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In Florida, people charged with certain crimes can apply to have their records sealed or expunged. The vast majority of eligible people, however, don’t…
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Rene Gueits was born and raised in Miami and grew up listening and dancing to salsa music at family parties. Much like his family, he is a gifted dancer.…
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This story, as told by Heidi Anthony, is part of an oral history series.I started working at Miami International Airport in 1988. My mind was young and…
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This story, as told by Veronica Diaz, is part of an oral history series.Let’s set the scene: It’s early 2004, and my mother is taking my younger sister…
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This story, as told by Oscar Fuentes, is part of an oral history series.It was the summer of 2003; I was living in a very old and ugly apartment building…
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This story, as told by Pedro Fournier, is part of an oral history series.I was born in Guantánamo in 1956. I moved to Havana as a teenager to study and…
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This story, as told by Olga Perez-Cormier, is part of an oral history series. It was always exciting when Abuela would tell me that she needed to go…
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This story, as told by Ronni Litz Julien, is part of an oral history series. Sheila Presser (Bronx-born) and Norman Litz (a Philadelphian) both moved to…
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This story originally ran on February 12, 2014.They write songs about roads: "Route 66," "Highway 61 Revisited"."Dusty, old roads with iconic signage that…
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Miami Stories is a project by WLRN, the Miami Herald, el Nuevo Herald and HistoryMiami. To share your story, click here.In 1925, my parents and I…
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The Venetian Causeway is falling down. Crumbling, at least. As the Miami Herald reports, structural deficiencies were uncovered last month when the weight…
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This story, as told by Ian Moffett, is part of an oral history series. I was born in Georgetown, Guyana, which is the only English-speaking country in…