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Alex Brandon/APCOMMENTARY By likening Trump's immigrant-demonization crusade to Lincoln's abolition of slavery, Miami U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar risks discrediting her own Lincolnesque immigration reform efforts. -
Richard Drew/APThe two top executives at the South Florida-based online pet store made tens of millions of dollars last year. However, one may miss out on collecting much of the pay as he departs the company.
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The Miami Beach Classical Music Festival is presenting a series of “immersive” performances, one of which sold out last season. This year, it is utilizing a new, permanently installed projection mapping system housed in the ballroom at Temple Emanu-El, the landmark 1948 synagogue located on the intersection of 17th Street and Washington Avenue in Miami Beach. -
President Donald Trump visited the new migrant detention center being built in a biodiversity-rich area that environmentalists like Marjory Stoneman Douglas have worked to preserve. -
South Florida immigration attorney Vanessa Joseph says Haitian immigrants are worried and fearful they may be forced to leave the U.S. after the Trump administration announced last week it’s terminating Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for 500,000 Haitians in early September. -
Hurricane Helene set up future disasters – cascading hazards like these are now upending risk modelsHurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in ways that will affect the hazards residents face far into the future. -
On the same day President Donald Trump visited the immigrant detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” environmental advocates said they fear wildlife may forever steer away from the fragile wetlands if the temporary project becomes a permanent one. -
Demonstrators gathered at the entrance to the new Florida Everglades migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" as President Trump made an opening-day visit to the controversial facility on Tuesday. "It’s just about creating fear, and it’s a bit sickening," said one protester. -
Florida law enforcement agencies' cooperation with federal immigration officials is causing concerns among family members and immigrants' rights advocates that people will disappear into county jail systems. -
During their visit, Trump administration officials said the facility should be operational within 24 hours — despite the protests of pro-immigration, Indigenous and environmental groups. -
Though construction and development have diminished the Everglades to half their original size, South Florida is still defined by this vast wetland. Just how, exactly, do they help protect us from flooding, which is intensifying as a warmer climate brings more precipitation and stronger hurricanes? -
A new Florida law shields local elected officials from disclosing their addresses — which critics say shields them from transparency. SB 268, signed by Governor Ron DeSantis last week, gained support after the killing of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman at her home on June 14. -
Responding to an outcry of business owners, church leaders and local residents, the Key West City Commission cancelled the city’s agreement to allow local police to assist federal immigration agents in apprehending suspected undocumented immigrants. -
Top Haitian-American community leaders in South Florida are pleading to President Donald Trump to reverse the administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitian immigrants to prevent a humanitarian disaster.
