So how do you vote and make sure it is counted in Florida’s election? We’re here to help you with everything you need to know: trib.al/9iEn01w
Do you have a mail-in ballot? There’s a lot you need to know about how to fill it out, your deadline for mailing it back, and how to make sure your vote is counted. miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
Are you worried that your mail-in ballot may get lost in the mail? If so, there’s another way to return it: miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
Do you need to wear a mask when you go vote? Here’s how to cast your ballot safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic: miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
So, who is on your ballot? Our Voter Guide makes it easy to see which races you’re able to vote for, as well as background information on the candidates. And subscribers can access candidates’ answers to questions about issues important to your community. miamiherald.com/voter-guide
The Miami Herald Editorial Board (@HeraldOpEd) interviewed the majority of candidates that Miami-Dade voters will see on the ballot. Here are their recommendations: miamiherald.com/opinion/electi…
Are you a money launderer, a deposed leader trailed by corruption allegations?
Turns out, there’s a home for you here in Miami — even under Trump’s hardened immigration policies — so long as you can afford to ‘game the system.’ (THREAD)
Served by lawyers, bankers and real estate agents who help them obtain visas, green cards and asylum, these expats can overcome the rules that crush the hopes of everyday immigrants. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
Manuel Antonio Baldizón Méndez is a textbook kleptocrat.
The former Guatemalan senator seemed poised for the presidency in 2015 — despite rumors that drug rings funded his rise.
It’s been 2,965 days since freelance journalist and #MarineCorps veteran Austin Tice disappeared at a checkpoint outside of Damascus, Syria. #FreeAustinTice.
“Every second he stays in captivity cuts a deeper wound in the hearts of my family," his brother Jacob writes, calling on all of us to help: miamiherald.com/opinion/articl…
We stand with our free press allies and the Tice family in calling for his release.
1/ 🗳️ Disinformation is everywhere, not just on Facebook.
Up until Election Day, we're tracking and digging into who's bankrolling political mailers, paid social ads and sponsored content bombarding South Florida voters.
3/ Our reporters will dig into who’s bankrolling the political ad, look at the cost, and decode whether it contains false or misleading information about the election.
We’ll then add it to our searchable database, so others who see a similar ad can easily confirm its accuracy.
After ending our relationship with LIBRE — an insert distributed each Friday by @elnuevoherald that ran racist and anti-Semitic writing — newsroom leaders promised an investigation into how the organization overlooked it.
@elnuevoherald Our publisher, news editors and staff at both papers and the top news executive at @mcclatchy learned of the LIBRE deal only after a reporter spotted a reader complaint on social media about anti-Semitic content in a Roberto Luque Escalona column.
In the LIBRE opinion column, Luque Escalona castigated American Jews as “cowards” after U.S. Jewish organizations issued a letter of support for Black Lives Matter and the protests over Floyd’s death. miamiherald.com/news/local/com…
In a world beset by headline-grabbing crises, including a coronavirus pandemic that is destroying lives and economies, the unchecked movement of dirty money may not register as an immediate threat.
But the consequences are profound. (THREAD)
New details about money that powered a fentanyl drug ring and nearly $2 trillion in other suspect funds sloshing around the globe are contained in a cache of secret financial records obtained by @BuzzFeedNews and shared with @ICIJorg and @MiamiHerald. miamiherald.com/news/local/cri…
@BuzzFeedNews@ICIJorg The leaked documents, known as the #FinCENFiles, include more than 2,100 suspicious activity reports written by banks and other financial players and submitted to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Early in the pandemic, South Beach lived up to its wild reputation making national news when videos circulated of thousands of unmasked young people.
After thousands of cases and scores of deaths in the county, have things changed? trib.al/erD3d01
On Sept. 4 from 7 to 10 p.m., 11 FIU Journalism students counted over 5,000 pedestrians in Wynwood, Bayside Marketplace, Calle Ocho, Ocean Drive and Lincoln Road either correctly wearing a mask, wearing a mask with nose showing or as a chinstrap or wearing no mask at all.(THREAD)
In Wynwood, despite a poor showing of social distancing at a local restaurant, about 43 percent of people wore their masks correctly. However, David Bass, a homeless man. shared the sentiments of those surveyed who wore no mask at all - they’re “pointless”