Downtown Miami

Chatting with Roni Bennett can bring up some awkward conversations. But that is her job. Bennett is the cofounder and executive director of South Florida People of Color, a local nonprofit that brings individuals together for discussions that might make them uncomfortable — discussions on racism, immigration, equality, and a few hundred other topics that are better off out in the open.

A South Florida activist said Wednesday he wants the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office to launch an investigation into the recent transfer of valuable downtown Miami land — that was owned by Miami Dade College — to the state for construction of a future Donald Trump presidential library and a hotel.

More than a dozen activists gathered in downtown Miami Monday afternoon to protest plans to build Donald Trump’s presidential library and hotel project next to the historic Freedom Tower, labeling it a “profound insult” to the county’s immigrant community.

What’s left on the waterfront site where SkyRise Miami was supposed to rise is a dumping ground of rubble and construction debris. Some wonder why. “It’s shameful that a part of downtown Miami — a priceless property — looks like that. To me it’s shameful,” said former Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado.

In what’s being billed as one of the biggest and most ambitious urban redevelopment schemes in the country, Miami-Dade County has packaged 17 acres of downtown real estate and put it up for bid. The project would include a couple thousand apartments as affordable and workforce housing, and a new main library. But it could mark the end for the HistoryMiami cultural center.

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Mana Public Arts and the muralist Krave are hoping to grow the Miami Mural Festival far beyond their original idea.

Cubans in several cities worldwide have organized demonstrations in solidarity with the Cuban people and the young artists and activists of Archiepiélago, the group that called the march.

Following her installation ceremony yesterday at the Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava held a community celebration event at the Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami.

About 100 protesters gathered in front of the Torch of Friendship on Biscayne Boulevard Saturday, demanding justice for Breonna Taylor. The march was organized as a response to the Kentucky grand jury’s decision to not prosecute the police officers in her death.

After years of arguing and false starts, Miami-Dade is a vote away from approving a new $267 million civil courthouse in downtown Miami with a project…

For the next few weeks, getting in and out of downtown Miami will be a bit of a challenge for people who use I-95 to get there.Starting this week, parts…