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Thursday December 17, 2009

The Big Payback Hits Miami!

Miami - On December 10, 2009, International Human Rights Day, Miami Right to the City and the U.S. Human Rights Network staged a protest against Wachovia Wells Fargo for the bank's role in the mortgage crisis and recovery.Read More >

Tuesday November 24, 2009

Fleeced by the stimulus?

Miami - Miami's poorer residents have long complained that the city's meager public-transit system makes it harder for them to get to work. So when the Obama Administration announced the $787 billion stimulus plan earlier this year, many hoped some of that money would help fund plans like an expansion of Miami's undersized Metrorail system... But the project, in part because it's not considered as shovel-ready as jobs like existing highway maintenance, isn't getting any of the $15 billion in stimulus aid for Florida, and has been shelved for the time being. To Gihan Perera, that's just one example of how federal and state governments are missing a great opportunity to use the stimulus to aid the poor...Read More >

Monday September 28, 2009

Still Not Stimulated-- If You're Not First, You're Last!

Miami - It's always great to be the best at something, isn't it? Florida recently got spanked for coming last in spending federal stimulus dollars on transportation and infrastructure. In other words, we were number one in not spending federal ARRA dollars.Read More >

Tuesday April 07, 2009

Children Play Near Contaminated Site in Miami

Miami - From outward appearances, it looks like the site of any other day care center. "So we are currently on Sector II and this is where the contamination is and this is where the children were playing," said Hashim Benford, a community organizer with the Miami Workers Center.Read More >

Friday March 27, 2009

No Marlins Bailout!

Miami - Miami, March 19, 2009 This morning dozens of residents turned community activists gathered on the lawn of Miami City Hall to declare "No Bailout!" just minutes before the City Commission gathered to vote on the construction of a new stadium for the Florida baseball team.Read More >

Saturday December 06, 2008

The Mobile Home Council: Vecinos Unidos no Serán Vencidos

Miami - The Mobile Home Council won the extension of the redevelopment moratorium they won in October of 2007 and organized a resident caravan that visited five parks ending with a celebration at Curtis Park in Miami.Mobile home residents made sure elected officials extended the redevelopment moratorium, currently the onlRead More >

Tuesday December 02, 2008

La Galeria del Barrio

Miami - From the outside, the building on the corner of NW 2nd Ave and 22nd Street looks like what it once was - an old textile factory. On Saturday night, the wrought iron gate opened into an entryway lit with torches, right off the set of Survivor.Read More >

Wednesday November 05, 2008

RAW Emotion Video

Miami - Last night when President-Elect Barack Obama's victory was announced, neighborhoods across the country took to the streets in impromptu celebration.Read More >

Wednesday November 05, 2008

Direct Action Gets the Vote

Miami - A man with sun browned skin and rough hands walks out of the polling place at de Hostos Community Center in Wynwood, smiling and a gathered crowd erupts into cheers.Read More >

Tuesday October 21, 2008

Beware False Profits

Miami - Miami was where it started: the easy financing of endless high-priced condos without a clue of who would actually buy them. Ninety thousand of them were built on paper; bought, and traded in the Magic City before they were even completed.Read More >

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