yesterday, Hollywood Police officers raided an adult store and — surprise! — found some dudes masturbating inside. Aside from finding 11 self-pleasuring gentlemen, Hollywood’s brave cops busted two additional men for the heinous, hideous, unspeakable crime of… [checks notes] having consensual oral sex inside a private building. This is the second time Hollywood PD has harassed patrons of the shop, Pleasure Emporium, this year.
