Jihad from the Caribbean
For Yasin Abu Bakr, the 65-year-old leader of the Muslim sect Jamaat al Muslimeen in Trinidad and Tobago, the timing couldn't have been worse. On Monday, June 11, Bakr headed to the Hall of Justice in...
View ArticleThe coddled “terrorists” of South Florida
On a hot subtropical Sunday, deep in the humid brush bordering the Everglades west of Miami, Osiel Gonzalez squints down the worn barrel of an AK-47 rifle and squeezes the trigger. With a crack and...
View Article“I find her offensive”
The local retirement community known as Century Village is just one outpost in a statewide network of Century Villages, Florida's largest chain of retirement complexes. It is also a time capsule of the...
View ArticleSocialism or death in Miami
MIAMI -- The most loaded word in Miami's Hispanic community today is "change." To Julio, a 66-year-old from Cuba who declined to give his last name, this election was about "whether you were willing to...
View ArticleA bellwether race in South Florida
One local race in Florida that says a lot about how things might change is the battle in Congressional District 25, which runs through three counties in South Florida.Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart...
View ArticleRick Scott profits off the uninsured
For months now multimillionaire healthcare entrepreneur Rick Scott has been at the center of the aggressive campaign to derail healthcare reform in Washington, D.C. Reprising the role he played nearly...
View ArticleA healthcare reform foe’s alleged history of discrimination
This summer, St. Petersburg, Fla., neurosurgeon David McKalip caught heat for sending an e-mail depicting President Obama as a witch doctor with a bone through his nose. McKalip, a neurosurgeon and...
View ArticleJihad from the Caribbean
In Trinidad, Salon meets longtime Muslim agitator Yasin Abu Bakr, who is allegedly linked to the plot to blow up JFK airport.
View ArticleThe coddled "terrorists" of South Florida
Anti-Castro Cuban exiles who have been linked to bombings and assassinations are living free in Miami. Does the U.S. government have a double standard when it comes to terror?
View Article"I find her offensive"
John McCain was making a bid for South Florida's Jewish voters, a crucial demographic in a purple state. But then he chose Sarah Palin as a running mate.
View ArticleSocialism or death in Miami
Spanish-speaking Democrats appear in South Florida as the Cuban Republican juggernaut begins to stumble.
View ArticleA bellwether race in South Florida
Incumbent Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart was below 50 percent in the polls before the voting started.
View ArticleRick Scott profits off the uninsured
A leading foe of healthcare reform owns a chain of clinics aimed at people who would benefit from a public option
View ArticleA healthcare reform foe's alleged history of discrimination
Plaintiffs claim conservative activist Rick Scott had strange criteria about who could work in his clinics
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