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The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether to Reconsider the Conviction of the Cuban Fivenew

Miami is on trial this month. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide June 15 whether we are scum-sucking Cuba haters.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  06-08-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Florida International University Spends Big Bucks on Bureaucratsnew

Even as the FIU president's salary is rising, the university is slashing majors, departments, and jobs. And it's raising tuition.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  05-04-2009  |  Education

The 'SunPost' Is Settingnew

Once a power on the local scene, the scrappy Miami weekly has seen its fortunes plummet.
Miami New Times  |  Kyle Munzenrieder and Chuck Strouse  |  03-09-2009  |  Media

At the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office, Sandra Boyd IDs the Deadnew

Hundreds of bodies need names. The contessa of the dead finds them.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  02-02-2009  |  Science

The Dream Is Alive: During the Week History Was Made in Washington, Words From Kingnew

The Obama administration has lots of challenges; race is only one. But the top guns would do well to listen to King's description of the Jewish/black partnership: "Our unity is born of our common struggle for centuries, not only to rid ourselves of bondage, but to make oppression of any people by others an impossibility."
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  01-26-2009  |  Commentary

Che Guevara Who?new

Cubans get pissed, an artist gets even, and the supreme prosecutor of the Cuban revolution gets booted from the mall.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  04-07-2008  |  Shopping

Code Pink Stinknew

A peace group demanded police protection the same day Miami cops buried one of their own.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  01-28-2008  |  Commentary

A Reporter on the Lam in Latin Americanew

El Nuevo Herald's Gonzalo Guillen is the latest victim of Bush buddy Alvaro Uribe.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  10-22-2007  |  Media

Penniless Purgatorynew

Minerva Vasquez speaks for the first time about the terrorism charges against husband Narseal Batiste.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  10-31-2006  |  Crime & Justice

Megamedia Manglernew

A fired Miami Herald columnist chatters anew.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  10-03-2006  |  Media

Johnny Be Goodnew

Despite denying ever saying "Fuck the Cubans," Miami Police Chief John Timoney is being asked by some to resign.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  03-07-2006  |  Politics

Widow of Miami Politician Seeks to Overturn His Convictionnew

To gain the right to her husband Arthur Teele's city pension, Stephanie Teele wants the court to overturn his felony conviction for threatening an undercover detective who had been following her.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  12-08-2005  |  Politics

Free This Priestnew

Father Gerard Jean-Juste, imprisoned in Port-au-Prince, is a hero to many in the United States.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  11-01-2005  |  International

Unions Glom Onto Jim DeFede's Legacy at the Miami Heraldnew

The firing of a beloved columnist has some staffers at the Miami Herald talking about the need for a union.
Miami New Times  |  Chuck Strouse  |  09-21-2005  |  Media

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