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Don’t boo, volunteer: 7 things you can do to elect leaders Miami needs

Don’t worry about being annoying. Because here’s something that’s really annoying: ELECTING LEADERS WHO ARE BAD FOR MIAMI.

/ August 1, 2018

Five things to know to make your voice heard in the county budget

If you want to weigh in, this is how to do it.

/ July 27, 2018

Development shouldn’t displace Miami artists. Here’s a solution

The City of Miami has a proposal to help artists stay in the neighborhoods they elevate with their creativity.

/ July 24, 2018

American Dream Miami is actually a nightmare

The mega mall/theme park is the opposite of what we need in Miami-Dade County. But I was the only one to vote against it.

/ May 28, 2018

I picked up a literal ton of trash in our mangrove forests.

If I hadn’t, it would have eventually ended up in your food.

/ April 15, 2018

Does ‘never again’ apply to me, too?

I noticed something after the Parkland shooting: that their tragedy gets national headlines, while we have people dropping like flies every day in Liberty City – and for us, there is silence.

/ March 25, 2018

8 ways YOU can help tackle our housing affordability crisis

We have a real crisis on your hands. But you don’t have to be an expert in housing or take on this issue as your full time job to make a difference.

/ February 20, 2018

A mother’s view: How do we send our kids to school after Parkland?

If you are a parent in America, you cannot afford the luxury of heaving a sigh of relief because the violence didn’t unfold in your school, church or college. Eventually it will be us.

/ February 16, 2018

Why Kubs Lalchandani is running in District 113

District 113 is a hub of entrepreneurship, a center of art and culture, and has maybe the most beautiful beaches in the world. But all of the country’s big issues are also here, like sea level rise, lack of affordable housing, and massive wealth disparity.

/ February 4, 2018

President Trump knows nothing about Haitians

Last week, President Trump called Haiti a “shithole” country. He only says that because he doesn’t know Haiti, or Haitians.

/ January 15, 2018