Little Haiti

How the Little Haiti-raised activist plans to tackle corruption with "democracy dollars."

Miami’s beloved Sweat Records is turning 20. It’s been a go-to spot for vinyl lovers, musicians, and families — more than a store, it’s a hub for the city’s music scene.

Father Reginald Jean-Mary has been a priest and pastor at Notre Dame D'Haiti Catholic Church in Little Haiti, Miami, for 25 years. He says his many immigrant parishioners are in fear of President Trump's massive deportation plan.

This Sunday, a leading Haitian community group will mark 15 years since a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, leaving tens of thousands killed and injured, and displacing millions, in one of the Caribbean nation’s worst natural disasters.

The Caribbean Marketplace, part of the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, re-opened earlier this month after four months of being closed due to a leaky roof.

Mountains, the first feature by filmmaker Monica Sorelle, focuses on a Haitian American family struggling to get ahead in a South Florida neighborhood targeted by developers.

The Miami Tropical Botanic Garden, an urban oasis where members of the community can enjoy native wildlife and educational workshops, is one of the last green spaces in Miami. But the team behind it have to raise $4 million by September to make sure it's not sold off.

Haiti's women's soccer standout Melchie Dumornay was just named the young player of the year in Europe's Champions League. It's a huge deal in Little Haiti, too.

“We hear a lot about what's going on back home in terms of the violence, and the pain, and the fear, but we don't hear enough about ... how much beauty and delight there is in being Haitian and in growing up in Haiti,” said M.J. Fievre, a local author taking part in the Little Haiti Book Festival on May 5.

Monica Sorelle is a Haitian-American filmmaker from Miami. Her first feature film, Mountains, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. It follows a construction worker whose job is to demolish homes in his own neighborhood, Little Haiti.

The Haitian women's national soccer team, starting play in its first-ever World Cup this week, has brought sorely needed inspiration to crisis-ravaged Haiti — and to Miami.

Journalists Ana Arana and Oz Woloshyn, the hosts and reporters behind the podcast “Silenced: The Radio Murders,” join WLRN's Carlos Frías. The series is about the murders of local Creole radio journalists in Little Haiti in the 1990s.