Florida

Court may hear the legal challenges to law that prohibits funding for academic and research travel to nations considered “sponsors of terrorism,” among them Cuba. By Lesley Clark From…
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Al’s Loupe Blackballed MasTec still does plenty of business with county By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com Oh how soon we forget. At least some politicians in…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Florida seems to specialize in neglecting its most vulnerable citizens. Earlier this year, all the talk was about Nubia Barahona, the little girl…
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By Keith Bolender In the political chasm that separates the two sides of the Florida straits, no issue creates greater passion than the categorization of a small group of…
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Al’s Loupe Never been much into rap, but if the election were held today… By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progreso-weekly.com Voters in Miami-Dade get to elect a new mayor on Tuesday,…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com From the 1920s to the 1980s, Florida was notorious for unplanned, environmentally destructive, socially pernicious, and even fraudulent land use…
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By Kyle Munzenrieder From Miami New Times The U.S. government spends millions of dollars every year transmitting news (or something like it) to Cuba through Radio y Televisión Martí's…
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By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progreso-weekly.com “I’ve done my job and it’s time to move on. I’ve done a good job and most of the FTA concerns, I believe, have been satisfied.” This…
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By Max J. Castro My dictionary defines chump as a silly or stupid person, a blockhead. Donald Trump, the real estate magnate and star of the television series “The Apprentice,” has…
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By Alan Farago (Gimleteye) From Eye on Miami There is no institutional memory at The Miami Herald. Sunday's puff piece on Herman Echevarria is breathless and vapid as the reality TV…
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