Teacher Abe Coleman, who mentored students at Liberty City school, dies of COVID at 55 Miami Herald / Howard Cohen / September 4, 2021 Abe Coleman, a longtime Holmes Elementary teacher and mentor to thousands of young men in Miami — "one of the best that the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project ever had" — died Wednesday, Sept. 1, after being hospitalized with COVID-19. … Read more »
BEST POLITICIAN Miami New Times / September 2, 2021 Frederica Wilson means far more to Miami than her iconic, colorful headgear might suggest. For years she has fought for under-represented minorities, first as principal of Skyway Elementary School in Miami Gardens, then as a member of the Miami-Dade school board, the Florida legislature and, since 2011, Congress. Before taking the oath… Read more »
They survived ‘vacation from hell,' arrest in D.R. Now Florida brothers face more misery Miami Herald / Jacqueline Charles & Kevin G. Hall / August 31, 2021 Three South Florida brothers trapped for a year in the Dominican Republic on the "vacation from hell" thought the nightmare finally ended when they were allowed to return home in July. They were wrong. Returning to… Read more »
The owner of this iconic building ordered all tenants to leave. Some aren't going
Miami Herald / Rene Rodriguez / August 31, 2021
Maria Ray had a plan. By May 2022, she would have saved enough money to relocate from Miami to San Juan and take care of her aging father in the family home where she grew up.
Ray just hadn't counted on her landlord suddenly terminating her… Read more »
Personnel note: Nikki Fried promotes three more inside Ag Department Florida Politics / Jesse Scheckner / August 30, 2021 A week after promoting two people and hiring a third, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried announced Monday three additional promotions in the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. "Florida continues to face major agricultural, public health, and… Read more »
EDITORIAL: John Lewis May Be Smiling but Should We? The Washington Informer / Editorial Board / August 25, 2021 Many Americans raised their hands displaying victory signs after the House passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on Tuesday, Aug. 24. The legislation increases the power of the federal government and minorities to stop or challenge discriminatory election rules. … Read more »
‘I could have died in this city.' Some Haitians brave gangs, gunfire to deliver aid Miami Herald / Jacqueline Charles, Alex Daugherty, Michael Wilner, Syra Ortiz Blanes / August 18, 2021 As government help trickles into southwest Haiti after Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake, some Haitians are braving gang-controlled roads to bring in aid on their own. Widler "Wid" Octavius, a… Read more »
Haitian advocates appeal for immediate end to deportations and expansion of TPS Miami Herald / Alex Daugherty / August 17, 2021 Members of Congress, Haitian-Americans and immigrant advocacy groups are calling on the Biden administration to expand Haiti's Temporary Protected Status designation after a major earthquake claimed at least 1,300 lives in Haiti's southwestern peninsula on… Read more »
Delegation for 8.17.21: Kabul falls — Reagan — bad meat? — mask up — Haiti Florida Politics / August 17, 2021 Haiti heat In a year of international crises, Hollywood Democrat Frederica Wilson's eyes fixed once again this week on the island of Haiti. Florida's 24th Congressional District includes more Haitian American constituents than any other in the United… Read more »
Crist's first TV ad hammers DeSantis on masks — Rick Scott suggests removing Biden from office — U.S. sends aid to Haiti, but is it enough? — Florida's unemployment site still a jalopy Politico / Gary Fineout / August 17, 2021 The daily rundown — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted information that there were 17,216 new Covid-19 infections… Read more »
