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The 44 Percent: Black Pepper Food Festival, hate crime in Jacksonville & Rick Ross class

Think of a family reunion but all the dishes are from professional chefs. “To be able to showcase our Black neighborhood in a positive light was a beautiful thing,” said Alexis Brown, the co-founder of the Black Pepper Food Festival. ....

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Heat legend Udonis Haslem raising his real estate game with $85M housing development

Haslem and two real estate partner firms intend to build apartment and townhome project in North Miami for local workers and residents who needed more affordable rents. ....

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Human Rights Clinic Advocates at UN

Last month, third-year law students Taylor Moore and Laura Leira, along with Acting Director of Miami Law’s Human Rights Clinic, Tamar Ezer, traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to participate in the 107th Session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. ....

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Racing The Sea: Miami Beach's Housing Crisis Worsened By Climate Change

The Villa Maria affordable housing building in Miami Beach
Nonprofits and city planners are working to create more affordable housing, but they’re up against legislation that rewards rampant development.
This story and the accompanying audio segments were produced through a collaboration involving journalists from Southerly, Climate Central and WLRN.
A little over four feet of elevation is all that’s standing between some waterfront neighborhoods winding through Miami Beach and the unrelenting force of the Atlantic Ocean. At Eighth and Washington, where Gregario Lopez, 81, lives in a Section 8 apartment, it’s even less. Lopez has been without regular income since 2010, when a bad fall left him injured and unable to work. ....

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Miami Beach's Housing Crisis Worsened By Climate Change

The Villa Maria affordable housing building in Miami Beach | Jenny Staleovich / WLRN News
This story and the accompanying audio segments were produced through a collaboration involving journalists from Southerly, Climate Central and WLRN.
A little over four feet of elevation is all that’s standing between some waterfront neighborhoods winding through Miami Beach and the unrelenting force of the Atlantic Ocean. At Eighth and Washington, where Gregario Lopez, 81, lives in a Section 8 apartment, it’s even less. Lopez has been without regular income since 2010, when a bad fall left him injured and unable to work.
“I can’t afford big rent because my check is not so much,” Lopez said. He’s lived in the same apartment for a decade and has no plans to move. “I cannot pay $600 or $500 or $400, because $400 is almost half what I get.” ....

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