investigative
The Intercept: “The Drowning of Damain Martin”
A Black teenager drowned in a canal near Sunrise, Florida, while running from police. A new investigation suggests he may have been tased.
Fort Lauderdale Magazine: “Blood in the Green Lane”
In recent years, Fort Lauderdale has added street infrastructure and made other changes that are supposed to make life safer for pedestrians and drivers. But for the people who regularly traverse the city on two wheels, this is far from a cyclists’ paradise.
Miami New Times: “Pointless”
Without a needle exchange, Overtown is teeming with dirty syringes.
Miami New Times: “The Fix”
With heroin use on the rise, calls for Florida to establish a needle exchange.
Miami New Times: “Mr. Clean”
For 25 years, an activist has risked jail time passing out clean syringes.
Broward-Palm Beach New Times: “Judging the Judge”
In Matthew Destry’s courtroom, sentences can be random and harsh.
Broward-Palm Beach New Times: “Keeping Straight”
LGBTQ officers allege discrimination in the police department of America’s second-gayest city.
Fort Lauderdale Magazine: “New Routes Home”
After years of public struggles and controversy, Fort Lauderdale is earning praise for new programs and partnerships aimed at helping people who are homeless. But some proposed solutions remain fraught.
Miami New Times: “All Growed Up?”
Former “It Boy” Fabian Basabe runs for Miami Beach Commission.
personal essays
Miami New Times: “What Is What Like at Miami’s January 6 ‘Commemoration’”
There’s certainly an irony to a group of people wary of the media calling a “press conference.”
American Way: “Speaking Spirits”
Ghost-hunting in a Central Florida hotel.
Miami New Times: “How My Mother Taught Me About My Persian Heritage Through Food”
Because I can’t speak Farsi, food has become my strongest tie to my Iranian heritage.
Miami New Times: “Santa’s Lap”
A mission to sit on every mall Santa’s lap in Miami.
American Way: “Solely Matrimony”
I married myself at a destination wedding in Mexico.
American Way: “Two Feet Under”
A claustrophobic editor is buried alive in South Korea.
American Way: “Fish Tales”
I joined Key West’s thriving mermaid community for the chance to realize a childhood dream of becoming Ariel. What I hadn’t expected was becoming a flailing human-racoon.
American Way: “A Quiet Place”
Most people love a weekend retreat where no one speaks. But how would this chatty millennial keep quiet?
American Way: “Teaching Dad the Meaning of ‘Treat Yo’ Self”
For Father’s Day, I took my dad to Mexico — his first time out of the country in 40 years.
nature & the environment
Miami New Times: “An Inch of Water”
Climate change is already affecting Miami’s disabled residents.
Fort Lauderdale Magazine: “The Comeback Cats”
The Florida Panther might’ve edged away from the brink of extinction, but its fight for survival is far from over.
Fort Lauderdale Magazine: “In Hot Water”
Climate change is real, the oceans are rising, and despite ambitious local plans to combat the effects, the future looks increasingly bleak.
Miami New Times: “When the Big One Hits”
Why Florida International University wants to build a “Category 6” hurricane prototype facility.
Fort Lauderdale Magazine: “Wasted Broward”
Insufficient facilities, lack of oversight, changing economics — there are plenty of reasons why but when it comes to recycling in Broward, Mount Trashmore isn’t the only thing that stinks.
Fort Lauderdale Magazine: “Broward Stinks”
Mount Trashmore is almost full, governance over local recycling is a mess and frankly, we're not great at figuring out what’s supposed to go in the blue bins. Can recycling in Broward ever get better?
Broward-Palm Beach New Times: “Underwater Deforestation”
Dredging killed Miami’s coral reefs, and the same could happen in Broward.
Fort Lauderdale Magazine: “Jaws of Life”
Sharks can get a bad rap. But a Nova Southeastern scientist has dedicated his professional life to helping save sharks — and he’d like us to know about how they help us in everything from coral reef preservation to, possibly, cancer treatment.
Fort Lauderdale Magazine: “Red Menace”
The red tide might be a natural occurrence on the west coast of Florida, but after a longer and stronger toxic bloom this year, believed to be the result of human actions, Fort Lauderdale finds its public health and economy at risk.
destinations/travel
As South Korea modernizes, this generation of elderly “mermaids” may end up being its last (American Way)
Uncovering New York’s historic spy sites hiding in plain sight (American Way)
Asheville: four notable locals show us how to do the Southern Appalachian town their way (American Way)
Key West: three notable locals show us how to do the Florida island their way (American Way)
A pastel-hued barrio in Colombia is in the midst of a cultural renaissance (American Way Magazine)
An Olympian’s guide to ski towns: Lindsey Vonn, Hilary Knight, Taylor Gold (American Way)
Literally keeping my head above water in Antigua’s first overwater cabanas (Celebrated Living)
A photographer’s quest to capture the majestic grandeur of Cuba’s cinemas (American Way)
Travelers are flocking to South Korea to try unique and curious wellness treatments (Celebrated Living)
Fourth generation ryokan owner bet the family business, revolutionized Japanese luxury (Celebrated Living)
Canadian photographer risked frost bite to capture these vanishing ice villages (Celebrated Living)
Fort Lauderdale braces for a spring break turn-out like it's 1985 (Fort Lauderdale Magazine)
subcultures/profiles
The Witches of West Palm Beach (Tr*ly Adventurous)
Uncut: A look at the wacky, wrinkly world of foreskin restoration (Village Voice)
Miami's drag queens flourish in Trump's America (Miami New Times)
South Florida's best glassblowers turn bongs into art (Miami New Times)
The fastest teenagers in America run for a track club in Miami Gardens (Miami New Times)
A Nova Southeastern scientist has dedicated his professional life to saving sharks (Fort Lauderdale Magazine)
Florida's veterans are on the hunt for invasive pythons (American Way Magazine)
Pro-spearfisherman hunts the fish that end up on Florida's dinner plates (Broward New Times)
Supermodel Lauren Foster fights for LGBTQ rights in Miami (Miami New Times)
Child-on-child sex abuse devastates a South Florida family (Broward New Times)
Models claim artist pressured them to violate themselves with a rope (Miami New Times)
UM professor burdens a student with sexual advances (Miami New Times)
UM rape counselor ousted after advocating for the wrong victim (Miami New Times)
Palm Beach Illustrated: “Ready Player One”
The e-sports industry is growing at a rapid pace — and gamers and industry professionals in Palm Beahc County are keeping pace.
Fort Lauderdale Illustrated: “The Son Also Rises”
How the Cobb family legacy started with a marijuana-smuggling outlaw operation and ended up as a business-savvy (and fully legal) cannabis enterprise.