With Inauguration Day looming ever nearer, Mariana Martinez fears all her dreams and academic work, along with her family’s efforts to acculturate in the U.S., are now at risk of being unraveled with the stroke of a pen by Donald Trump.
Six days after Thanksgiving and with Christmas in the air, Fort Lauderdale police this week confiscated the belongings of more than a half-dozen homeless people in downtown Fort Lauderdale adjacent to Stranahan Park, where they reside. Among the items taken Wednesday were a woman’s family photos. Following the script…
I’m sorry, Ryan Tannehill. I’m a dummy. I’m a stupid-faced fan with a stupid face that is stupid. I feel like this is a solid apology. Please accept it. Those words are not easy for me to say, but for any sports fans who pride themselves on “calling it as…
Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach is one of the rare tracks that continues to increase its revenues. Now there’s a $1-million-per-horse race in January that should draw even more attention.
It’s a time-honored hallmark of American democracy: the right to march around waving a protest sign, whether it says “Fuck the Pope” or “Obama Actually Eats Puppies.” But not everyone appreciates freedom of speech, at least not when it shows up on their doorstep. And some communities make a habit of passing…
In honor of the holiday season, we’ve decided to take a look which five players in South Florida are the best bargain. Teams are like you: They aren’t above fishing something out of the scratch-and-dent bin in hopes of finding something that works well at a fraction of its retail…
One thing you can say about 2016: There have been a lot of reasons to protest. The election of Donald Trump is just the most recent. Most protests in Broward County have been in response to police harassment and brutality. Now, though, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department is using them as…
While feeding the needy each day at 2 p.m., All Saints Catholic Mission has racked up more than $10,000 in fines for dodging a cease-and-desist order. This Thanksgiving, Father Bob Caudill and his congregation plan to serve turkey meals to more than 250 people. “I’m thankful that we’re still here,” Caudill…
For several hours this past Saturday, protestors closed down Wilton Drive and Oakland Park Boulevard with an anti-Trump demonstration. It drew many members of the local LGBTQ community. Unsurprisingly, given that the protest took place in the heart of Wilton Manors’ gay community, there was little pushback — although some…
José Martí International Airport in Havana appears much as it did in the early 1960s. Large Casablanca fans, peeling paint, vinyl tiles, and faded plastic poster boards direct the flow of visitors to customs. The only sign of modernity to greet arrivals in the international terminal is a large billboard…
Emboldened by the President-elect’s crusade to make America great again (for white people), Donald Trump’s followers seem to be celebrating the election by harassing minorities. The Southern Poverty Law Center reports that the number of hateful incidents toward immigrants, Muslims, women, blacks, and LGBTQ folks (including swastika vandalism) has spiked since…
The town of Palm Beach has long been the kind of place where you go to get away from traffic jams and sign-waving socialists. Tall hedges, guarded gates, and a rigid social code make it easy for the town’s residents (average per capita income: $109,219 per year) to avoid engaging with concepts like…
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As thousands gather at Standing Rock to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, closer to home, activists are actively trying to stop construction of the $3 billion, 515-mile Sabal Trail Transmission pipeline slicing through Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Not only does it put the environment and water supply at risk, but activists fear the flammable…
Are the Miami Dolphins… good? Is that a thing? It might just be. After this Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams (at 4:05 p.m.), we will certainly be a lot closer to an answer. What is clear at this point is they aren’t that bad. Well, they were bad, but now…
It all started on October 26, when a high school student in Jacksonville uploaded a video to Twitter that showed her and her friends frozen in action poses, looking like store mannequins. Kids at other nearby high schools found it funny and rushed to make their own. Since then, the…
Speaking to a crowd that had gathered in the auditorium at the African American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday night, Jennifer Young described her son, Jermaine McBean, as a National Honor Society member who helped all his teachers with their computers, earned a full scholarship to college, and…
Like many Americans, last Tuesday I found myself first in shock and then in fear for our country and the civil liberties we cherish. This was because of how the campaign of President-elect Donald Trump stoked racist, xenophobic, and Islamophobic fears, promising polices that, if enacted, would be…
Most people who fly into Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on their way to meet a cruise or spend a weekend at the beach never see Ernise Ducasse, a Haitian immigrant and single mother of three who works as a cabin cleaner. She’s the one who has the unenviable task of…
It has been 11 months since investigators say Franklin Chavez drove the wrong way on I-95 and caused a high-speed, head-on collision that killed 23-year-old Carmen Criales and seriously injured her mother and brother. Chavez has been charged with vehicular homicide and manslaughter while driving under the influence. Now the victims’…
Four states legalized recreational marijuana in the same election Trump won, and Arkansas, Florida, Montana and North Dakota rolled back tight restrictions on medical marijuana.
Thousands took to the downtown Fort Lauderdale streets Sunday night to protest the hatred and bigotry that President-Elect Donald Trump represents. Though it was a mostly peaceful demonstration, there was some conflict with a few pro-Trump counterprotesters. They were allegedly carrying a banner and chanting “Build a wall!” and “Hillary…
