Vietnam vet avoids Memorial Day commemorations
Army Sgt. Jesse Kirksey, a Vietnam veteran, still feels the sting of war — particularly for friends he lost in combat. That’s why, he says, he would rather be fishing on Memorial...
View ArticleMiami loses an elusive star
A world away from her native Romania, Victoria London came to Miami in 1974 having already achieved the American Dream.
View ArticleIn Egypt, young voices remain silent through elections
As Egypt voted for a new president last week, most young people decided to stay away from the polls, angering some older voters.
View ArticleAt 9/11 Memorial Museum, a relentless literalism
Many New Yorkers, still trying to make sense of the 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center, have had a single question as a museum was being built at ground zero: Too soon?
View ArticleSt. Augustine protests spurred landmark civil rights vote in 1964
The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which the U.S. Senate passed a half-century ago next week, had been stuck until protests in St. Augustine made national news.
View ArticleBasketball coverage all about speed
Like the Miami Heat, at the Miami Herald we’ve been honing our own playbook with every championship run — and this year, speed is the mantra. Our team of reporters, columnists,...
View ArticleFabiola Santiago: Newtown tries to move on from tragedy
Gray, mournful skies follow me along I-84 into one of America’s beautiful historic towns, now known for the most unspeakable of tragedies.
View ArticleRecovering Rio de Janeiro’s black history
For much of the past century, Rio’s slave history was erased, buried beneath tons of fill and the hustle and bustle of urban life.
View ArticleCaribbean drug flow increases concern U.S.
As drug traffickers increasingly get squeezed out of Mexico and Central America, they are turning to the Caribbean, worrying U.S. officials.
View ArticleCaracas' poor go thirsty amid political strife and poor planning
Venezuelans have learned to live without sugar, cooking oil and even toilet paper, but a water shortage in the capital have left the city's poor high and dry.
View ArticleMigrants photograph perilous journeys to U.S.
Pioneering photographer Encarni Pindado founded a project that allows Central American migrants to capture their own perilous journey to the U.S.
View ArticleAn immigration crisis long in the making
More reporting on immigration’s global angle would go a long way toward helping the public and policy makers better understand and find comprehensive solutions to the problem.
View ArticleRio Olympics organizers can glean lessons from Brazil’s World Cup
Brazil’s bumpy road to organizing the World Cup can guide Olympic organizers in what not to do.
View ArticleFrom the Editor: The Herald is serving up an extra helping of food coverage
South Florida has a love affair with food.
View ArticleQ&A: Massive diplomacy is needed
Nidal Hozien has been involved with the Palestinian community in South Florida since he arrived in Miami 15 years ago. Hozien, chairman of the Islamic School of Miami and member of the Coalition of...
View ArticleQ&A: A very difficult time for Israel
As Israel and Hamas face off in Gaza, many in South Florida and around the world push for a
View ArticleNew revelations about Cuban spy Ana Montes
Details about Cuban spy Ana Montes from the Department of Defense Inspector General’s 2005 report — only now declassified — shed new light on the case.
View ArticleTreasures of Panama Canal history reside at UF
For the centennial of the completion of the canal, the University of Florida will be sharing a valuable collection of canal memorabilia and oral histories with the public.
View ArticleColombians at home, abroad don’t see eye-to-eye on fate of country
As President Juan Manuel Santos begins another four-year term, there’s one segment of the population he’s not reaching: Colombian expats.
View ArticleSpeech: On reporting at Guantánamo, the assignment that morphed into a...
It’s hard to be a reporter at Guantánamo — it takes days to travel there, the military can be abusive, or infantilizing
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